Kobe Bryant Will Be Posthumously Inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame
“Kobe will be honored the way he should be.”
As the tragic death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant continues to shake the world, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has announced that it will posthumously induct the late Lakers player as part of its 2020 class later on this year. “Kobe will be honored the way he should be,” Hall of Fame Chairman Jerry Colangelo said, as reported by NBA journalist Shams Charania.
Fellow inductees include Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, with additional finalists to be announced on February 14 during NBA All-Star Weekend. This year’s full Hall of Fame class will be announced in April at the Final Four and the official induction ceremony will take place in Springfield, Massachusetts on August 29.
Breaking: the @NBA Hall of Fame committee will set aside the traditional election process and have selected @Lakers #KobeBryant as a first-ballot Hall of Famer for 2020 posthumously. #cbsla #KobeBryantRIP
— Jeff Vaughn (@JeffVaughn) January 28, 2020
Kobe Bryant will be a first-ballot enshrinement into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2020.
“Expected to be arguably the most epic class ever with Kobe, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett,” HOF chairman Jerry Colangelo says. “Kobe will be honored the way he should be.”
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 27, 2020
Bryant will be part of standard Hall of Fame screening process on Wednesday, with finalists in February at All-Star break and formal inductees at the Final 4 in April. https://t.co/OYFMwFIJxD
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 27, 2020
