NBA ALL STAR VOTING RESULTS 1982 – EAST RUTHERFORD
- Micheal Ray Richardson (NY),Bobby Jones (Phi), Buck Williams (NJ), Robert Parish (Bos), Kelly Tripucka (Det), Norm Nixon (Lal) and Alex English (Den) played as reserves despite not being listed in the Top 5 voting results for their positions.
- Since 1975, the NBA All-Star selections have been left to the fans who vote to determine the starting five for each team. NBA coaches complete the rosters.
- Until 1974, the starters per team and three bench players were chosen by sport writers and sport casters.
- Until 1973, each NBA team had to be represented with at least 1 player and a maximum of 3 players.
Ballot 1982 Votes
S=Starter R=Reserve | |||
WEST | |||
GUARDS | TM | VOTES | |
George Gervin | SA | S | 343,977 |
Gus Williams | SEA | S | 245,373 |
Fred Brown | SEA | 222,957 | |
Dennis Johnson | PHO | R | 220,914 |
Magic Johnson | LAL | R | 212,518 |
FORWARDS | TM | VOTES | |
Adrian Dantley | UTA | S | 237,272 |
Lonnie Shelton | SEA | S | 234,330 |
Elvin Hayes | HOU | 194,443 | |
Mark Aguirre | DAL | 189,063 | |
Bernard King | GS | R | 188,213 |
CENTERS | TM | VOTES | |
Kareem Abdul.Jabbar | LAL | S | 283,821 |
Moses Malone | HOU | R | 216,802 |
Jack Sikma | SEA | R | 215,447 |
Alvan Adams | PHO | 134,441 | |
George Johnson | SA | 121,136 | |
EAST | |||
GUARDS | TM | VOTES | |
Isiah Thomas | DET | S | 367,969 |
Nate Archibald | BOS | S | 253,282 |
Reggie Theus | CHI | 235,586 | |
Sidney Moncrief | MIL | R | 215,065 |
John Long | DET | 167,065 | |
FORWARDS | TM | VOTES | |
Julius Erving | PHI | S | 432,230 |
Larry Bird | BOS | S | 380,485 |
John Drew | ATL | 207,493 | |
Dan Roundfield | ATL | 194,187 | |
Kent Benson | DET | 148,646 | |
CENTERS | TM | VOTES | |
Artis Gilmore | CHI | S | 270,313 |
Darryl Dawkins | PHI | 245,124 | |
Bob Lanier | MIL | R | 152,512 |
Tree Rollins | ATL | 128,939 | |
Steve Hawes | ATL | 102,297 |