The American Basketball Hall of Fame will honor and tell the full history of the game of basketball. The American Basketball Hall of Fame was founded by LaMont "ShowBoat" Robinson who played 28 years of barnstorming from 1987-to 2015. Robinson played in Denmark and the USBL, then with several barnstorming teams Meadowlark Lemon Harlem All-Stars, 1989 Harlem Globetrotters and Washington General Tour, ShowBoat Robinson's Harlem Road Kings, ShowBoat Robinson's Harlem Clowns. Robinson has been nominated 5 times to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the American Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019.

The American Basketball Hall of Fame will honor basketball men and women as well as coaches and give players another chance to be inducted into a national hall of fame. The American Basketball Hall of Fame will look closely at high school legends, playground hoopsters, small college players, overseas players, barnstorming players and teams, ABA, CBA, EBA, USBL, and Harlem Globetrotters, Harlem Clowns, Harlem Wizards, etc... The American Basketball Hall of Fame will not just honor major college and NBA players.

The American Basketball Hall of Fame hosted its inaugural class on Sunday, October 13, 2019, in the city of Detroit, Michigan, and due to covid-19, the 2020 and 2021 live ceremonies were canceled. The American Basketball Hall of Fame did enshrine two classes 2020, and 2021 of posthumous players, that were virtual.

The goal of the American Basketball Hall of Fame is to build a state-of-the-art world-class hall of fame that will be 80,000 sq. ft. that will be also one of the top premier basketball facilities in the world, with a track, weight room, film room, classrooms, dormitory rooms, basketball theme restaurant, and the basketball field-house will feature 6-8 basketball courts for camps, clinics, AAU tournaments, and summer leagues, etc... To date, the American Basketball Hall of Fame has inducted 50 players, coaches, and contributors.