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Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026 is official.

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame revealed its Class of 2026 on Saturday, and it's a loaded group. Nine inductees will be enshrined on August 15 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The headliners: Doc Rivers, who coached the Celtics to the 2008 title and is currently leading the Bucks; Candace Parker, a three-time WNBA champion and two-time league MVP who changed women's basketball; and Amar'e Stoudemire, the power forward who defined an era of Suns basketball alongside Steve Nash.

Mike D'Antoni — the architect of Seven Seconds or Less — gets in alongside Rivers on the coaching side. Elena Delle Donne, Chamique Holdsclaw, Gonzaga's Mark Few, legendary referee Joey Crawford, and the gold-medal-winning 1996 US Women's National Team round out the class. Crawford officiated 39 NBA seasons. The '96 Women's Team featured Sheryl Swoopes, Dawn Staley, and Rebecca Lobo and is considered the squad that launched the WNBA.