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<b>Date: </b>Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 11:30 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Media Relations <mediarelations@positionsports.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Announcement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Announcement presented by Fifty-Five South Ventures</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ticket Packages for Enshrinement Festivities Available Now on Hoophall.com</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SPRINGFIELD, MA
<span style="color:black">(April 4, 2020)</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Today on ESPN, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the nine<span style="color:red">
</span>honorees in the Class of 2020 presented by Fifty-Five South Ventures. <span style="color:black">
The Class of 2020 will be enshrined in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Birthplace of Basketball, on Saturday, August 29, 2020.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As previously announced, in light of the unique circumstance surrounding the Class of 2020, the Naismith Memorial Basketball
Hall of Fame Election Process Committee suspended the Direct Election Categories for one year with the exception of the International Committee.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This year’s distinguished class includes honorees from the North American committee, Women’s Committee and International Committee. To be elected, North American and Women’s
Committee finalists must receive 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee for election into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Class of 2020 includes: 18-time NBA All-Star and five-time NBA champion
<b>Kobe Bryant</b>, 15-time NBA All-Star and three-time NBA Finals MVP <b>Tim Duncan,
</b>15-time NBA All-Star and nine-time NBA All-Defensive First Team selection <b>
Kevin Garnett</b>, four-time National Coach of the Year <b>Eddie Sutton, </b>two-time NBA Champion coach<b> Rudy Tomjanovich</b>, 10-time WNBA All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist
<b>Tamika Catchings</b>, three-time NCAA National Championship Coach of Baylor <b>
Kim Mulkey</b>, five-time Division II National Coach of the Year <b>Barbara Stevens
</b>and longtime FIBA executive<b> Patrick Baumann</b>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“The Class of 2020 is undoubtedly one of the most historic of all time and the talent and social influence of these nine honorees is
beyond measure,” said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “In 2020, the basketball community has suffered the unimaginable loss of iconic figures Commissioner David Stern and Kobe Bryant, as well as the game
itself due to COVID-19. We have also banded together like never before in appreciation of the game and those who have made it the uniting force it is today. Today we thank the Class of 2020 for all they have done for the game of basketball and we look forward
to celebrating them at Enshrinement in August.”</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Class of 2020 Enshrinement festivities will begin at Mohegan Sun on Friday, August 28<sup>th</sup> with the newly formatted
<i>Enshrinement Tip-Off Celebration and Awards Gala</i>. <span style="color:black">
The Class of 2020 and over 50 returning Hall of Famers will then journey to Springfield, Mass. for the annual celebratory events taking place at the newly renovated Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Springfield Symphony Hall on the 29th. The second
day of events in Springfield will include a special community-focused Celebration Day on the 30th.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ticket packages to the 2020 Enshrinement Ceremony and all Enshrinement events are on sale now and available online at
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www.hoophall.com</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> or by calling the Basketball Hall of Fame at (413) 231-5513. Premium Sponsors of Enshrinement 2020 include Fifty-Five South Ventures, Nike, Baron
Championship Rings, Mohegan Sun and Panini.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">THE NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2020:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">North American Committee:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">KOBE BRYANT
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[Player] – Recognized posthumously, Bryant was an 18-time NBA All-Star (1998, 2000-16) and 11-time All-NBA First Team selection (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006-13).
As an All-Star, he earned the Game’s MVP trophy four times (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011).
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">He was also a five-time NBA Champion with the Los Angeles Lakers (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010), the 2008 NBA MVP and Finals MVP twice (2009, 2010). He famously scored the
second-most points in a single game in NBA history (81), led the NBA in total points for four seasons (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008) and ranks fourth on the NBA’s career points list (33,643). Often celebrated for his offensive prowess, Bryant was also a nine-time
NBA All-Defensive First Team member (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006-11). With USA Basketball, Bryant earned an Olympic gold medal in 2008 and 2012.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TIM DUNCAN</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> [Player] - Duncan is a 15-time
NBA All-Star (1998, 2000-11, 2013, 2015) and an eight-time member of the NBA All-Defensive First Team (1999-2003, 2005, 2007, 2008). He is also a five-time NBA Champion with the San Antonio Spurs (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014), having earned Finals MVP three
times (1999, 2003, 2005). In 2002 and 2003, he was named NBA MVP and in 1998 he won Rookie of the Year. Duncan is the only player in NBA history with 1,000 or more wins with one team, which he amassed in his 19 years with the Spurs. He is ranked in the top
10 for NBA all-time rebounds and blocks leaders. As a college athlete at Wake Forest, Duncan earned ACC Player of the Year and was a unanimous First Team All-American in 1996 and 1997. In 1997, he also collected the Wooden, Naismith, Rupp, and Oscar Robertson
Awards, while being named AP College Player of the Year.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">KEVIN GARNETT
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">[Player] – Garnett is a 15-time NBA All-Star (1997-1998, 2000-11, 2013) and 2008 NBA Champion with the Boston Celtics widely regarded for his passion and intensity on
the court. A nine-time NBA All-Defensive First Team selection (2000-05, 2008-09, 2011), he led the league in rebounds for four consecutive seasons (2004-2007) and was named Defensive Player of the Year in 2008. While playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves
in 2004, Garnett led the league in total points, field goals made and total rebounds while earning NBA MVP. He is ranked ninth in NBA’s all-time leaders for rebounds. With USA Basketball, Garnett earned an Olympic gold medal in 2000. Garnett played 21 NBA
seasons and is currently ranked fourth in all-time minutes played (50,418).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">EDDIE SUTTON
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[Coach] – Sutton is a four-time National Coach of the Year (1977, 1978, 1986, 1995), eight-time Conference Coach of the Year (1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1986,
1993, 1998, 2004) and the first coach in NCAA history to lead four different schools in the NCAA Tournament. Sutton ranks in the top ten among Division I coaches in all-time victories and has recorded only one losing season in 37 years of coaching. He coached
Oklahoma State University from 1991-2006 and tied the conference record for wins by a first-year coach with 24. Collectively, Sutton guided his teams to three Final Fours, six Elite Eights and 12 Sweet Sixteen appearances.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RUDY TOMJANOVICH
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">[Coach] – Tomjanovich spent 34 consecutive seasons with the Houston Rockets organization as a player (1970-1982), assistant coach (1983-1992) and head coach (1992-2003).
