The 10-member Class of 2016 Basketball Hall of Fame includes some of favorites with Shaquille O”Neal and Allen Iverson leading the charge.

Allen Iverson and Shaquille O’Neal will be enshrined along with Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, former WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes and Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf.

Longtime NBA referee Darrell Garretson, coach John McLendon and former stars Zelmo Beaty and Cumberland Posey will be enshrined posthumously.

O’Neal won four NBA championships, an MVP award, and three Finals MVP awards, and is in the league’s top 10 in career scoring.

Iverson won four scoring titles,is an 11-time All-Star and was the league’s MVP in 2001.  Izzo has reached seven Final Fours and earned 524 career victories since becoming the head coach at Michigan State in 1995.

Ming, the No. 1 overall pick by the Rockets in 2002, didn’t have the numbers of some other great centers, but he bridged a path for the NBA to China. The third Chinese player in league history was an eight-time All-Star before injuries shortened his career.

Swoopes was the first player signed by the WNBA. She went on to win three MVP awards and four championships in the league.

As the owner and chairman of the Bulls since 1985, Reinsdorf turned the franchise into a consistent winner that claimed six NBA championships in the 1990s.

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source: ESPN