Sparks’ Legend Candace Parker, LeBron James Show Support for WNBA Hall of Fame Class

The L.A. legends shared support for this year's Hall of Fame class.
Oct 5, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA;  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23), wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers hat, watches from the sideline during a break against the Golden State Warriors in the third quarter at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images
Oct 5, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23), wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers hat, watches from the sideline during a break against the Golden State Warriors in the third quarter at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images | David Gonzales-Imagn Images

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.

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.

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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