NAISMITH BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES FOR THE CLASS OF 2026

– Blake Griffin, Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, and 1996 USA Basketball Ladies’s Nationwide Workforce Amongst First-Time Nominees; Mark Few, Doc Rivers, and Amar’e Stoudemire Amongst Group that Return as Eligible Candidates –

 

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – The Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame introduced the record of eligible candidates for the Class of 2026, that includes a number of high-profile first-time nominees. 

 

Notable new candidates for the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame Class of 2026 embody the 1996 USA Basketball Ladies’s Nationwide Workforce, Mike D’Antoni, Jamal Crawford, Elena Delle Donne, Blake Griffin, Joe Johnson, Candace Parker, Bruce Pearl, and Kelvin Sampson. Marv Albert, Mark Few, Doc Rivers, and Amar’e Stoudemire are amongst returning eligible candidates.

 

“The candidates for the Class of 2026 have every left an indelible influence on the sport of basketball,” mentioned John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame. “By means of defining performances, influential management, and achievements that helped elevate the game on the nationwide and worldwide stage, this 12 months’s poll acknowledges these whose legacy continues to form how the sport is performed, coached, and celebrated.”

 

The primary take a look at the record of eligible nominees was offered by “NBA At present” on ESPN, hosted by Malika Andrews, with Ramona Shelburne, Tim Bontemps, Kendrick Perkins, and Shams Charania in studio. A whole record of eligible candidates will be discovered beneath.

 

Finalists chosen from the relevant Class Screening Committees for the Class of 2026 will likely be introduced at a later date. Your complete Class of 2026 will likely be unveiled throughout a nationally televised broadcast on Saturday, April 4, throughout Last 4 Weekend. 

 

The Finalist and Class Announcement instances and broadcast networks will likely be introduced by Monday, February 9.

 

Enshrinement Weekend will start on the Mohegan Solar on Friday, August 14, with the Tip-Off Celebration and Awards Gala, adopted by the Enshrinement Ceremony the following day at Springfield’s historic Symphony Corridor.

 

All VIP Packages, single-event tickets to the Ceremony, Tip-Off Celebration, and Awards Gala, in addition to different ancillary occasions, will go on sale on Saturday, April 4. All packages and tickets will likely be obtainable for buy at hoophall.com.

 

The whole itemizing of occasions and pricing will likely be launched on Monday, February 9.

 

For the most recent information and updates, comply with @hoophall on X and Instagram.

 

Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame Class of 2026 Poll

* Signifies First-Time Nominee

 

NORTH AMERICA NOMINEES

Rick Barnes (COA)

Gene Bartow (COA)

Tom Chambers (PLA)

Jamal Crawford (PLA)*

Joey Crawford (REF)

Terry Cummings (PLA)

Bobby Dibler (REF)

Mark Few (COA)

Robert Foley (COA)

Mike Gminski (PLA)

Blake Griffin (PLA)*

Anfernee Hardaway (PLA)

Herman Harried (COA)*

Robert Horry (PLA)

Marques Houtman (PLA)

Joe Johnson (PLA)*

Kevin Johnson (PLA)

Marv Kessler (COA)

Invoice Laimbeer (PLA)

Mike Leonardo (COA)

Maurice Lucas (PLA)

Jack Madden (REF)

Shawn Marion (PLA)

Rollie Massimino (COA)

Bob McKillop (COA)

Gary McKnight (COA)

Paul Mihalak (REF)*

Steve Moore (COA)

Invoice Morse (COA)

Dick Motta (COA)

Tom Murphy (COA)*

Jack Nagle (COA)

Bruce Pearl (COA)*

Jim Phelan (COA)

Donald Richardson (COA)

Doc Rivers (COA)

Dave Robbins (COA)

Lee Rose (COA)

Brandon Roy (PLA)*

Kelvin Sampson (COA)*

Scott Skiles (PLA)*

Harry Statham (COA)

Amar’e Stoudemire (PLA)

Jerry Welsh (COA)

Buck Williams (PLA)

Shelden Williams (PLA)*

WOMEN’S NOMINEES

1996 United States Ladies’s Nationwide Workforce (TEA)*

Leta Andrews (COA)

Jennifer Azzi (PLA)

Lynn Norenberg Barry (CONT)*

Lisa Bluder (COA)

Elena Delle Donne (PLA)*

Cheryl Ford (PLA)

Wanda Ford (PLA) 

Bridgette Gordon (PLA)

Chamique Holdsclaw (PLA)

Bettye McClendon (REF)

Suzie McConnell (PLA)

