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![]() Cheryl Miller, Arvydas Sabonis and Vlade Divac will be inducted into the International Basketball Federation's Hall of Fame. Seventeen players, coaches and officials will be inducted for their achievements at the Olympic Games, world championships and developing the global game, FIBA announced Friday. The enshrinement ceremonies Sept. 12 in Istanbul include a presentation on court at the final of the men's world championship. "The 2010 class has stardom, character and countless merits for the promotion of our game," FIBA president Bob Elphinston said in a statement. "The inductees were and still are brilliant on and off the court." ESPN.com Sabonis and Divac were stars in Europe before joining NBA teams. Sabonis won Olympic and world titles with the Soviet Union, then led his native Lithuania to two Olympic bronze medals. He moved to the U.S. at 30, and had two stints with the Portland Trail Blazers. Divac helped Yugoslavia win two world titles and two Olympic silvers, losing to Sabonis and the Soviet Union in 1988, and at the 1996 Atlanta Games to a United States Dream Team. He is president of Serbia's Olympic Committee. ESPN.com |
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