Carmelo Anthony and Billy Donovan became eligible and were inducted into the Hall of Fame's 2025 class. Anthony played a sole season on the Thunder in 2017-18. Meanwhile, Donovan was OKC's head coach from 2015-20.

Anthony, 40, got the call during the week. When he saw the number was coming from Springfield, the former Knicks star knew what that meant. Days later, it was still sinking in.

Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class of 2025, as was the 2008 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team that they played on — dubbed the “Redeem Team,” the one that captured gold at the Beijing Games and started a still-going run of five consecutive Olympic titles and counting for USA Basketball’s men’s program.