He was named <i>The Sporting News </i>NBA<i> </i>Coach of the Year in 1993. He is the only person in NBA history to score 10,000 career points as a player and win 500 career games with two championships as a coach. Tomjanovich led the Rockets to NBA Championships
in 1994 and 1995 and is one of three coaches to win an NBA championship and an Olympic gold medal. He led USA Basketball to a gold medal in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TAMIKA CATCHINGS
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">[Player] – Catchings is a 10-time WNBA All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005-2007, 2009, 2011, 2013-2015) and four-time Olympic gold medalist (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016). After winning
WNBA MVP in 2011, she led the Indiana Fever to a WNBA Championship in 2012 while collecting WNBA Finals MVP honors. She played her entire 14-year WNBA career with the Fever, while being named WNBA Defensive Player of the Year five times (2005, 2006, 2009,
2010, 2012) and Rookie of the Year in 2002. As the WNBA all-time steals leader, Catchings was named a member of the WNBA Top 20 Players in the league’s 20-year history in 2016. With Pat Summitt’s Lady Vols, Catchings won a national championship in 1998 and
was named a four-time Kodak First Team All-American (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001), as well as the consensus National Player of the Year in 2000.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[Coach] –
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mulkey has led the Baylor Bears to three NCAA National Championships (2005, 2012, 2019) and ranks third all-time among head coaches in win percentage. In 2012, Mulkey was
named the Consensus National College Coach of the Year earning the Naismith Coach of the Year, Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year, WBCA National Coach of the Year and USBWA National Coach of the Year. As the head coach of Baylor since 2000,
she has guided her team to 17 NCAA Tournament appearances including 13 Sweet Sixteens, eight Elite Eights and four Final Four appearances. Her Baylor squad has also won 10 Big 12 regular season championships (2005, 2011-2019) and 10 Big 12 Tournament championships
(2005, 2009, 2011-2016, 2018), earning her Big 12 Coach of the Year honors seven times (2005, 2011- 2013, 2015, 2018-2019). Mulkey is the first person, male or female, to win a national championship as a player, assistant coach and head coach.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BARBARA STEVENS
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">[Coach] – Coaching in the collegiate ranks for over 40 years, Stevens is the fifth coach in NCAA women’s basketball history to reach 1,000 career wins. She has been named
the Russell Athletic / WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year five times (1992, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2014) and Northeast-10 Coach of the Year 15 times (1988, 1989, 1991-1993, 1996-2001, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2018). As the head coach of Bentley University since
1986, she has guided her team to 22 25-win seasons and 10 trips to the Division II Fab Four, including a national championship in 2014. Stevens has been inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame (2002) and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2006).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PATRICK
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BAUMANN
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">[Contributor] – Recognized posthumously, Patrick Baumann greatly contributed to the game as a longtime FIBA executive and a member of the International Olympic Committee
for more than 10 years. He initially joined FIBA in 1994, rising through the ranks and earning the title of Secretary General in 2002, a title he held until his untimely passing in 2018. He primarily focused on the youth sector and the expansion of 3x3 basketball
as a global game, while developing programs and events to grow basketball worldwide. A native of Switzerland, Baumann held a number of positions on several esteemed sports councils and advisory boards and was a basketball player, coach and referee prior to
joining FIBA.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">About the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
<span style="color:black">Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was born, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting, preserving and celebrating the game
of basketball at every level – men and women, amateur and professional players, coaches and contributors, both domestically and internationally. <span style="letter-spacing:.3pt">The Hall of Fame museum is home to more than 400 inductees and over 40,000 square
feet of basketball history. Nearly 200,000 people visit the Hall of Fame museum each year to learn about the game, experience the interactive exhibits and test their skills on the Jerry Colangelo "Court of Dreams." Best known for its annual marquee Enshrinement
Ceremony honoring the game’s elite, the Hall of Fame also operates over 70 high school and collegiate competitions annually throughout the country and abroad. For more information on the Basketball Hall of Fame organization, its museum and events, visit
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:110%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Basketball Hall of Fame Media Contact:
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