Kobe Bryant will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, bypassing the normal election process following the helicopter crash that claimed his and his daughter’s lives, as well as seven others, in California on Sunday.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported the news. When asked to confirm, a spokeswoman for the Hall of Fame provided a statement that did not address whether or not the institution will forego the traditional induction process for Bryant.
However, Hall of Fame chairman Jerry Colangelo did make it sound as though Bryant’s induction is a foregone conclusion.
‘Expected to be arguably the most epic class ever with Kobe, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett,’ Colangelo told Charania. ‘Kobe will be honored the way he should be.
Bryant was part of a 2020 class of nominees that included many of his greatest rivals, such as Tim Duncan, Tim Hardaway, and Kevin Garnett, who preceded the Lakers legend in jumping straight from high school to the NBA.
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