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Allen Iverson, Tim Duncan and Steve Nash lead the names of the presenters for the 2023 Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame class.
Iverson will induct Dwyane Wade into the Corridor, whereas Duncan can be joined by David Robinson, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker to induct Gregg Popovich. Duncan and Ginobili will likewise be presenting Parker, who was additionally inducted as a part of the 2023 class.
Nash and Jason Kidd will do the honors for Dirk Nowitzki.
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Nash and Jason Kidd will do the honors for Dirk Nowitzki.
Wade, Popovich, Duncan and Nowitzki are joined by Pau Gasol, Jim Valvano, Becky Hammon, David Hixon, Gary Blair, Gene Bess, Gene Keady and the 1976 U.S. girls’s nationwide basketball group among the many honorees.
The 2023 Corridor of Fame class can be formally enshrined Saturday, August 12.
Wade has lengthy mentioned Iverson was certainly one of his greatest NBA influences, saying he wore the No. 3 throughout his playing career in honor of the Philadelphia 76ers legend.
Duncan, Robinson, Ginobili and Parker are the 4 gamers synonymous with making Popovich acknowledged as arguably the best coach in NBA historical past. The NBA’s all-time chief in teaching victories, Popovich has gained 5 championships and not too long ago simply inked a brand new five-year deal to stay in San Antonio. The Spurs can be hoping Victor Wembanyama turns into the ultimate piece within the puzzle of Popovich’s storied profession.
All 4 Popovich-coached gamers will formally be Corridor of Famers as soon as Parker is enshrined. Ginobili went into the Corridor final yr, Whereas Duncan was acknowledged in 2020 and Robinson in 2009.
Nash and Kidd, who mockingly went into the Corridor collectively in 2018, had been the 2 pivotal level guards in Nowitzki’s profession. Nash and Nowitzki had been the 2 stalwarts in Dallas earlier than the previous discovered his personal NBA playground in Phoenix, whereas Kidd helped carry Nowitzki his lone championship in 2011.
