Bryant’s household chosen Jordan to present him on the May 15 ceremony on the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut, in accordance with a statement from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The five-time NBA champion and the fourth all-time leading scorer in NBA history was elected into the Hall final April in his first 12 months of eligibility — simply months after Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others were killed in a January 26 helicopter crash in Southern California.
Jordan described Bryant as a little brother in an emotional speech at his memorial service on the Staples Center, the place Bryant made so many highlights throughout his 20-year profession.
“When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died, and as I look at this arena and across the globe, a piece of you died,” he mentioned final February. “I promise you, from this day forward, I will live with the memories of knowing that I had a little brother that I tried to help in every way I could. Please rest in peace, little brother.”
The enshrinement ceremony for Bryant and the Hall of Fame Class of 2020, which incorporates gamers Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and 10-time WNBA All-Star Tamika Catchings, was delayed as a result of of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jordan additionally will present Baylor coach Kim Mulkey, who led her staff to a few NCAA nationwide championships and is the one individual to ever win championships as a participant, assistant coach and a head coach.
The ceremony will additionally honor coaches Rudy Tomjanovich, Barbara Stevens and Eddie Sutton, who died in May, and Swiss basketball executive Patrick Baumann, who died in 2018.
