The 2008 U.S. Olympic Men’s team is a first-time nominee for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the list of eligible candidates for the Class of 2024, including several high-profile, first-time nominees, including the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team (“Redeem Team”), Vince Carter, Seimone Augustus, Bill Laimbeer, Rick Barnes, Mike Fratello and Penny Taylor.
Naismith Basketball Hall Of Fame Announces Eligible Candidates For The Class Of 2024. #24HoopClass
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A first look at the list of eligible nominees will be provided by “NBA Today” on ESPN, hosted by Malika Andrews, with Class of 2023 Hall of Famer Becky Hammon, Kendrick Perkins, Chiney Ogwumike, and Brian Windhorst. Here’s the complete list of eligible candidates.
North American Nominees
* Indicates First-Time Nominee
2008 U.S. Olympic Redeem Team (TEA)* | Marv Kessler (COA)* |
Rick Barnes (COA)* | Bill Laimbeer (PLA)* |
John Beilein (COA) | Jim Larranaga (COA) |
Chauncey Billups (PLA) | Mike Leonardo (COA)* |
Vince Carter (PLA)* | Maurice Lucas (PLA) |
Tom Chambers (PLA) | Shawn Marion (PLA) |
John Clougherty (REF) | Rollie Massimino (COA) |
Michael Cooper (PLA) | Bill Morse (COA)* |
Joey Crawford (REF) | Dick Motta (COA) |
Terry Cummings (PLA) | Jack Nagle (COA)* |
Jack Curran (COA) | Jim Phelan (COA) |
Bobby Dibler (REF)* | Bo Ryan (COA) |
Don Donoher (COA)* | Charles Smith (COA)* |
Robert Foley (COA)* | Stan Spirou (COA) |
Mike Gminski (PLA)* | Reggie Theus (PLA) |
Lou Henson (COA) | Jerry Welsh (COA)* |
Marques Houtman (PLA)* | Buck Williams (PLA) |
Marques Johnson (PLA) | John Williamson (PLA) |
Women’s Nominees
Leta Andrews (COA) | Debbie Miller-Palmore (PLA) |
Seimone Augustus (PLA)* | Marian Washington (COA) |
Jennifer Azzi (PLA) | Dean Weese (COA) |
Doug Bruno (COA)* | Chris Weller (COA)* |
Cheryl Ford (PLA)* | Andrew Yosinoff (COA)* |
Becky Martin (COA) |
Contributor Nominees
Pete Babcock | Bobby Lewis |
Dick Baumgartner | Fred McCall |
Henry Bibby | Jack McCloskey |
Marty Blake | Jon McGlocklin |
Vic Bubas | Speedy Morris |
Doug Collins | Dennis Murphy |
Wayne Duke | Curly Neal |
Bill Foster | Jack Powers |
Mike Fratello* | Will Robinson |
Bob Gibbons | Gene Shue |
Simon Gourdine | Herb Simon* |
Tim Grgurich | Scott Tarter* |
Junius Kellogg | Donnie Walsh |
Johnny “Red” Kerr | Jerry West* |
Tom Konchalski | World Wheelers* |
International Nominees
David Blatt (COA)* | Ettore Messina (COA)* |
Tal Brody (CONT)* | Juan Carlos Navarro (PLA)* |
Jean-Jacques Conceicao (PLA)* | Andres Nocioni (PLA)* |
Mirza Delibasic (PLA) | Fabricio Oberto (PLA)* |
Jorge Garbajosa (PLA)* | Jose Ortiz (PLA)* |
Andrew Gaze (PLA)* | Amaury Pasos (PLA) |
Panaglotis Giannakis (PLA)* | Modesto Palauskas (PLA)* |
Giuseppe Giergia (PLA) | Togo Soares (PLA) |
Dusan Ivkovic (PLA) | Penny Taylor (PLA)* |
Andrei Kirilenko (PLA)* | Michele Timms (PLA)* |
Vladimir Kondrashin (COA) | Amaya Valdemore (PLA)* |
Marcos Leite (PLA) | Ranko Zeravica (COA) |
Women’s Veteran Nominees
1982 Cheyney State NCAA Final Four Team (TEA) | Lometa Odom (PLA) |
Alline Banks Sprouse (PLA) | Harley Redin (COA) |
Edmonton Commercial Grads (TEA) | Hazel Walker (PLA) |
John Head (COA) | Valerie Walker (PLA) |
Yolanda Laney (PLA) | Dean Weese (COA) |
Nashville Business College (TEA) |
Veteran Nominees
1936 US Olympic Team (TEA) | Bill Melchionni (PLA) |
1972 US Olympic Team (TEA) | Francis Meehan (PLA) |
Dick Barnett (PLA) | Lucias Mitchell (COA) |
Tom Blackburn (COA) | Joe Mullaney (COA) |
Charles Brown (PLA)* | Willie Naulls (PLA) |
Freddie Brown (PLA) | Ben Newman (CONT)* |
Jack Coleman (PLA) | Don Otten (PLA)* |
Leroy Edwards (PLA) | Louis Pieri (CONT)* |
Leo Ferris (CONT) | Kevin Porter (PLA) |
Travis Grant (PLA) | Glenn Roberts (PLA) |
Jack Hartman (COA) | Lennie Rosenbluth (PLA) |
Cam Henderson (COA) | Kenny Sailors (PLA) |
Robert Hopkins (PLA) | Fred Schaus (CONT) |
Charles Keinath (PLA) | Sam Schulman (CONT) |
Greg Kelser (PLA) | Paul Silas (PLA) |
Kentucky Wesleyan 1966, 1968, 1969 (TEA) | Dick Van Arsdale (PLA) |
Loyola of Chicago (TEA) | Tom Van Arsdale (PLA) |
Dan Lynch (COA)* | Cleo Vaughn (PLA)* |
Billy Markward (CONT) | Lambert Will (CONT) |
Jack McKinney (CONT) | Max Zaslofsky (PLA) |
Finalists from the Honor’s Committee for the Class of 2024 will be announced on Friday, February 16, in Indianapolis, Indiana, during NBA All-Star Weekend.
The entire Class of 2024 will be unveiled during the NCAA Final Four in Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday, April 6, in a nationally televised broadcast.
The announcement time and broadcast network for both the Finalist and the Class Announcement will be announced in the near future.
Enshrinement weekend will begin at the Mohegan Sun on Friday, August 16, with the Tip-Off Celebration and Awards Gala, followed by the Enshrinement ceremony on Saturday, August 17, at Springfield’s historic Symphony Hall.
VIP Packages for the Hall of Fame Enshrinement Weekend will go on sale on Friday, February 16. All single-event tickets to the Ceremony, Tip Off Celebration, and Awards Gala, as well as other ancillary events, will go on sale on Saturday, April 6, at 12:00 p.m. EST. All packages and tickets will be available for purchase at hoophall.com.
The complete listing of events and pricing will be released by February 1.
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame also announced changes to its election process that will more carefully examine candidates from the International, Men’s Veteran’s, Women’s Veteran’s, and Contributor Committees. Since 2011, the Hall of Fame has allowed these categories to be stand-alone ‘direct-elect’ committees with the objective of ensuring candidates who may have ‘fallen through the cracks’ received focused and specialized consideration in these various categories. The Election Process Committee has determined that this objective of more acute consideration has been met during this 12-year period, and now candidates put forth from these categories will revert back to the previous and traditional process of being presented for final consideration to the Honors Committee for election.
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