The 11 NBA players on the Basketball Hall of Fame's waiting list - ESPN

This year's Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame class is dominated by the WNBA: Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne and Chamique Holdsclaw will don the coveted orange jackets during Friday's enshrinement ceremony, while six-time All-Star and 14-year veteran Amar'e Stoudemire will be the only NBA player inductee.

Looking ahead, the NBA should boast deeper Hall of Fame classes over the next three years. While ageless stars LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant keep pushing off retirement, a bunch of 2010s-era standouts are ready for consideration, including two no-brainer first-ballot selections.

Let's examine 11 potential candidates for the next three Hall of Fame classes. Remember, Hall rules require that NBA players «must be fully retired for three full seasons before being eligible.»

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Aldridge should feel great about Stoudemire's induction.

Although Aldridge wasn't a regular on highlight reels like high-flying contemporaries Stoudemire and Blake Griffin, the midrange maestro quietly went about his business and accumulated more than 20,000 career points and 8,000 career rebounds in his 16-year career. That's rare air: Antawn Jamison is the only other retired player to hit those benchmarks who isn't a Hall of Famer, and LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the only active players in the 20,000/8,000 club.

Aldridge's career averages (19.1 points per game, 8.1 rebounds per game, 20.7 player efficiency rating) are right there with Stoudemire's numbers (18.9 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 21.8 PER), and he maintained them while playing nearly 10,000 more minutes than the former Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks star. While Aldridge never won a ring with the Portland Trail Blazers, San