Former NBA stars Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups were among 13 people inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame during the ceremony. Carter was famous for his high-flying dunks during a career that spanned 22 NBA seasons while Billups won an NBA championship with Detroit in 2004, earning the title of NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. Basketball legend Jerry West, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player and member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team, has been inducted again as a contributor to his work. his work as an executive, becoming the first member of the Hall to be inducted as a player and contributor. He passed away in June at the age of 86. Others honored include prominent former NBA players Michael Cooper, Walter Davis and Dick Barnett, Australian star Michelle Timms, US college coaches Bo Ryan and Harley Redin, middle coach American scholar Charles Smith, WNBA star Seimone Augustus and contributors Doug Collins and Herb Simon.

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Billups, a five-time NBA All-Star, averaged 15.2 points and 5.4 assists in a 17-year NBA career and was head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers but missed Back to the difficult early days of his career. Carter, an eight-time NBA All-Star, was the winner of the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest and won an Olympic gold medal with the United States team at the 2000 Sydney Games. He averaged 16.7 points, 4 .3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. Cooper won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers and was on eight NBA All-Defensive Teams, winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in 1987. He also coached the Los Angeles Sparks to the NBA All-Defensive Team. WNBA title in 2001 and 2002.

Davis was a six-time NBA All-Star in a 15-year career and is the all-time leading scorer in Phoenix Suns history. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and was the 1978 NBA Rookie of the Year, Barnett played 14 NBA seasons in the 1960s and 1970s, winning league championships with New York in 1970 and 1973. Augustus was a four-time champion and eight-time all-star in 15 WNBA seasons, 14 with the Minnesota Lynx.Timms was known as one of the best defenders in the world while playing for the Australian Opals, helping the team win an Olympic bronze medal in 1996 and a silver medal in 2000. She played five seasons in the WNBA.