Basketball

Late Kobe Bryant named basketball Hall of Famer as part of star-studded class

April 5, 2020 10:58 am

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant in 2015. [Source: TVNZ]

Kobe Bryant’s resume has yet another entry to prove his greatness: He’s now, officially, a Hall of Famer.

And he’s got plenty of elite company in the 2020 class, one that may be as glitzy as any.

Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on January 26, and fellow NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett headlined a nine-person group announced Saturday as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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