By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
The FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2024 lineup has been selected, and a Serbian and former Yugoslavian legend of the game has been included: Predrag Stojakovic headlines it alongside Reggie Miller.
“Peja” led his country to win the gold medal at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2002 and at FIBA EuroBasket 2001, crowned MVP. Winning the NBA Championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2001, during his NBA career he was named three times into the All-Star Game.
He’s not the only European included, as legendary figures of Women’s basketball Latvian Skaidrite Smildzina-Budovska and Croatian Danira Nakic-Bilic have also been selected for the upcoming HoF Class.
Full list of FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2024 inductees:
- Miao Lijie (China)
- Reggie Miller (USA)
- Danira Nakic-Bilic (Croatia)
- Kirk Samuel Penney (New Zealand)
- Romain Sato (Central African Republic)
- Skaidrite Smildzina-Budovska (Latvia)
- Predrag Stojakovic (Serbia)
- Head coach Daniel Lowell Peterson (USA)
Introducing… the FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2024 🌟 pic.twitter.com/XZAYnLS4zl
— FIBA (@FIBA) April 30, 2024
PHOTO CREDIT: 2002 FIBA Basketball World Cup