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1984: San Antonio Spurs: 1984: Kansas City Kings: Career highlights and awards; Second-team All-American – AP ; Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1971) Big Eight Player of the Year (1970) 3× First-team All-Big Eight (1969–1971) No. 40 jersey retired by Kansas Jayhawks; Career ABA and NBA statistics; Points: 10,581 (11.4 ppg) Rebounds ...
Larry Bird, who voted as a team representative, was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. Bill Russell (left) and Wilt Chamberlain (center), who voted as players, were selected as two of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. Michael Jordan was active at the time of the announcement of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
Marked the first year the first round of the NBA Playoffs went from best-of-three to best-of-five playoff. The first round remained best-of-five until going to best-of-seven in 2003. Ralph Sampson became the first rookie to win the Rookie of the Month Award in every month of the season. He unanimously won the Rookie of the Year Award.
4X NBA All-Star, 1972 Olympic silver medalist, 1973 first team All-American. Long time NBA coach and TV analyst: 2024 Herb Simon: Owner of the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever. Longest tenured NBA and WNBA owner. One NBA Finals appearance and one WNBA chanmpionship. 2024 Jerry West
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American former professional basketball player. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), [1] and he was the best-known player in that league when it merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the 1975–1976 season.
@RealSkipBayless ranks his Top 10 NBA players of all time after Kenny Smith says LeBron is only the 10th-best:. 1. Jordan 2. Magic 3. Shaq 4. Kareem 5. Duncan 6. Russell 7. Kobe 8. Bird 9. LeBron ...
Factors like inferior athleticism obviously benefitted players of several decades ago, which has to be accounted for, too. Below, we tried our hand at ranking the 25 best NBA players ever.
Kobe Bryant has been selected to the All-NBA team 15 times. LeBron James has been selected to the All-NBA team a record 20 times. From the 1955–56 season to 1987–88 season, the All-NBA Team was composed of two teams, each with five roster spots, except when there were ties. During this time, players were selected with regard to position.