Former NBA stars Chauncey Billups and Vince Carter, and four-time WNBA champion Seimone Augustus, headline the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2024, which was announced Saturday.
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Vince Carter wowed the basketball world with his high-flying dunks for more than two decades. Chauncey Billups was a clutch guard and Finals MVP for theJerry West
, who was already inducted as a player and as a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team. Also in the class: players Seimone Augustus, Michael Cooper, Walter Davis, Dick Barnett and Michele Timms, coaches Charles Smith, Harley Redin and Bo Ryan, broadcaster/coach Doug Collins and owner Herb Simon.Toronto RaptorsThe 6-foot-6 guard's longevity in the game was legendary and he was a useful player deep into his 40s, hanging with players less than half his age.
Billups, 47, was a five-time All-Star and won an NBA championship with the Pistons in 2004. He was also the MVP of the Finals that season and is now the coach of the, but his pro career was a little slow to develop. He eventually found a home in Detroit, making his first All-Star team in his ninth season.
Part of a balanced Pistons team that included Richard Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince and Ben Wallace, Billups averaged 21 points and 5.2 assists per game in the 2004 Finals. They beat the Lakers in five games for the title. The 85-year-old West was inducted as a contributor. The 14-time All-Star was inducted as a player in 1980. He spent more than 20 years as an executive for the- helping the franchise win eight championships over a span from 1980 to 2002 - and was also the general manager for the
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