Cheryl Miller, Arvydas Sabonis and Vlade Divac will be inducted into the International Basketball Federation's Hall of Fame, according to Associated Press.
FIBA announced Friday that seventeen players, coaches and officials will be inducted for their achievements at the Olympic Games, world championships and developing the sport internationally.
The enshrinement ceremonies take place Sept. 12 in Istanbul and will include a presentation on court at the final of the men's world championship.
Miller won 1984 Olympic gold with the U.S., a world title in 1986, won two NCAA championships at USC and later became head coach. She also became coach and general manager of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.
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 the United States “Dream Team”. He is president of Serbia's Olympic Committee.
He played in the NBA from 1989 to 2005, including twice with the Los Angeles Lakers. He had his No. 21 jersey retired by the Sacramento Kings.
Double Olympic record holder Oscar Schmidt is also being enshrined. The Brazilian is the top scorer in games history, scoring 1,093 points in a record five Olympic tournaments from 1980 to 1996.
Others to be inducted include Italy's four-time Olympian Dino Meneghin, and Serbian Dragan Kicanovic, a two-time European player of the year who won gold at the 1980 Olympics with Yugoslavia.
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