The Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame will induct the Class of 2021 inductees this weekend. Invoice Russell (as a coach), Paul Pierce and Chris Bosh headline this 12 months’s class.

Russell, inducted into the Corridor of Fame as a participant in 1975, received his ultimate two titles with the Celtics as a player-coach after Purple Auerbach retired forward of the 1966-67 season. He was not solely the primary Black coach in NBA historical past, but additionally the primary Black skilled North American coach. He’s additionally the primary such coach to win a championship.

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Pierce joins Garnett, his former Celtics teammate, within the Corridor of Fame. A ten-time All-Star, he captured the NBA championship and Finals MVP award in 2008. Bosh, who received his two NBA titles as a part of the Warmth’s “Huge Three” alongside Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, was an 11-time NBA All-Star whose profession was reduce quick due to well being points.

Different notable entrants into the 2021 Corridor of Fame class embrace four-time NBA Defensive Participant of the Yr Ben Wallace, Fab 5 standout and five-time NBA All-Star Chris Webber and Hofstra and Villanova coach Jay Wright, who has two NCAA Match titles and 4 Closing 4 appearances underneath his belt. Ladies’s inductees embrace Yolanda Griffith (WNBA champion, WNBA MVP and eight-time All-Star) and Lauren Jackson, a legend in each the WNBA and WNBL.

Beneath is the total 2021 enshrinement class:

Basketball Corridor of Fame 2021 class

North American Committee

• Rick Adelman
• Chris Bosh
• Paul Pierce
• Invoice Russell
• Ben Wallace
• Chris Webber
• Jay Wright

Ladies’s Committee

• Yolanda Griffith
• Lauren Jackson

Contributors

• Val Ackerman
• Howard Garfinkel
• Cotton Fitzsimmons

Veterans Committee

• Bob Dandridge

Worldwide Committee

• Toni Kukoc

Ladies’s Veterans

• Pearl Moore

Early African American Pioneers

• Clarence “Fat” Jenkins