The American Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history hall of fame that will be located in the city of Detroit, Michigan. It will honor and tell the full history of basketball. The American Basketball Hall of Fame was founded by LaMont "ShowBoat" Robinson who played 28 years of barnstorming basketball from 1987-2015. Robinson played in Denmark and the USBL, then with several barnstorming teams from Meadowlark Lemon’s Harlem All-Stars, 1989 Harlem Globetrotters and Washington Generals Tour, ShowBoat Robinson's Harlem Road Kings, to ShowBoat Robinson's Harlem Clowns. Robinson was nominated to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. He was inducted into the American Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019.

The American Basketball Hall of Fame will honor both men and women players as well as coaches and give them 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, international players, barnstorming players and teams, from the ABA, CBA, EBA, USBL, 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 hosted virtually. The American Basketball Hall of Fame has inducted five (5) classes.

The goal of the American Basketball Hall of Fame is to build a state-of-the-art world class basketball complex that will also be one of the premier basketball facilities in the world, with a track, weight room, film room, classrooms, dormitory rooms, basketball theme restaurant, and a basketball field-house that will feature 3-4 basketball courts for camps, clinics, AAU tournaments, summer and midnight basketball leagues etc... To date, the American Basketball Hall of Fame has inducted 78 players, coaches and contributors.