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.

Two more former Los Angeles Lakers will be immortalized in the Hall of Fame. Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard got the nod in the class of 2025, and it was well-deserved. It was never doubted that Howard and Anthony would be first-ballot inductees.