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Wade headlined a list of first-time nominees by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Wednesday that also included Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Pau Gasol. Bulls coach Billy Donovan and former Heat guard Goran Dragic reflected on Wade.

Their popularity has lasted 30 years, but where did the shirts really come from?

The number six jersey of former American basketball star Bill Russell, who died on July 31, is being retired across the NBA

The number worn by the 11-time champion, civil rights activist and Hall of Fame player and coach is being permanently retired by all 30 teams. Russell died July 31 at age 88.

The late Hall of Famer is the first to achieve the honor in the NBA.

Bill Russell’s No. 6 jersey is being retired across the NBA, a first for the league

The son of Basketball Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen explained why the two no longer play head to head.

Al Horford can’t become the best player drafted by the Atlanta-era Hawks to win an NBA championship. That honor still goes to Pau Gasol even if Horford’s Celtics beat the Warriors. The Hawks picked Gasol No. 3 overall in 2001, and he went on to win two rings with the…

Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Fitch, who was head coach of the 1986 Western Conference champion Houston Rockets, has passed away at 89 years old.

Harris helped Delta State University win three straight national titles in the 1970s and earned a silver medal for the United States at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. Harris was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992 as the first Black woman to earn that honor.