Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen and two of the best American Olympic teams in history will be among those incorporated in the 2010 Hall of Fame basketball.
NBA veterans Dennis Johnson and Gus Johnson and Brazilian Maciel "Ubiratan" Pereira will receive the honor posthumously.
Other incorporated are the owner of the Lakers, Jerry Buss, the WNBA star Cynthia Cooper, and the great high school teams coach Bob Hurley.
The Olympic teams of 1960 and 1992, who won the gold medal, will be part of the ceremony on 13 August.
Pippen and Malone were members of the Original Dream Team that won gold in Barcelona.
Malone, a veteran of 19 years, ended with the Lakers after being selected 14 times for the All-Star Game and was chosen twice as the Most Valuable Player (MVP).
Malone led the Jazz to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 season against the Bulls, Pippen and Jordan.
Pippen finished his career with seven choices for the All-Star Game and was second in points the Bulls in assists and steals.
After playing 11 seasons for the Chicago team, Pippen played one for the Rockets and four with Portland Trail Blazers before playing one more with the Bulls and retire.
Cooper helped the WNBA women's league to develop when he played for the Houston Comets, who won the first four league championships.
She was named MVP twice, and before he won the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Since his retirement in 2005 has been a trainer at Prairie View A & M, Texas.
Hurley will be the third coach in a school chosen for the Hall of Fame Naismith.
Sum Coach 984 wins and 24 state titles with the "St. Anthony High School in Jersey City in 38 years. Hurley is the father of veteran NBA player Bobby Hurley.
Johnson won three NBA titles playing for the Boston Celtics in 1984 and 1986 and the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979.
Johnson, who finished with five entries in the All-Star Game, died of a heart attack in February 2007 at the age of 52 after playing 14 seasons in the NBA, the last seven with the Celtics.
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