Vince Carter, the electric star who put the Toronto Raptors on the map, is among the first-time candidates for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame announced the full list of eligible candidates on Thursday.
Other first-time finalists include the "Redeem Team" U.S. men's Olympic squad that won gold at the 2008 Summer Games. Also on the ballot for the first time are Seimone Augustus, Bill Laimbeer, Rick Barnes, Mike Fratello and Penny Taylor.
Carter was the fifth-overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft and quickly earned the nickname "Air Canada" for his soaring dunks while a member of the Raptors. Carter was the cornerstone of the first run of success in Raptors history, including the club's first playoff appearance, in 2000, and the first series win in franchise history the following year.
The Raptors traded Carter to the then-New Jersey Nets in 2004 and he went on to have a 22-season career with the Magic, Suns, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Kings and Hawks. Carter's final game came on March 11, 2020, before the NBA shut down the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and he retired at the age of 43 that spring.
Carter is third all-time in games played in the NBA, with 1,541, and 20th in total points, with 25,728. He is the only player in NBA history to have played in four decades.
The Class of 2024 for the Hall of Fame will be announced on April 6 and official enshried during a ceremony on Aug. 17.
Here is the full list of candidates eligible for induction.
* Indicates first-time candidate
NORTH AMERICA NOMINEES
2008 U.S. Olympic Redeem Team (TEA)*
Marv Kessler (COA)*
Rick Barnes (COA)*
Bill Laimbeer (PLA)*
John Beilein (COA)
Jim Larranaga (COA)
Chauncey Billups (PLA)
Mike Leonardo (COA)*
Vince Carter (PLA)*
Maurice Lucas (PLA)
Tom Chambers (PLA)
Shawn Marion (PLA)
John Clougherty (REF)
Rollie Massimino (COA)
Michael Cooper (PLA)
Bill Morse (COA)*
Joey Crawford (REF)
Dick Motta (COA)
Terry Cummings (PLA)
Jack Nagle (COA)*
Jack Curran (COA)
Jim Phelan (COA)
Bobby Dibler (REF)*
Bo Ryan (COA)
Don Donoher (COA)*
Charles Smith (COA)*
Robert Foley (COA)*
Stan Spirou (COA)
Mike Gminski (PLA)*
Reggie Theus (PLA)
Lou Henson (COA)
Jerry Welsh (COA)*
Marques Houtman (PLA)*
Buck Williams (PLA)
Marques Johnson (PLA)
John Williamson (PLA)
WOMEN’S NOMINEES
Leta Andrews (COA)
Debbie Miller-Palmore (PLA)
Seimone Augustus (PLA)*
Marian Washington (COA)
Jennifer Azzi (PLA)
Dean Weese (COA)
Doug Bruno (COA)*
Chris Weller (COA)*
Cheryl Ford (PLA)*
Andrew Yosinoff (COA)*
Becky Martin (COA)
CONTRIBUTOR NOMINEES
Pete Babcock
Bobby Lewis
Dick Baumgartner
Fred McCall
Henry Bibby
Jack McCloskey
Marty Blake
Jon McGlocklin
Vic Bubas
Speedy Morris
Doug Collins
Dennis Murphy
Wayne Duke
Curly Neal
Bill Foster
Jack Powers
Mike Fratello*
Will Robinson
Bob Gibbons
Gene Shue
Simon Gourdine
Herb Simon*
Tim Grgurich
Scott Tarter*
Junius Kellogg
Donnie Walsh
Johnny “Red” Kerr
Jerry West*
Tom Konchalski
World Wheelers*
INTERNATIONAL NOMINEES
David Blatt (COA)*
Ettore Messina (COA)*
Tal Brody (CONT)*
Juan Carlos Navarro (PLA)*
Jean-Jacques Conceicao (PLA)*
Andres Nocioni (PLA)*
Mirza Delibasic (PLA)
Fabricio Oberto (PLA)*
Jorge Garbajosa (PLA)*
Jose Ortiz (PLA)*
Andrew Gaze (PLA)*
Amaury Pasos (PLA)
Panaglotis Giannakis (PLA)*
Modesto Palauskas (PLA)*
Giuseppe Giergia (PLA)
Togo Soares (PLA)
Dusan Ivkovic (PLA)
Penny Taylor (PLA)*
Andrei Kirilenko (PLA)*
Michele Timms (PLA)*
Vladimir Kondrashin (COA)
Amaya Valdemore (PLA)*
Marcos Leite (PLA)
Ranko Zeravica (COA)
WOMEN’S VETERAN NOMINEES
1982 Cheyney State NCAA Final Four Team (TEA)
Lometa Odom (PLA)
Alline Banks Sprouse (PLA)
Harley Redin (COA)
Edmonton Commercial Grads (TEA)
Hazel Walker (PLA)
John Head (COA)
Valerie Walker (PLA)
Yolanda Laney (PLA)
Dean Weese (COA)
Nashville Business College (TEA)
VETERAN NOMINEES
1936 US Olympic Team (TEA)
Bill Melchionni (PLA)
1972 US Olympic Team (TEA)
Francis Meehan (PLA)
Dick Barnett (PLA)
Lucias Mitchell (COA)
Tom Blackburn (COA)
Joe Mullaney (COA)
Charles Brown (PLA)*
Willie Naulls (PLA)
Freddie Brown (PLA)
Ben Newman (CONT)*
Jack Coleman (PLA)
Don Otten (PLA)*
Leroy Edwards (PLA)
Louis Pieri (CONT)*
Leo Ferris (CONT)
Kevin Porter (PLA)
Travis Grant (PLA)
Glenn Roberts (PLA)
Jack Hartman (COA)
Lennie Rosenbluth (PLA)
Cam Henderson (COA)
Kenny Sailors (PLA)
Robert Hopkins (PLA)
Fred Schaus (CONT)
Charles Keinath (PLA)
Sam Schulman (CONT)
Greg Kelser (PLA)
Paul Silas (PLA)
Kentucky Wesleyan 1966, 1968, 1969 (TEA)
Dick Van Arsdale (PLA)
Loyola of Chicago (TEA)
Tom Van Arsdale (PLA)
Dan Lynch (COA)*
Cleo Vaughn (PLA)*
Billy Markward (CONT)
Lambert Will (CONT)
Jack McKinney (CONT)
Max Zaslofsky (PLA)
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