The biggest honor and feat in team sports is to win the championship and hoist that trophy with the teammates and coaches you fought so hard alongside all season.
When it comes to an individual’s career, being enshrined to the sport’s Hall of Fame is the mountain top. To join the legends and greats that paved the way is something no one can take from you.
This weekend, we saw Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan and the late, great Kobe Bryant enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to honor their long, illustrious careers.
Today’s NBA is filled with sure-fire, first-ballot Hall of Famers: LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant to name a few. Then you have your fringe Hall of Famers — guys who are on the fence with arguments for and against being enshrined.
See the list below of current, or freshly retired players, who are on the doorstep of becoming a Hall of Famer.