The NBA announced Saturday that it has set the date to celebrate its new Hall of Fame inductees, including the late Kobe Bryant.The San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Bryant, the beloved Los Angeles Lakers icon, will join the sport’s greats at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in May 2021.
The event, which was set to occur in Springfield, Mass. in August but eventually delayed by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, will now take place from May 13 to May 15.The May 2021 event will be a posthumous honor for Bryant, who died at the top of 2020.
Also known as “Black Mamba” on the court, Bryant was an 18-time NBA All-Star and basketball legend.Beyond the court, Bryant was a husband to Vanessa Bryant, father to four daughters
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