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Kobe Bryant posthumously elected to Basketball Hall of Fame - DP - 04-04-2020
Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett and six others will forever be basketball legends as it was announced they would be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The Hall of Fame's announcement was delayed from the NCAA's Final Four weekend in Atlanta after the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and it comes a little over two months after Bryant died in a helicopter crash.
"We wish that he was here with us to celebrate but it's definitely the peak of his NBA career and every accomplishment that he had as an athlete was a stepping stone to be here. So we’re incredibly proud of him, and there’s some solace in knowing that he was probably going to be part of the 2020 Hall of Fame class," Bryant's wife, Vanessa, said in an interview with ESPN, as she began to choke up.
“In 2020, the basketball community has suffered the unimaginable loss of iconic figures Commissioner David Stern and Kobe Bryant, as well as the game itself due to COVID-19," Doleva said. "We have also banded together like never before in appreciation of the game and those who have made it the uniting force it is today."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/kobe-bryant-posthumously-elected-basketball-hall-fame-n1176761
Re: Kobe Bryant posthumously elected to Basketball Hall of Fame - Buzz - 04-04-2020
Was there ever any doubt whether or not the Köbster was HOF bound?
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Re: Kobe Bryant posthumously elected to Basketball Hall of Fame - vision63 - 04-04-2020
Mamba da man.
Re: Kobe Bryant posthumously elected to Basketball Hall of Fame - Rolando - 04-05-2020
No doubt in my mind, and I hate the Lakers!
His death was a tragedy, the death of his daughter (and the other girls on the chopper) even more so. He had made his bones, he was a legend in in field, and was on his way to a great second act! The girls never got their chance. I cried for them that day.
Now the question is not 'who will induct him?' but 'Will there be an induction ceremony?'
Re: Kobe Bryant posthumously elected to Basketball Hall of Fame - N-OS X-tasy! - 04-05-2020
Of course he was. He would have been even if he hadn’t died.