Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Sue Bird, ‘Redeem Team’ among Basketball Hall of Fame finalists

Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are one step closer to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

If everything goes well, you can get in twice.

Anthony and Howard were among the finalists who were announced on Friday by the Naishith Memorial Hall of Fame for anchoring as part of the 2025 class. Both did it as individuals -and for their roles at the US Olympic team 2008, who won the so -called “redemption team” at the Beijing Games Gold, which is now also a step of induction.

“I think Olympic team.” I said some things about this experience … ‘The star banner that is played, the flag was hoisted, it was a moment of complete completion. “

Also announced on Friday as the finalist: women’s basketball sizes and Olympic gold medalists, Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles, Maya Moore and Jennifer Azzi. Bird won five Olympic gold men, Fowles won four, Moore won two and Azzi was part of the team that won in Atlanta Gold in 1996.

“They look at the successes for each of them in terms of championships, which gains gold to be the players they were as long as they were.” Colangelo said.

The other finalists selected by the North American committee were Chicago bulls coach Billy Donovan (a two-time NCAA champion trainer at Florida). Gonzaga trainer Mark FEW; The retired NBA referee Danny Crawford; NBA Legends Marques Johnson and Buck Williams; and Jerry Welsh – who trained in 1981 and 1986 Potsdam in the state of New York with the titles of the NCAA Division III.

“I say to everyone that he is not really a trainer,” said Steve Babiarz, who played in 1986 in 1986. “He is everyone’s mentor, a second father. Coaching was secondary. He brought student athletes there to be successful, and his personality, his character, the way he goes around family, I mean, I have before Played for him for 40 years and I talk to him every month since I left Potsdam.

Miami Heat Managing General Partner Micky Arison is also a finalist for anchoring. Arison was presented by the participation committee, as did the long -time Maccabi Tel Aviv star Tal Brody.

“He is just a great owner,” said Heat President Pat Riley, a Hall of Fame -Induzierhall from 2008, about Arison. “It is a family organization.”

The Women’s Momitee for Women introduced Molly Bolin, who was signed by the first player signed by the women’s professional basketball league. And the international committee chose as a finalist of former Serbian professional players and long -time coach Dusan Ivkovic – already as a Fiba Hall of Fam.

The finalists still have one step to take: the Hall award committee will meet in the coming weeks, whereby 18 votes from this 24-person committee are needed for the choice. The class will be presented on April 5 in the NCAA men’s final in San Antonio.

“The selection as a finalist for the Naismith -Basketball -Hall of Fame 2025 class is a remarkable achievement that means a career of excellence and permanent influence on the game,” said Colangelo. “This recognition goes beyond statistics and awards – it honors those who defined epochs, have inspired generations and have increased basketball through their talent, leadership and their commitment.”

Enshrinement Weekend will take place in the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, and in the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Media, service life -Chevement awards

Detroit Piston’s Play-by-Play announcer George Blaha, CBS analyst Clark Kellogg, basketball author Michelle Smith and the influential NBA journalist Adrian Wojnarowski were unveiled on Friday as the winner of this year’s Curt Gowdy Media Awards.

According to the hall, the Gowdy Awards are handed over “members of the printed, electronic and transformative media, whose efforts have made a significant contribution to the basketball game”.

Also honored on Friday was the long -time Boston Celtics Vice President Media and Alumni Relations Jeff Twiss, who received the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award. According to the Hall, this award is “the most prestigious award that the Hall of Fame is awarded out of anchoring.

Blaha has been the piston’s voice since 1976. Kellogg came to CBS Sports in 1993 and has been part of his reporting on NCAA tournament for more than three decades. Smith wrote, among others, for ESPN, San Francisco Chronicle and AOL Fanhouse. Wojnarowski was a news breaker for ESPN and a bestselling author of the New York Times, who retired from journalism last year to become General Manager of the Men’s Basketball team in his Alma Mater St. Bonaventure.

Twiss has been with the Celtics and Boston has won four NBA titles during this time.

Reporting by the Associated Press.

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