Report: Vince Carter, Chauncey Billups elected to Basketball HOF

Chauncey Billups and Vince Carter have been elected to the Class of 2024 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, The Athletic reported Wednesday.

The official announcement will come Saturday at the Final Four in Phoenix. Their enshrinement in Springfield, Mass. will take place Aug. 16-17.

Carter and Billups were among the 14 finalists announced in February.

Billups helped the Detroit Pistons win the 2004 NBA championship and was named NBA Finals MVP. He averaged 15.2 points and 5.4 assists over 1,043 career games, mostly with the Pistons (2002-08) and Denver Nuggets (1998-2000, 2009-11). His 89.4 career free-throw percentage ranks sixth in NBA/ABA history.

Carter, the only person to play in the NBA during four different decades, made his greatest impact with the Toronto Raptors, where he became the franchise’s first star player a few years into its existence. He averaged 16.7 points per game for his career and owns the single-season franchise scoring records for both the Raptors and Nets. He won the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest in iconic fashion and made the ninth-most 3-pointers (2,290) in league history.

Other finalists included Seimone Augustus, Michael Cooper, Walter Davis, Bo Ryan and Jerry West and Doug Collins.

–Field Level Media/ Reuters