The Class of 2026 got its flowers on Saturday, as retired WNBA forwards Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne and current Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve officially entered the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
Two-time MVPs Parker and Delle Donne both enter with Olympic gold and WNBA titles to their names, as the pair gears up for another induction into the Naismith Basketball HOF later this summer.
“I wouldn’t have won a championship if I didn’t play against Candace, and go through the headache of playing her,” said Delle Donne.
Reeve’s honor came alongside the Minnesota boss’s 379th career victory, tying ex-Mystics coach Mike Thibault for most regular-season WNBA wins.
“This game has given me a fulfilling lifetime of joy,” Reeve said. “To share the Hall with so many women’s basketball greats makes me glad I never got a real job.”
