The trio will be formally inducted into the Hall of Fame on August 29 along with another five basketball greats.
Like Iverson, Duncan was the first overall pick of the NBA draft when the San Antonio Spurs selected him in 1997 and, like Bryant, he went on to win five NBA titles over the course of 19 seasons in the league. Garnett, meanwhile, arrived in the NBA a year before Iverson and Bryant when he was selected as the fifth overall pick of the draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
As someone who shared the court with the trio throughout his career and as an Hall of Famer himself—he was inducted along with Shaquille O'Neal, in 2016—Iverson's approval is a ringing endorsement of the selection."To call it a dream come true isn't doing it any justice, because I never dreamt I would be at this point. I played the game, enjoyed the game, loved what I did, and to be here now with the guys I will be put in the Hall of Fame with is just an amazing class.
"Kobe was not only a proven winner and a champion, he gave everything he had to the game of basketball," she said in a statement released by the team. Bryant, Duncan and Garnett will be inducted on August 29 in Springfield, Massachusetts and will be joined by four-time NCAA coach of the year Eddie Sutton and two-time NBA champion and former Houston Rockets Rudy Tomjanovich.
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