Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles capped off their illustrious careers by being named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class announced at the men’s Final Four in San Antonio on Saturday.
The 2025 class also includes coach Billy Donovan, longtime NBA referee Danny Crawford and Miami Heat owner Micky Arison, along with the 2008 “Redeem Team” that took gold at the Beijing Olympics.
Bird enters the Hall after retiring from a 21-year career with the Seattle Storm, whom she helped win four WNBA titles. Bird also led the U.S. Women’s Olympic team in earning five gold medals. Moore won four WNBA championships with the Minnesota Lynx and was the league’s 2014 Most Valuable Player; Fowles was also a two-time champion with the Lynx over 15 seasons and a two-time WNBA Finals MVP.
On the coaching side, Donovan won two national championships at Florida and is the current longtime coach of the Chicago Bulls. Crawford officiated more than 2,000 NBA games over 32 seasons, including 30 finals games.
Jeff Twiss, the Boston Celtics’ longtime public relations executive, received the John Bunn Award, the Hall’s single-highest award short of enshrinement in the Hall itself. He’s been with the franchise for more…
