The official announcement of the inductees is on April 4 during Final Four weekend.

PHOENIX — Suns legend Amar’e Stoudemire has been inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026, ESPN reports.

Stoudemire joins Doc Rivers, Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne as those selected, according to ESPN.

The official announcement for the inductees is scheduled for April 4 during Final Four weekend.

12Sports’ Cameron Cox spoke with Stoudemire’s former Suns Head Coach Alvin Gentry about the announcement.

“It is well deserved,” Gentry said. “If you look at the career that he’s had, and what he’s done, and it is not like he has been on losing teams, he has had a lot of success. What Amar’e became is an unbelievable finisher, but when he started consistently shooting his jump shot, then I thought he was pretty much unguardable.”

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The city of Phoenix is home to five major professional sports league teams; The NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, NBA’s Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks.   

The Cardinals have made State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers play at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale. 

Phoenix also has a soccer team with the USL’s Phoenix Rising FC, who play at Phoenix Rising FC Stadium in Phoenix.  

The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events on a yearly basis, including college football’s Fiesta Bowl and Guaranteed Rate Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the WM Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall, including Championship Weekend in November; and Cactus League Spring Training for 15 Major League Baseball franchises.Â