Kobe, Duncan, Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame class

FILE - In this Monday May 15, 2017 file photo, International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission Chair Patrick Baumann smiles as he visits the Stade de France stadium, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. Baumann is part of a nine-person group announced Saturday, April 4, 2020, as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)

FILE - In this July 18, 2013 file photo, Kevin Garnett smiles as he speaks to reporters during an NBA basketball news conference in New York. Garnett and fellow NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant headlined a nine-person group announced Saturday, April 4, 2020, as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. They all got into the Hall in their first year of eligibility, as did WNBA great Tamika Catchings. Two-time NBA champion coach Rudy Tomjanovich, longtime Baylor women’s coach Kim Mulkey, 1,000-game winner Barbara Stevens of Bentley and three-time Final Four coach Eddie Sutton were selected. So was former FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

FILE - In this June 5, 2014 file photo, San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan listens to a question during a news conference in San Antonio. Duncan, fellow NBA greats Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett headlined a nine-person group announced Saturday, April 4, 2020, as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. They all got into the Hall in their first year of eligibility, as did WNBA great Tamika Catchings. Two-time NBA champion coach Rudy Tomjanovich, longtime Baylor women’s coach Kim Mulkey, 1,000-game winner Barbara Stevens of Bentley and three-time Final Four coach Eddie Sutton were selected. So was former FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

FILE - In this April 7, 2019 file photo, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey encourages her team during the first half against Notre Dame in the Final Four championship game of the NCAA women's college basketball tournament in Tampa, Fla. Mulkey is part of a nine-person group announced Saturday, April 4, 2020, as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - In this June 26, 2019 file photo, Tamika Catchings poses for a photo inside Banker's Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Catchings is part of a nine-person group announced Saturday, April 4, 2020, as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2018 file photo, former Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton is pictured on the court in Stillwater, Okla. Sutton is part of a nine-person group announced Saturday, April 4, 2020, as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2018 file photo, Bentley coach Barbara Stevens, center, is congratulated during a team photo after winning her 1000th career game after Bentley beat Adelphi 78-66 in Waltham, Mass., Stevens is part of a nine-person group announced Saturday, April 4, 2020, as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. (Christopher Evans/The Boston Herald via AP, File)

FILE - In this Dc. 18, 2017 file photo, former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant talks during a news conference in Los Angeles. Bryant and fellow NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett headlined a nine-person group announced Saturday, April 4, 2020, as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. They all got into the Hall in their first year of eligibility, as did WNBA great Tamika Catchings. Two-time NBA champion coach Rudy Tomjanovich, longtime Baylor women’s coach Kim Mulkey, 1,000-game winner Barbara Stevens of Bentley and three-time Final Four coach Eddie Sutton were selected. So was former FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

FILE - In this July 10, 2004 file photo, Two-time NBA champion Rudy Tomjanovich answers questions at a news conference after being named The Los Angeles Lakers new head coach in Los Angeles. Tomjanovich, Kobe Bryant and fellow NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett headlined a nine-person group announced Saturday, April 4, 2020, as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)