Post by Admin on Apr 3, 2020 18:18:23 GMT -4
Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Rudy Tomjanovic reportedly elected to Hall of Fame
This is going to be as impressive and deserving — and, for voters, obvious — a Hall of Fame class as we have seen in recent memory.
Kobe Bryant? Lock. Tim Duncan? Lock. Kevin Garnett? Lock.
When the Hall of Fame class of 2020 is formally announced on Saturday (at noon Eastern), it’s no surprise that those three guys got in, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic. What is a surprise is that Rudy Tomjanovic finally got in after falling short for multiple years, according to Mark Berman of Fox News 26 in Houston (who has been well connected on Rockets’ stories).
Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball @hoophall Class of 2020, sources tell @theathleticnba @stadium. Formal announcements will be made on Saturday.
Tomjanovic has been on the ballot two of the past three years but never got over the threshold of votes (from an anonymous group of voters). He is the only person in NBA history to score 10,000 points as a player (he was a five-time All-Star) and win 500 career games with two championships as a coach. His resume is impressive and legends of the game such as Gregg Popovich have stumped for Tomjanovic to make it.
Tamika Catchings also is up for nomination and likely will get the nod. Legendary coaches Kim Mulkey, Barbara Stevens, and Eddie Sutton also are nominated.
Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Rudy Tomjanovic reportedly elected to Hall of Fame originally appeared on NBCSports.com
