A who’s who of international legends will be inducted into the FIBA’s Hall Of Fame’s third class in a presentation on court at the men’s World Basketball Championship final.

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Arvydas Sabonis, Cheryl Miller, Oscar Schmidt, Vlade Divac, and Dino Meneghin are amongst 17 players, coaches and officials from 12 different countries inducted into the International Basketball Federation’s Hall of Fame.

“The 2010 class has stardom, character and countless merits for the promotion of our game,” FIBA President Bob Elphinston said. “The inductees were and still are brilliant on and off the court.”

FIBA will induct these basketball legends on September 12th in Istanbul, Turkey for their Olympic accomplishments and achievements in world championships, global tournaments and developing the international game.

In addition to the the reason why Interbasket ever came to life, Arvydas Sabonis won Olympic and world titles with the Soviet Union. As part of the 1988 Gold Medal winning Soviet squad that was partly-responsible for bringing about the 1992 Dream Team, Sabonis was considered one of the best big men in the world.

After the U.S.S.R. broke up, the 7-3 giant led his native Lithuania to two Olympic bronze medals before arriving in the NBA at the age of 30. Sabonis would spend seven seasons in the NBA with the Portland Trailblazers before returning to Europe the following season to capture the Euroleague’s Regular Season MVP.

Throughout his career, Sabas would win the Euroscar Award six times as the best European player.

Cheryl Miller is considered one of the best, if not the best woman, to ever play the game of basketball. Miller won 1984 Olympic gold with the U.S., won two NCAA championships at the University of Southern California, and is one of only a handful of players to have scored 100 points. She is currently a television commentator for NBA games, along with her brother Reggie Miller.

Oscar Schmidt, of Brazil, holds the Olympic record for total points in Olympic games with 1,093 points from 1980-96, of which he participated in five Olympics, a men’s basketball record. One of Schmidt’s many scoring escapades included 46 points in Brazil’s upset over the United States in the 1987 Pan Am Games.

Dino Meneghin of Italy, played 20 seasons in the Italian league, never finishing less than second. Meneghin led his teams to 12 Italian Basketball League Championships and second place 8 times. In the 1980 Moscow Olympics, his Italian National Team brought home the silver medal. Additionally, Meneghin was the first foreign player to ever be drafted by an NBA team (1970 by the Atlanta Hawks).

Vlade Divac helped the former-Yugoslavia win two world championships and two Olympic silvers, and is now the president of Serbia’s Olympic Committee. Divac’s jersey was retired by the Sacramento Kings.

The first class of inductees were mostly posthumous inductees and included Sergei Belov (Russia), Fernando Martin (Spain), Nikos Galis (Greece), Kresimir Cosic (Croatia), Teo Cruz (Puerto Rico), and Drazen Petrovic (Croatia).

For more about the FIBA Hall of Fame, check out their official site.