The only sure bet for this year’s Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame was that Vince Carter would make in the class of 2024.
After that, there were no guarantees. Not for Chauncey Billups. Not for Michael Cooper,
On Saturday in Phoenix, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced Carter, Billups, Cooper, Seimone Augustus, Jerry West, Herb Simon, Doug Collins, Bo Ryan, Walter Davis, Charles Smith, Dick Barnett, Harley Redin and Michele Timms will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in August.
At NBA All-Star Weekend in February, it was unveiled that J.A. Adande, Debbie Antonelli, Slam magazine and NBA Inside Stuff were named the recipients of the 2024 Curt Gowdy Media Award, and JoAn Scott, a longtime basketball executive at Nike, USA Basketball and the NCAA, is the recipient of the 2024 John Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award.
Meet your 2024 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductees:
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Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2024 inductees
Seimone Augustus
Augustus is a four-time WNBA champion, eight-time All-Star, 2011 Finals MVP and led LSU to three consecutive Finals Fours, averaging 19.3 points and 5.2 rebounds and shooting 54.4% from the field in four seasons. She was NCAA player of the year twice. She produced a career-high 22.6 points per game for the Minnesota Lynx in 2007, and in the 2011 WNBA Finals, she averaged 24.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists and shot 58.7% from the field.