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Basketball Hall Of Fame Pushes Enshrinement To 2021 Because Of Coronavirus

The Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2020, which includes the late Kobe Bryant, is now slated to be honored next spring, the Hall of Fame's chairman tells ESPN.
Kobe Bryant, seen in 2016, played 20 seasons, all with the Los Angeles Lakers, where he won five NBA Championships.

The Basketball Hall of Fame's upcoming enshrinement weekend has been scratched from this year's calendar because of the coronavirus, according to ESPN.

It will instead be held in the spring of 2021.

The delay is particularly, will be headlined by the late .

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