azcentral.com · May 28, 2020
Report: Basketball Hall delaying enshrinement ceremony that will include Kobe Bryant
Lebron James (left) and Kobe Bryant show off their Olympic rings after receiving them from Jerry Colangelo during a halftime ceremony in the NBA All Star Game at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix February 15, 2009. photo by Michael Chow/The Arizona RepublicSPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Basketball Hall of Fame chairman Jerry Colangelo told ESPN that the enshrinement ceremony for Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan and five others will be delayed until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The ceremony was to have taken place in Springfield on Aug. 29. Colangelo told ESPN that the event will be moved until the spring of 2021.