Kobe Bryant, Lakers, at left, guarded by fellow Corridor of Famer Kevin Garnett
John Doleva, the president and CEO of the Basketball Corridor of Fame, hoped to maintain the upcoming and much-anticipated Class of 2020 on this calendar yr. Final month, Doleva stated he meant to maintain the enshrinement ceremony for all-time greats Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan of the NBA, in addition to Tamika Catchings of the WNBA, at its slotted time in August however had established a back-up date at Symphony Corridor in Springfield, Mass., in October.
“We anticipate this to be one of many greatest lessons, one of many hardest tickets, perhaps within the historical past of the Corridor of Fame,” Doleva stated.
However it appears as if that class will wait till 2021. Jerry Colangelo, the Corridor of Fame’s chairman of the board of governors, informed ESPN that each the unique enshrinement date (August 29) and the backup date (October 11) have been known as off due to the toll of the novel coronavirus.
“We’re positively canceling,” Colangelo stated, in line with reporter Jackie MacMullan. “It’s going to need to be the primary quarter of subsequent yr. We’ll meet in a few weeks and have a look at the choices of how and when and the place.”