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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.
Hall of Famer Julius Erving was a three-time ABA MVP, two-time ABA Playoffs MVP, and four-time All-ABA First Team. The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a professional basketball league that operated from the 1967–68 season until it ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. The ABA presented a variety of annual awards and ...
Dennis Wayne Johnson was born the eighth of sixteen children, to a social worker and a bricklayer who lived in Compton, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. [1] Originally a baseball fan and a Little Leaguer, [2] Johnson learned basketball from his father, but seemed to have neither the size nor the talent to compete with his peers: as a teenager at Dominguez High School, Johnson measured just ...
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.
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.
@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 ...
Denotes players who are still active in the NBA * Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player † Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration [a] § 1st time eligible for Hall of Fame in 2024 [1] bold: Denotes the player won the All-Star Game MVP award that year Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player led ...