The Naismith Corridor of Fame will enshrine the Class of 2024 this weekend, with 13 inductees incomes their orange jackets in Springfield, Massachusetts. The occasion was initially scheduled to happen on Aug. 16-17, however it was moved to accommodate the 2024 Paris Olympics. Because of this, the celebration was moved to Oct. 12-13, with the enshrinement ceremony set for Sunday night time.

This yr’s class isn’t any stranger to success, as champions at virtually each degree of the sport litter the checklist. Headlined by Vince Carter, Chauncey Billups and Seimone Augustus, the checklist additionally options the primary particular person to be inducted for a 3rd time: the late Jerry West.

In preparation for the weekend’s occasions, here is all of the viewing data it’s essential know, in addition to a breakdown of all 13 inductees who shall be honored.

Naismith Corridor of Fame viewing data

Time: 6 p.m ET | Date: Sunday, October 13
Location: Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame — Springfield, MA
TV channel: NBATV

Listed here are the 13 inductees who shall be honored Sunday night time.

• Vince Carter — An eight-time NBA All-Star, Carter performed for eight groups throughout a record-breaking 22-year NBA profession. He made his title as a member of the Toronto Raptors earlier than experiencing extra success with the New Jersey Nets. Carter was the 1999 NBA Rookie of the Yr and 2000 Slam Dunk Contest champion.
• Chauncey Billups — The No. 3 general choose within the 1997 NBA Draft, Billups ultimately joined the Detroit Pistons after bouncing round on a number of groups. He led the Pistons to the 2004 NBA championship, incomes Finals MVP honors within the course of. He earned 5 All-Star appearances and is at present the top coach of the Portland Path Blazers.
• Michael Cooper — A key a part of the “Showtime” Lakers dynasty of the Nineteen Eighties, Cooper was a third-round choose in 1978 that went on to be chosen to eight All-Defensive Groups in 12 NBA seasons. He’s considered one of solely six guards ever to win Defensive Participant of the Yr, and he received 5 championships as a member of the Lakers. After retirement, Cooper coached the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks to 2 WNBA championships.
• Walter Davis — A six-time NBA All-Star, Davis spent nearly all of his profession with the Phoenix Suns. He received Rookie of the Yr in 1978 and holds the league file for many factors scored in a sport earlier than lacking a shot, as he made his first 15 pictures for 34 complete factors in a 1983 sport. Davis earned a gold medal on the 1976 Olympics taking part in for his school coach, Dean Smith. Davis died final November.
• Dick Barnett — A two-time NBA champion with the New York Knicks within the Nineteen Eighties, Barnett was additionally a legendary collegiate participant at Tennessee State. His Tigers received three consecutive NAIA championships from 1957-59, and he graduated as the varsity’s all-time main scorer.
• Seimone Augustus — Probably the most adorned school gamers of all time, Augustus swept the main Participant of the Yr awards in each 2005 and 2006 when she starred for the LSU Tigers. After being drafted first general by the Minnesota Lynx, she received 4 championships and made eight All-Star groups. She additionally earned three Olympic gold medals for Crew USA.
• Michele Timms — Timms made her title throughout a legendary profession taking part in in Australia’s WNBL. She was a seven-time choice to the WNBL All group and was twice named the Ladies’s Worldwide Participant of the Yr (1994, 1996). She helped Australia earn its first Olympic medal when she led them to bronze in 1996, and although she performed solely briefly for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997-2001, her No. 7 jersey was retired by the group, making her solely the second WNBA participant ever to obtain the honour. 
• Herb Simon — The longest-tenured NBA proprietor because the demise of Jerry Buss, Simon bought the Indiana Pacers in 1983. Throughout his 4 many years of stewardship, the Pacers have been among the many NBA’s most persistently aggressive groups. Although they’ve by no means received a championship, the Pacers have missed the playoffs solely 9 instances since 1990. 
• Doug Collins — Acknowledged as a contributor for his lifelong achievements within the sport of basketball, Collins has carried out nearly every little thing that may be carried out within the sport. He was drafted No. 1 general in 1973 by the Philadelphia 76ers following a standout school profession. He embarked upon a profitable teaching profession with the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards and 76ers. When not teaching, Collins can also be a really skilled broadcaster, having referred to as video games for a number of networks.
• Bo Ryan — For 30 years, Ryan coached school basketball within the state of Wisconsin. His first head-coaching job got here in 1984 for Wisconsin-Platteville. He moved on to Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1999, and at last, Wisconsin-Madison, the flagship state faculty, in 2001. His profession head-coaching file was 747-233, and in his ultimate full season, he led the Badgers to the nationwide championship sport earlier than finally falling to Duke.
• Harley Redin — Redin coached each the lads’s and ladies’s basketball groups at Wayland Baptist College. He went 151-88 with the lads from 1948-56 earlier than going 429-63 main the ladies’s group. He earned medals teaching the Crew USA girls on the 1959 and 1971 Pan American Video games and was inducted into the Ladies’s Basketball Corridor of Fame in 1999.
• Charles Smith — The winningest coach in Louisiana highschool historical past, Smith received 9 state championships at Peabody Magnet Excessive College. He has two excellent 41-0 seasons and was inducted into the Nationwide Excessive College Athletic Coaches Affiliation Corridor of Fame in 2021.
• Jerry West — A two-time inductee as each a participant and a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic Crew, West now enters the Corridor of Fame for a 3rd time as a contributor. West was one of many architects behind the 5 Laker championships of the Nineteen Eighties and the 5 they received between 2000-2010. West is the primary particular person ever to be inducted into the Corridor of Fame as each as a participant and a contributor.