{"id":204,"date":"2026-02-14T17:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/?p=204"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:58:59","slug":"abf-inaugural-all-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/2026\/02\/14\/abf-inaugural-all-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"ABF Inaugural All-Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Best of 1976<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: This is a work in progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Premier League<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">James Silas<\/span> (San Antonio Spurs): <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Paul Westphal<\/span> (Phoenix Suns):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">George Gervin<\/span> (San Antonio Spurs):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earl Monroe<\/span> (New York Knicks):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Forwards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Robert Hawkins<\/span> (Golden State Warriors):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Billy Knight<\/span> (Indiana Pacers):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">David Thompson<\/span> (Denver Nuggets):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Spencer Haywood<\/span> (New York Knicks):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jamaal Wilkes<\/span> (Golden State Warriors):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Centers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/span> (Los Angeles Lakers):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Artis Gilmore<\/span> (Kentucky Colonels):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dan Issel<\/span> (Denver Nuggets):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Challengers All Stars<\/span> (Championship and Founders Cup)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pete Maravich<\/span> (New Orleans Jazz):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nate Archibald<\/span> (Kansas City Kings):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Calvin Murphy<\/span> (Houston Rockets):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Joe Hamilton<\/span> (SLC):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Forwards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Julius Erving<\/span> (New York Knicks):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BobMcAdoo<\/span> (Buffalo Braves):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">John Drew<\/span> (Atlanta Hawks):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rocky Risen<\/span> (Baltimore Ravens):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">George McGinnis<\/span> (Philadelphia 76ers):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bob Lanier<\/span> (Detroit Pistons):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Moses Malone<\/span> (Spirits of St. Louis):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bill Walton<\/span> (Portland Blazers):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Honorable Mentions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Premier<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Walt Frazier (NYK) \u2013 21.7 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 7.4 APG, 2.9 SPG \u2014 legendary, but numbers slightly lower.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phil Chenier (Was) \u2013 26.5 PPG \u2014 squeezed at guard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bob Dandridge (Mil) \u2013 27.6 PPG, 9.5 RPG \u2014 deep forward group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elvin Hayes (Was) \u2013 26.7 PPG, 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Note: This is a work in progress. Premier League Guards James Silas (San Antonio Spurs): Paul Westphal (Phoenix Suns): George Gervin (San Antonio Spurs): Earl Monroe (New York Knicks): Forwards Robert Hawkins (Golden State Warriors): Billy Knight (Indiana Pacers): David Thompson (Denver Nuggets): Spencer Haywood (New York Knicks): Jamaal Wilkes (Golden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-star-teams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantreplaysports.com\/abf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}