Carmelo Anthony tied the tough lessons he learned coming of age playing basketball on the playgrounds of Brooklyn and Baltimore to him becoming one of the sports’ purest scorers and most decorated players ever in a night of speeches full of tears, laughs and calls for community during the induction of quintet of players into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The trio of Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles and Maya Moore will be the most dominant class of women’s basketball players to ever enter the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame when they are enshrined this weekend.

Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal has recently been at odds with Detroit Pistons fans after making controversial comments about the team.

Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon hasn't commented directly on an ESPN report that the Toronto Raptors have received permission to interview her for their vacant head coaching position.

Gregg Popovich, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol, Dwyane Wade and Becky Hammon are the headliners of the 2023 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class.

Manu Ginobili, a four-time NBA champion who spent his entire career with the San Antonio Spurs, headlines this year’s group of finalists for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird headline the 1980s all-decade team for the NBA, as voted on by AP Sports staffers directly engaged with the NBA At 75 season-long series.

Jay Wright used to sell tickets to games in the long-defunct United States Football League.

A source told ESPN’s The Undefeated on Saturday that Ben Wallace, former Detroit Pistons star center, will be inducted into the Class of 2021 for the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame.

Vanessa Bryant got a private tour to see some of the newly remodeled Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, viewing the exhibit that will honor the life and legacy of her late husband before the rest of the world gets their first look.

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