The walls of my Aunt Jan’s fourth-grade classroom were adorned with Portland Trail Blazers posters that she laminated in the staff workroom of Chenowith Elementary in The Dalles. Each time that she updated her room with contemporary additions,

Both Anthony and Dwight Howard are finalists as individuals — and for their roles on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team that won gold at the Beijing Games.

Former New Jersey Nets great Buck Williams has been named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025. Williams is part of a group of finalists that includes Carmelo Anthony,

Buck Williams, one of the game’s great rebounders and a New Jersey Net for eight years, has been named a finalist for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, part of class that also includes Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard as well as Sue Bird,