<p>Michael Jordan will honour Kobe Bryant when the late Los Angeles Lakers legend is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame next month, the organisation said Thursday.</p>.<p>Jordan, who spoke at Bryant's memorial service last year following the NBA superstar's death in a <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/nba-star-kobe-bryant-his-daughter-among-9-killed-in-helicopter-crash-798438.html" target="_blank">helicopter accident</a>, will also honor women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey.</p>.<p>The ceremony for the Class of 2020 will take place on May 15 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Montville, Connecticut. The ceremony was postponed last year due to the pandemic.</p>.<p>Jordan tearfully referred to Bryant as his "little brother" during last year's memorial service for the Lakers icon.</p>.<p>"Kobe was my dear friend, he was like a little brother," Jordan said at the time. "When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died. From this day forward, I will live with the memories of knowing that I had a little brother that I tried to help in every way I could."</p>.<p>Joining Bryant in entering the Hall of Fame are several legends of basketball including 15-time All-Star and three-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan along with former Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics icon Kevin Garnett.</p>.<p>Four-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings will also be enshrined along with two-time NBA champion coach Rudy Tomjanovich.</p>.<p>Patrick Baumann, the Swiss former secretary general of the International Basketball Federation who died suddenly of a heart attack in 2018, will also be enshrined.</p>
<p>Michael Jordan will honour Kobe Bryant when the late Los Angeles Lakers legend is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame next month, the organisation said Thursday.</p>.<p>Jordan, who spoke at Bryant's memorial service last year following the NBA superstar's death in a <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/nba-star-kobe-bryant-his-daughter-among-9-killed-in-helicopter-crash-798438.html" target="_blank">helicopter accident</a>, will also honor women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey.</p>.<p>The ceremony for the Class of 2020 will take place on May 15 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Montville, Connecticut. The ceremony was postponed last year due to the pandemic.</p>.<p>Jordan tearfully referred to Bryant as his "little brother" during last year's memorial service for the Lakers icon.</p>.<p>"Kobe was my dear friend, he was like a little brother," Jordan said at the time. "When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died. From this day forward, I will live with the memories of knowing that I had a little brother that I tried to help in every way I could."</p>.<p>Joining Bryant in entering the Hall of Fame are several legends of basketball including 15-time All-Star and three-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan along with former Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics icon Kevin Garnett.</p>.<p>Four-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings will also be enshrined along with two-time NBA champion coach Rudy Tomjanovich.</p>.<p>Patrick Baumann, the Swiss former secretary general of the International Basketball Federation who died suddenly of a heart attack in 2018, will also be enshrined.</p>