NBA ALL STAR VOTING RESULTS 1982 – EAST RUTHERFORD Micheal Ray Richardson Bobby Jones Buck Williams Robert Parish Kelly Tripucka Norm Nixon Alex English 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.
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
