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(Getty Images) A loaded group of basketball legends will soon arrive for enshrinement at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On Saturday, the Hall of Fame revealed the Class of 2023, which includes some of the biggest names in hoops history.

(Getty Images) A loaded group of basketball legends will soon arrive for enshrinement at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On Saturday, the Hall of Fame revealed the Class of 2023, which includes some of the biggest names in hoops history.

(Getty Images) A loaded group of basketball legends will soon arrive for enshrinement at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On Saturday, the Hall of Fame revealed the Class of 2023, which includes some of the biggest names in hoops history.

(Getty Images) A loaded group of basketball legends will soon arrive for enshrinement at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On Saturday, the Hall of Fame revealed the Class of 2023, which includes some of the biggest names in hoops history.

On Feb. 8, 1998, a 19-year-old Kobe Bryant and 34-year-old Michael Jordan clashed on the hardwood of Madison Square Garden. Their duel inside the world’s most famous arena would go down in history as not only a battle between two legends of the game, but also a true “passing of the torch” moment.