This Year’s NBA Hall of Fame
Sunday’s announcement of the 2021 NBA Hall of Fame class, featuring top-tier stars Paul Pierce, Chris Webber, Chris Bosh, and Ben Wallace came a day after the long-overdue enshrining of last year’s inductees, whose ceremony was postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions. Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and the late Kobe Bryant led the pack for 2020’s respective class, which capped off the night and served as an emotional affair, to say the least.
Pierce and Garnett were part of the 2008 NBA Finals champions Boston Celtics squad where Pierce took home the MVP award. He would also amass more than 26,000 points and 10 All-Star appearances in 19 seasons. Bosh’s basketball career ended a little more prematurely than he would’ve preferred due to blood-clot issues. His resume, however, includes two NBA championships with Miami alongside LeBron James and Dwayne Wade. Bosh also has a gold medal with Team USA in the 2008 Olympics.
Of the most recent group of Hall-of-Famers, Webber had been a finalist in each of the past five years before making his way into the Naismith Memorial Basketball HOF this weekend. He was also a No. 1 overall pick in the 1993 NBA Draft after a prominent college career as part of the famous Fab Five team at Michigan. Bosh and Pierce were among those who made it in their first year of eligibility.
By Shane Farias / FM Hip Hop
– Shane Farias