Through Cedric ‘Big Ced’ Thornton
August 9, 2025
The induction ceremony takes place in Symphony Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts, 6 September.
When former New York Knicks player Carmelo Anthony is anchored in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame In September he has two colleague NBA Hall of Famers, Philadelphia 76ers Legend Allen Iverson and Miami Heat Star Dwyane Wade, there to present him.
The NBA announced the presenters and Honorees for this year’s induction ceremony, which will take place in Symphony Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts, the ‘Birthplace of Basketball’, on 6 September.
Anthony selected Iverson, with whom he played when they were both on the Denver Nuggets and one of his “banana boat” Broeders (consisting of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul).
The new Hall of Famers was asked to choose other Honorees who were inaugurated for them to present them during the Enshrinement Ceremony. Iverson entered the Hall of Fame in 2016, while Wade was inaugurated in 2023.
Former Orlando Magic Center, Dwight Howard, is also inaugurated and selected Boston Celtics Great Robert Parish (2003), Atlanta Hawks’ Dominique Wilkins (2006), Knicks’ Patrick Ewing (2008) and Chicago Bulls’ Dennis Rodman (2011).
Anthony was prepared by the Denver Nuggets and during his play years, suitable for the Knicks, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Houston Rockets, the Portland Trail Blazers, before he ended his career at the Los Angeles Lakers.
During his only season of College Basketball, he led Syracuse University to the first and only NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship. He then went to the NBA design of 2003, where the Nuggets van Denver made him the third general choice.
Anthony is one of the most decorated players in the history of the basketball team of the United States Olympic gentlemen. At four Olympic Games he won three gold medals and the leader of all time became played in games and rebounds while he is in second points. He set the American Olympic scoring record in 2012 with 37 points in a match against Nigeria.
The Hall of Fame -Inductees and presenters from 2025
Carmelo Anthony – Allen Iverson (class of 2016), Dwyane Wade (’23)
Micky Arison – Alonson Mourning (’14), Pat Riley (’08), Dwyane Wade (’23)
Sue Bird – Geno Auriemma (’06), Swin Cash (’22)
Danny Crawford – Tim Hardaway (’22), Isiah Thomas (’00)
Billy Donovan – Maurice Cheeks (’18), Rick Pitino (’13)
Sylvia Fowles – Katie Smith (’18), Lindsay Whalen (’22)
Dwight Howard – Patrick Ewing (’08), Robert Parish (’03), Dennis Rodman (’11), Dominique Wilkins (’06)
Maya Moore – Seimone Augustus (’24), Geno Auriemma (’06), Swin Cash (’22), Tamika Catchings (’20), Lindsay Whalen (’22)
2008 USA Men National Team – Jim Boeheim (’05), Chris Bosh (’21), Jerry Colangelo (’04), Jason Kidd (’18), Mike Krzyzewski (’01), Dwyane Wade (’23)
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