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INDIANAPOLIS -- Vince Carter is one step from the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Carter -- who played 22 NBA seasons, the most in league history -- was among the Hall of Fame finalists announced Friday at All-Star weekend. The finalist nod came in Carter's first year of eligibility.
Also among the finalists: four-time WNBA champion Seimone Augustus, former Detroit Pistons guard and current Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, former Los Angeles Lakers guard Michael Cooper, Phoenix Suns all-time leading scorer Walter Davis, former Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan, and three nominees as contributors -- former player and coach Doug Collins, Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and NBA legend Jerry West, who was enshrined as a player in 1980.