(Associated Press file)
Few players as young as Nuggets rookie point guard Emmanuel Mudiay have direct lines to aging or retired NBA stars.
But the 20-year-old Mudiay now has one to a Hall of Famer.
Allen Iverson, a former Nuggets guard who played most of his NBA career with the Philadelphia 76ers, was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in voting announced Monday. Mudiay posted congratulations on Instagram.
"That's a big thing," Mudiay said. "A big accomplishment for him."
Mudiay has known Iverson, 40, since he was in high school.