{"id":428620,"date":"2025-02-15T09:11:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T08:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=428620"},"modified":"2025-02-15T09:11:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T08:11:32","slug":"dusan-ivkovic-melo-anthony-dwight-howard-among-finalists-for-hall-of-fame-class-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/dusan-ivkovic-melo-anthony-dwight-howard-among-finalists-for-hall-of-fame-class-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusan Ivkovic, Melo Anthony, Dwight Howard among finalists for Hall of Fame Class 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced today at NBA All-Star Weekend 2025 the selection of 17 Finalists from the following committees: North American, Women\u2019s, Men\u2019s Veterans, Women\u2019s Veterans, International, and Contributors.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Finalists will then be put forward to the Honors Committee to be considered for election as members of the Class of 2025. The new class will be announced in San Antonio on Saturday, April 5, at the NCAA Men\u2019s Final Four.<\/p>\n<p>North American Committee Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">2008 US Olympic Men\u2019s Basketball Team<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Carmelo Anthony [Player]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Danny Crawford [Referee]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Billy Donovan [Coach]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mark Few [Coach]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dwight Howard [Player]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marques Johnson [Player]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jerry Welsh [Coach]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Buck Williams [Player]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Women&#8217;s Committee Finalists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jennifer Azzi [Player]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sue Bird [Player]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sylvia Fowles [Player]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Maya Moore [Player]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Women&#8217;s Veteran Committee Finalist:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Molly Bolin [Player]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">International Committee Finalist:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Du\u0161an Ivkovi\u0107 [Coach]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Contributors Committee Finalists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Micky Arison<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tal Brody<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSelection as a Finalist for the Class of 2025 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame is a remarkable achievement, signifying a career of excellence and lasting influence on the game,\u201d said Jerry Colangelo, Chairman of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. \u201cThis recognition goes beyond statistics and accolades\u2014it honors those who have defined eras, inspired generations, and elevated basketball through their talent, leadership, and dedication. Whether as players, coaches, teams, or contributors, each Finalist has left an indelible mark on the sport, and we are proud to celebrate their extraordinary impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Announces 17 finalists for Class of 2025 Election.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X1s49XsuJd\">https:\/\/t.co\/X1s49XsuJd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/25HoopClass?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#25HoopClass<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e7IHheA5pC\">pic.twitter.com\/e7IHheA5pC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hoophall\/status\/1890551873804853531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new class will be announced in San Antonio on Saturday, April 5, at the NCAA Men\u2019s Final Four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":428619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[15725],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-428620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-comunicato"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/GjyW6ArawAAbxXf.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428620"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=428620"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=428620"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=428620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}