Allen Iverson, Dwyane Wade, Geno Auriemma among presenters for 2025 Naismith Hall of Fame class

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The enshrinement of the 2025 Naismith Hall of Fame class is about a month away, and in preparation for the event, the list of presenters has been announced. There’s no shortage of star power in the names that will be presenting the nine members of the 2025 class featuring Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson, Geno Auriemma, Patrick Ewing and Swin Cash, among others.

Presenters are chosen from members already in the Basketball Hall of Fame, and those chosen then honor the recipients during the enshrinement ceremony where they’ll give speeches about those who are going to be inducted.

Here are the list of presenters and who they will be awarding:

Carmelo Anthony

Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson

Dwight Howard

Dominique Wilkins, Robert Parish, Dennis Rodman, Patrick Ewing

Maya Moore

Lindsay Whalen, Swin Cash, Tamika Catchings, Seimone Augustus, Geno Auriemma

Sue Bird

Geno Auriemma, Swin Cash

Sylvia Fowles

Lindsay Whalen, Katie Smith

2008 USA Men’s national team

Jason Kidd, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Jerry Colangelo, Jim Boeheim, Mike Krzyzewski

Billy Donovan

Maurice Cheeks, Rick Pitino

Danny Crawford

Isiah Thomas, Tim Hardaway

Micky Arison

Alonzo Mourning, Pat Riley, Dwyane Wade

What immediately stands out is the group of names Howard chose to present him for his induction. He posted on social media on April 10 that he would love to have Shaquille O’Neal, Kevin Garnett, Dennis Rodman, Hakeem Olajuwon and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as his presenters, though only Rodman is on the official list. O’Neal even agreed that he would do it, saying “Of course, that’s my guy.” But now that the official list is out, it appears as though O’Neal won’t be part of the presenters for Howard.

It’s unclear what the mix up is there, but we won’t get to see O’Neal sharing a fond memory…

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