Taj McWilliams-Franklin (PLA)

Candace Parker (PLA)*

Ticha Penicheiro (PLA)

Ruth Riley (PLA)

Tom Shirley (COA)*

Michelle Snow (PLA)*

Mike Thibault (COA)

Marian Washington (COA)

Chris Weller (COA)

Andrew Yosinoff (COA)

 

CONTRIBUTOR NOMINEES

Marv Albert

Pete Babcock

Bernie Bickerstaff

Tal Brody 

Vic Bubas

Tremaine Dalton

Mike D’Antoni*

Invoice Duffy

Mike Fratello

Bob Gibbons

Roberto Gonzalez

Simon Gourdine

Tim Grgurich

Dennis Jackson

Junius Kellogg

Johnny “Pink” Kerr

Dan Lynch

Elmo Mahoney*

Ken Mahoney*

Jack McCloskey

Jon McGlocklin

Alex McKechnie*

Johnny Most

Dennis Murphy

Curly Neal

Jim Riswold

Ermer Robinson*

Will Robinson

Gene Shue

Otis “Dino” Smiley

Scott Tarter

Sonny Vaccaro 

Donnie Walsh

World Wheelers

 

INTERNATIONAL NOMINEES

David Blatt (COA)

Jean-Jacques Conceicao (PLA)

Mirza Delibasic (PLA)

Jorge Garbajosa (PLA)

Marc Gasol (PLA)

Andrew Gaze (PLA)

Panagiotis Giannakis (PLA)

Giuseppe Giergia (PLA)

J.R. Holden (PLA)

Dusan Ivkovic (PLA)

Andrei Kirilenko (PLA)

Vladimir Kondrashin (COA)

Marcos Leite (PLA)

Ettore Messina (COA) 

Juan Carlos Navarro (PLA)

Andres Nocioni (PLA)

Fabricio Oberto (PLA)

Jose Ortiz (PLA)

Amaury Pasos (PLA)

Modesto Palauskas (PLA)

Togo Soares (PLA)

Penny Taylor (PLA)

Amaya Valdemore (PLA)

Ranko Zeravica (COA) 

 

WOMEN’S VETERAN NOMINEES

1982 Cheyney State NCAA Last 4 Workforce (TEA)

Molly Bolin (PLA)

Alline Banks Sprouse (PLA)

Edmonton Industrial Grads (TEA)

Fort Shaw Indians College (TEA)

John Head (COA)

Yolanda Laney (PLA)

Nashville Enterprise School (TEA)

Patsy Neal (PLA)*

Lometa Odom (PLA)

Hazel Walker (PLA)

Rosie Walker (PLA)*

Valerie Walker (PLA)

 

VETERAN NOMINEES

1936 US Males’s Nationwide Workforce (TEA)

1972 US Males’s Nationwide Workforce (TEA)

1976 US Males’s Nationwide Workforce (TEA)

Frank J. Basloe (CONT)*

Malcolm Brown (PLA)

Boid Buie (PLA)

Mack Calvin (PLA)

Jim Chones (PLA)

Jack Coleman (PLA)

Don Donoher (COA)

Leroy Edwards (PLA)

Leo Ferris (CONT)

World B. Free (PLA)

Travis Grant (PLA)

Bobby “Showboat” Corridor (CONT)

Cam Henderson (COA)

Robert Hopkins (PLA)

Marques Johnson (PLA)

Roger Kaiser (PLA)*

Larry Kenon (PLA)*

Kentucky Wesleyan 1966, 1968, 1969 (TEA)

Butch Lee (PLA)

Abe Lemons (COA)

Henry Logan (PLA)

Loyola of Chicago 1963 (TEA)

Billy Markward (CONT)

Invoice Melchionni (PLA)

Francis Meehan (PLA)

Lucias Mitchell (COA)

Richard Mullins (PLA)

Willie Naulls (PLA)

Ben Newman (CONT)

Don Otten (PLA)

Louis Pieri (CONT)

William J. Reinhart (CONT)

Mel Riebe (PLA)

Glenn Roberts (PLA)

Holcombe Rucker (CONT)

Kenny Sailors (PLA)

Bernard “Pink” Sarachek (CONT)

Fred Schaus (CONT)

Paul Silas (PLA)

Ralph Simpson (PLA)

Dick Van Arsdale (PLA)

Tom Van Arsdale (PLA)

Cleo Vaughn (PLA)

Lambert Will (CONT)

Gus Williams (PLA)

John Williamson (PLA)

Max Zaslofsky (PLA)