UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has boasted an array of deep classes since honoring its inaugural one in 1959.

Though he’s admittedly biased, 2025 inductee Dwight Howard believes there’s an argument that the five individual players being inducted this year on the men’s and women’s side could be one of the best collective groups ever.

Howard will be joined in this year’s class by Carmelo Anthony, who with Howard will also be honored on Saturday night along with the 2008 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team they played on that became known as the “ Redeem Team,” after winning gold at the Beijing Games that summer. They’ll share the stage with WNBA legends Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles.

“You put us together, you put all of us out of one team, how yo

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