I’m a sucker for Hall of Fame inductions, all the way down to speeches that go on too long, longtime inductees dozing off during those speeches and the unstylish blazers that new honorees occasionally don to become official.

In the summer, over-the-top celebrations in Cooperstown and Canton honor the best that baseball and pro football have to offer, and they get live ESPN coverage and panels of analysts.

But the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement, which will be renewed again on Friday, is by far my favorite, and not just because it’s basketball.

While it doesn’t have the same national TV carriage, thankfully there aren’t the incessant talking heads either. God bless you, NBA-TV.

What you see, unless you’re in the auditorium in Springfield, is sort of a C-SPAN presentation. We don’t need to be reminded of the significance of the accomplishments of the inductees, or hear voice-overs rattling off statistics, championships, etc.

It’s the inductees, in their own words, and that’s about it.

What other varnish do you need with a class of inductees like this? Going strictly alphabetical here: Dick Bavetta, John Calipari, Louis Dampier, Lindsay Gaze, Spencer Haywood, Tommy Heinsohn, John Isaacs, Dikembe Mutombo, George Raveling and JoJo White.

Lisa Leslie is the only inductee from the women’s side, but she’s got a whole team of Hall of Famers presenting her, including her 1996 Olympic teammates Dawn Staley, Teresa Edwards, Katrina McClain, and coach Tara VanDerveer.

But wait, there’s more: Lynette Woodard and James Worthy. What a cast!

And the other presenters include Charles Barkley, Julius Erving, Pat Riley, Larry Brown, Dan Issel, Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, John Thompson, John Havlicek and David Stern.

I realize I sound like a teenage fan girl here, but what a night that’s going to be. And a weekend.

It’s been a rough few years for the folks running the Hall of Fame in Springfield, but they’ve finally got the facility in better financial health. Sports museums have had a really rough go since the recession, and Springfield has been no different.

I remember hearing not that many years ago from an inductee who thought the Hall would benefit from relocating to a high-tourist area, like Orlando, instead of remaining tucked away in New England.

A move like that was among the options being explored during darker times, but I’m glad the Hall has stayed put.

Unlike baseball and pro football, Naismith doesn’t get any subsidy from the NBA, and as president and CEO John Delova said, “The NBA respects us. They don’t dominate us.”

And the Hall takes inductees from across the broad spectrum of basketball, and from around the world not just the pro game in the United States.

That’s perhaps what’s best of all about Naismith, and it stems from Naismith, the inventor. A year after his famous peach basket first went up, Senda Berenson came to Springfield from nearby Smith College and drew up a rulebook for women.

The inclusion that you see during the enshrinement ceremony is authentic, not just checking off the requisite diversity boxes because they feel they have to. The Hall has added women’s inductees as the women’s game has grown, and international inductees as the game has exploded around the world, etc.

I still think there are some glaring omissions in the Hall, especially on the women’s side. Last year, finally, FINALLY, the great Immaculata teams finally went in, but what about Lucille Kyvallos, the legendary Queens coach?

Heck, she’s not even in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, but that’s another subject.

Best of all, Naismith enshrinement weekend kicks off preparations for a new season of basketball — NBA, college, high school. The WNBA playoffs are tipping off, and while basketball is a year-round sport, the best time of the year is upon us.

As this weekend approaches, I always wonder how many young players actually tune in. Their idols are the pros, the Olympians, sometimes college stars.

But if they really want to revere the game, there’s no better way to gain that understanding than to see who paved the way for their heroes and heroines.