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Carmelo Anthony: 'I never got an NBA ring but I know what I gave to the game'
Carmelo Anthony learned tough lessons coming of age playing basketball on playgrounds in Brooklyn and Baltimore. It culminated with him becoming one of the sports’ purest scorers and most decorated players ever. Walking onto the stage for his induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday to chants of “Melo! Melo,” Anthony took his place alongside basketball’s immortals. “Pardon my language, but damn,” Anthony said, tearing up. “Tonight I just don’t step into the Hall of Fame, I carry the echoes of every voice that ever told me I couldn’t. … I had to build a new road. I had to write a new ending.” Anthony was part of a quintet of players that were inducted into the Hall on Saturday as individuals, joining Dwight Howard, Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles. Together they were part of 11 WNBA or NBA championship teams, captured 15 Olympic gold medals, made 37 All-NBA or All-WNBA appearances and were named as All-Stars 45 times in their careers. “I never got an NBA ring. … But I know what I gave to the game,” Anthony said.
“Our communities are in need of help, and life, and thriving, and just mind shifts, system shifts,” Maya Moore said Friday, at a press availability at the Mohegan Sun Casino before Saturday’s induction at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Mass., the home of the Hall, about an hour northwest. “The reason a UConn or a Lynx is the way it is is because they have systems set in place to help everyone thrive,” Moore said. “They have leaders in place who actually are competent to be leaders, who know to actually connect to people and bring out the best in people. And, just the mindset of ‘everybody eats.’ It’s not you up here, you down there; I’m going to use you to get what I want. It’s ‘we’re going to do what we do for each other, and it’s going to be great.’
Sue Bird, Maya Moore elected to Hall of Fame
Shams Charania: WNBA legends: Sue Bird and Maya Moore have been elected into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025, sources tell ESPN. Bird: 13 WNBA All-Star teams, four championships. Moore: four-time champion, six-time All-Star.
Shams Charania: 2025 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame: Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Sylvia Fowles, Danny Crawford, 2008 U.S. Olympic men's team, Billy Donovan, Micky Arison.
Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard headline 2025 Hall of Fame finalists
Ben Golliver: 2025 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame finalists - Carmelo Anthony - Sylvia Fowles - Billy Donovan - Jerry Welsh - Tal Brody - Maya Moore - Dwight Howard - Sue Bird - Micky Arison - Mark Few - Jennifer Azzi - Buck Williams - Molly Bolin - Marques Johnson - Danny Crawford - Dusan Ivkovic - 2008 Olympic Redeem Team
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Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard listed among new Hall of Fame candidates
Clemente Almanza: The Basketball Hall of Fame announced the list of eligible candidates for the Class of 2025 Candidates include Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Dwight Howard, Doc Rivers, Billy Donovan, Sylvia Fowles, Chamique Holdsclaw, Mark Few, Lisa Bluder, Marc Gasol, Micky Arison
The Sports Business Journal honored Timberwolves and Lynx Owner Glen Taylor, Chief Executive Officer Ethan Casson, and Lynx forward Maya Moore among “The People Who Influenced Sports Business in 2020”. The annual list celebrates 79 individuals who, during an unprecedented year, set the standard as leaders in sports business.
Former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant said he believes that there are three WNBA players who could play in the NBA right now. "I think there are a couple of players who could play in the NBA right now, honestly," Bryant told CNN when asked whether there might be a day when his daughter could play in the same league in which he was a five-time champion and 18-time All-Star selection during his 20 seasons with the Lakers. "There's a lot of players with a lot of skill that could do it. "Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Elena Delle Donne. There's a lot of great players out there, so they could certainly keep up with them."
Bryant went on to name three WNBA ( Women's National Basketball Association) stars who he believes could make the jump into the men's league. "Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Elena Della Donne. There's a lot of great players out there so they could certainly keep up with them," he said.
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Damian Lillard: "My favorite is probably Candace Parker—that's my homegirl. Maya Moore. Diana Taurasi. But my sleeper, that I like personally, that I watch, Odyssey Sims. I've watched her since Baylor. She was nice there. I think that I've followed her for awhile, that I like her game a lot."
Jon Krawczynski: Josh Okogie and Keita Bates-Diop in the house for the Lynx-Storm game. Okogie rockin' a Maya Moore jersey.
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