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Just days before the Los Angeles Sparks’ mid-September, 2025 regular-season finale loss to the Las Vegas Aces, WNBA legends Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles and Maya Moore were inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Both during and following the Sept. 6 ceremony, multiple current and former L.A. icons showed support for the three WNBA honorees.
Sparks’ legend Candace Parker reposted a graphic highlighting the trio, via Instagram Stories.
An updated look at the https://t.co/mVMp9tVJuW Arena rafters — now complete with Candace Parker’s No. 3 jersey on the far left (retired on June 29).
20 combined championships and 17 retired jerseys between the Sparks and Lakers. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/aFfVIn0kE2
— Ben Geffner (@BenGeffner) July 10, 2025
Parker spent 13 illustrious seasons with the purple and gold while helping the franchise to a WNBA championship in 2016. The former Sparks’ star just recently had her No. 3 jersey retired into the Crypto.com Arena rafters at halftime of L.A.’s June 29 game against Chicago.
Parker will first be eligible for Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2027 — after retiring from professional basketball last year.
When legends link up 🤝
Sue Bird, Geno Auriemma, and LeBron James share a moment ahead of the @Hoophall Enshrinement Ceremony! #25HoopClass pic.twitter.com/Zh9wtRKbn9
— WNBA (@WNBA) September 6, 2025
Furthermore, Lakers’ star LeBron James — in attendance for the ceremony — shared an embrace with Bird and others, paying tribute to the WNBA’s Hall of Fame Class of 2025.
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The September ceremony came just months after former Sparks’ guard-forward Alana Beard was officially inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 in June — in a separate ceremony at the Historic Tennessee Theater in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Beard was honored alongside Bird, Fowles and others, per a release.
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