Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol Headline 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame Class

NBA legends Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki and Pau Gasol headline the 12-person class that will be inducted into the 2023 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame announced the full list of inductees on Saturday:

• Dwyane Wade: 13-time All-Star, three-time NBA champion
• Dirk Nowitzki: 14-time All-Star, 2010-11 NBA champion
• Pau Gasol: six-time All-Star, two-time NBA champion
• Tony Parker: six-time All-Star, four-time NBA champion
• Becky Hammon: six-time All-Star, 2022 WNBA champion
• Gregg Popovich: five-time NBA champion, three-time Coach of the Year
• Gene Keady: seven-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, five-time National Coach of the Year
• Gene Bess: winningest coach in college basketball history (1,300 victories)
• Gary Blair: 852 career wins, 1996 Olympic gold medal (U.S. women's team), 2011 NCAA women's tournament champion
• David Hixon: two-time Division III Coach of the Year, two-time Division III national champion
• 1976 United States Olympic women's basketball team
• Jim Valvano: two-time ACC tournament champion, 1983 NCAA men's national championship

Wade and Nowitzki are arguably the two best players in the history of their respective franchises.

Even though Wade did spend time later in his career with the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers, he is synonymous with the Miami Heat. He is their all-time leader in games played (948), points (21,556), assists (5,310) and steals (1,492).

Wade led the Heat to their first title in franchise history, beating Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals. He went on to win two more titles playing with LeBron James and Chris Bosh in 2012 and 2013.

Nowitzki is the first—and to date, only—player in Mavs history to win an MVP award (2006-07). He spent his entire 21-year career in Dallas, winning an NBA championship during the 2010-11 season over Wade and the Heat.

Nowitzki ranks sixth in NBA history with 31,560 career points. His 12 appearances on the All-NBA team are tied for seventh-most all-time.

Gasol was on his way to having a stellar career as the face of the Memphis Grizzlies during his first six seasons. A trade to the Los Angeles Lakers midway through the 2007-08 season helped elevate his profile to another level.

Playing alongside Kobe Bryant, Gasol was the second-best player on a Lakers team that made the NBA Finals in three consecutive years and won back-to-back titles in 2008 and 2009.

Gasol averaged at least 17.0 points per game in each of his first 11 seasons and 9.2 rebounds per game during that span. He was named to the All-NBA team four times in seven seasons from 2008-09 to '14-'15.

Gregg Popovich and Tony Parker become the latest core members of the San Antonio Spurs' dynasty to go into the Hall of Fame, joining Tim Duncan (Class of 2020) and Manu Ginobili (Class of 2022).

Popovich is the winningest coach in NBA history with 1,363 career victories. His five championships are tied with Pat Riley and John Kundla for the third-most all-time among head coaches.

Parker spent his first 17 seasons with the Spurs, winning four titles during that period. He was named to the All-Star team six times and is the franchise's all-time leader with 6,829 career assists.

Becky Hammon was also with the Spurs as an assistant on Popovich's coaching staff from 2014 to '22. She had a 15-year playing career in the WNBA from 1999 to '14 with the New York Liberty (1999-2006) and San Antonio Stars (2007-14).

A six-time WNBA All-Star, Hammon was named to the league's anniversary teams for its 15th, 20th and 25th years. She had her No. 25 jersey retired by the Stars in 2016.

The entire 2023 Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted at a ceremony during enshrinement weekend on Aug. 12.