2018 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class

thirteen men and women were inducted into the basketball hall of fame in september. the 2018 class include steve nash, jason kidd, ray allen, grant hill, maurice cheeks. tina thompson, katie smith, rod thorn, lefty driesell, charlie scott, rick welts, dino rada and ora mae washington.

nash played 18 years with three teams. nash is a two-time mvp, eight-time all-star and is third all-time in assists. 

kidd played 18 seasons with six teams. kidd is an nba champion, ten-time all-star, two-time olympic gold medalist, co-rookie of the year and is second all-time in assists.

allen played 18 seasons with four teams. allen is a two-time nba champion, ten-time all-star, olympic gold medalist and the all-time leader in three-point field goals made in the regular and postseason. 

hill played 19 seasons with four teams. hill is a seven-time all-star, co-rookie of the year and olympic gold medalist. 

cheeks played 15 seasons with five teams. cheeks is an nba champion, four-time all-star, fifth all-time in career steals and 11th all-time in assists.

tina thompson played 17 seasons with three wnba teams. thompson was the first draft pick in wnba history. she is a four-time wnba champion, nine-time all-star, two-time olympic gold medalist and one of the top 15 players in wnba history.

katie smith played 14 seasons with five wnba teams. smith is a two-time wnba champion, wnba finals mvp, seven-time all-star, three-time olympic gold medalist, one of the top 15 players in wnba history and is the top scorer in professional basketball history.

rod thorn was an assistant head coach, head coach, general manager, executive vice president of basketball operations, team president and president of basketball operations throughout four decades. thorn was named the nba executive of the year in 2002.

lefty driesell was a college head coach for 41 seasons with four teams. driesell is the only basketball coach to win at least 100 games with four different colleges. his final record was 786-394.

rick welts has over 40 years of nba experience. welts created the nba all-star weekend in 1984, developed the marketing program for usa basketball with the 1992 olympic dream team and helped launch the wnba. he is the current president of the golden state warriors.

dino rada played 14 seasons with seven teams in europe, and four seasons with the boston celtics. rada was a three-time yugoslav league champion, two-time croatian league champion, two-time euroleague champion, two-time greek league champion, croatian cup winner, yugoslav cup winner, greek league finals mvp and one of fiba's 50 greatest players.

ora mae washington played 12 seasons for two teams. washington led the germantown hornets to 33 consecutive victories in 1931. from 1932-1942, as their center, leading scorer and coach, she helped the philadelphia tribunes win 11 consecutive women's colored basketball world's championships, and was known as the "best colored player in the world."