Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne and 1996 US Olympic women's basketball team set for Hall of Fame enshrinement

Parker, Delle Donne and 1996 US Olympic women's basketball team set for Hall of Fame enshrinement

PHOENIX — Candace Parker looked up to Chamique Holdsclaw and the 1996 U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team growing up.

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Now she and Elena Delle Donne will get to be enshrined with them in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later this year.

“I am so happy for Chamique and I am so happy that she is getting her flowers. She deserves them,” Parker told The Associated Press. “Obviously, Elena Delle Donne and I grew up battling against one another and the ’96 team, I think we were all inspired by that. So I just think it’s, it’s truly special.”