Vince Carter amazed the basketball world with his high shots for more than two decades, just as Chauncey Billups was the clutch guard and Finals MVP for the Detroit Pistons.

Two basketball icons from the first decade of the twenty-first century head to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

The group of 13 members on Saturday includes former CEO of the Lakers, Grizzlies, and Warriors Jerry West, who was already recruited as a player and a member of the 1960 US Olympic team. Also in the Hall are players Simon Augustus, Michael Cooper, Walter Davis, Dick Barnett, Miesha Timms, and coaches Charles Smith, Harley Redin, Bo Ryan, broadcaster/coach Doug Collins, and owner Herb Simon.

The 2024 class will be honored at the Springfield, Massachusetts Hall of Fame in August.

Carter (47 years old) participated in the All-Star game eight times and won the NBA Rookie of the Year title in 1999 with the Toronto Raptors. He had the longest career in NBA history, playing 22 seasons with the Raptors, Nets, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Hawks, Magic, Kings, and Suns, finishing the season with 25,728 points, good for 21st place in NBA history.

He played college basketball at the University of North Carolina under coach Dean Smith.

The longevity of the 6-foot guard in the game was legendary, and he was a useful player in his forties, hanging out with players less than half his age, averaging five points over 60 games at age 43 with the Hawks in his final season.

Billups (47 years old) participated in the All-Star game five times and won the NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons in 2004. He also won the Finals MVP award that season and is now the coach of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Billups was the third overall pick in the 1997 draft by the Boston Celtics, but his professional career was slow to develop. He eventually found a home in Detroit, making his first All-Star team in his ninth season.

As part of the balanced Pistons team that included Richard Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince, and Ben Wallace, Billups averaged 21 points and 5.2 assists per game in the 2004 Finals. They defeated the Lakers in five games for the title.

The 85-year-old Wester was inducted as a contributor. The 14-time All-Star was selected as a player in 1980. He spent more than 20 years as the executive director of the Los Angeles Lakers — where he helped the team win eight championships from 1980 to 2002 — and was also the general manager of the Memphis Grizzlies and an executive with the Golden State Warriors.

Augustus, 39 years old, was a four-time WNBA champion with the Minnesota Lynx, where the 6-foot guard played in college at LSU and helped the program reach three finals. She ranks 13th in WNBA history with 6,005 career points.