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Kobe Bryant's induction to hall of fame postponed: Report
The late Kobe Bryant's induction into America's basketball hall of fame has been postponed to 2021.
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Test prints of Kobe Bryant's hands, made in 2011 when the late basketball player became the first athlete to leave his prints in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, are pictured in an undated photo before going up for auction Beverly Hills, California, US, released on Feb. 27, 2020. The late Kobe Bryant's induction into America's basketball hall of fame has been postponed to 2021. (Courtesy of /Julien's Auction/Handout via REUTERS )
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he late Kobe Bryant's induction into America's basketball hall of fame has been postponed to 2021, US media reported on Wednesday.
Bryant, who died along with eight others in a helicopter crash in January, was schedule to be inducted into the Massachusetts-based Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on August 29.
Former NBA stars Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and six others are also slated to be enshrined next year due to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic.
"We're definitely canceling," Hall of Fame spokesman Jerry Colangelo told ESPN on Wednesday. "It's going to have to be the first quarter of next year. [The board will] meet in a couple of weeks and look at the options of how and when and where."
Bryant died January 26 at age 41 in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California that also claimed the life of his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others.
Bryant was an 18-time NBA all-star, five-time NBA champion and three-time NBA finals MVP in a two-decade career with the Los Angeles Lakers.
