Billions have inhabited the world, yet only 361 people are members of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Considered basketball immortals, these players are the best of the best. Yet, like a kid in the rec center, they are still human.
Though they may be giants of the game, literal giants like Yao Ming, the Hall of Fame class of 2016 features greats whose style and skill made them huge, such as six-foot Allen Iverson.
Now that they are forever immortalized their Sept. 9 induction ceremony, it is important to understand that their lives were not entirely positives, but included many hardships.