Ray Allen, Jason Kidd and Steve Nash are among the eligible nominees for the 2018 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2018.
Kidd was a ten-time All-Star who won an NBA title with the Dallas Mavericks in 2010.
Nash, an eight-time All-Star, won back-to-back MVP awards in 2005 and 2006 while playing for the Phoenix Suns. Ten-time All-Star Allen won championships in 2008 with the Boston Celtics and in 2013 with the Miami Heat. Allen is the all-time leader in made three-pointers with 2,973. Allen recently made headlines for claiming he was “catfished,” or stalked online.
Among the other 2018 inductees are seven-time All-Star Chauncey Billups and Grant Hill, another seven-time All-Star who was co-rookie of the year in 1995 and who played 18 seasons in the NBA. While at Duke, he won two national titles and was twice named an All-American.
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The Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday a series of changes to its enshrinement process, the most significant of which will allow players, referees and coaches to be eligible after just three seasons of retirement.
Richard Hamilton, who played alongside Billups on the Detroit Pistons championship team, was selected to three All-Star teams.
Here is the full list of nominees:
* Indicates First-Time Nominee
North American Committee Nominations
Women’s Committee Nominations
DIRECT-ELECT CATEGORY: Early African-American Pioneers Committee Nominations
DIRECT-ELECT CATEGORY: International Committee Nominations
DIRECT-ELECT CATEGORY: Contributor Committee Nominations
DIRECT-ELECT CATEGORY: Veterans Committee Nominations
CHARLOTTE, NC – APRIL 28: Ray Allen #34 of the Miami Heat during their game against the Charlotte Bobcats in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2014 NBA Playoffs at Time Warner Cable Arena on April 28, 2014 in Charlotte, North Carolina. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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