NBA ALL STAR VOTING RESULTS 1975 – PHOENIX 1975 was the first time the All-Star selections have been made by the fans. In the past, the starters teams were chosen by sport writers and sport casters. Coaches chose the seven ‘bench players’ regardless of position and club affiliation. Until 1973, each NBA team had to be represented in the All-Star Game with at least 1 player and a maximum of 3 players.
S=Starter R=Reserve WEST GUARDS TM VOTES Gail Goodrich LAL S 58,986 Nate Archibald KC S 46,724 Charlie Scott PHO R 40,736 Lucius Allen LAL 34,339 Dave Bing DET R 31,951 Jim Price MIL R 28,120 Dick Van Arsdale PHO 19,395 Norm Van Lier CHI 17,373 Jerry Sloan CHI 13,494 Geoff Petrie POR 13,015 Jeff Mullins GS 9,912 Chris Ford DET 9,002 Fred Brown SEA 8,816 Butch Beard GS 6,421 Jimmy Walker KC 6,409 Lenny Wilkens POR 5,782 Larry Steele POR 4,092 Slick Watts SEA 3,169 FORWARDS TM VOTES Rick Barry GS S 60,547 Spencer Haywood SEA S 50,302 Bob Dandridge MIL R 36,318 Connie Hawkins LAL 28,263 Bob Love CHI 27,917 Sidney Wicks POR R 25,527 Keith Erickson PHO 23,171 Curtis Perry PHO 22,574 Happy Hairston LAL 18,934 Chet Walker CHI 14,229 Don Adams DET 11,213 Curtis Rowe DET 10,284 Ron Behagen KC 6,568 Don Kojis KC 5,143 Mike Bantom PHO 4,802 John Johnson POR 2,092 CENTERS TM VOTES Kareem Abdul-Jabbar MIL S 77,832 Bob Lanier DET R 65,917 Nate Thurmond CHI 14,229 Clifford Ray GS 8,161 Elmore Smith LAL 5,215 Sam Lacey KC R 5,204 Jim Fox SEA 4,554 Bill Walton POR 2,092 EAST GUARDS TM VOTES Walt Frazier NY S 91,621 Earl Monroe NY S 52,637 Jo Jo White BOS R 49,346 Ernie DiGregorio BUF 37,366 Pete Maravich NO 26,594 Phil Chenier WAS R 20,491 Randy Smith BUF 16,029 Don Chaney BOS 15,315 Calvin Murphy HOU 10,561 Austin Carr CLE 9,875 Kevin Porter WAS 7,436 Dean Meminger ATL 5,782 Mike Newlin HOU 5,014 Herm Gilliam ATL 4,044 Fred Carter PHI 3,914 Dick Snyder CLE 3,647 FORWARDS TM VOTES John Havlicek BOS S 87,715 Elvin Hayes WAS S 52,444 Jim McMilllan BUF 36,856 Paul Silas BOS R 34,145 Bill Bradley NY 28,000 Gar Heard BUF 21,624 Lou Hudson ATL 16,995 Rudy Tomjanovich HOU R 14,017 Phil Jackson NY 13,995 Mike Riordan WAS 10,866 Tom Van Arsdale ATL 10,586 Dwight Davis CLE 5,043 Jim Washington ATL 4,692 Steve Mix PHI R 4,633 Bingo Smith CLE 3,554 Cliff Meely HOU 2,989 CENTERS TM VOTES Bob McAdoo BUF S 98,325 Dave Cowens BOS R 62,156 Wes Unseld WAS R 13,983 Clyde Lee PHI 4,873 Steve Patterson CLE 3,680 Neal Walk NO 3,370 Rick Roberson NO 3,310 Leroy Ellis PHI 2,621 Zaid Abdul-Aziz HOU 2,508 Dwight Jones ATL 1,754