List of Continental Basketball Association All-Star Games

CBA All-Star Classic
StatusInactive
Inaugurated1949
Most recent2008
Organized byCBA

The CBA All-Star-Game (or CBA All-Star Classic) was a basketball event organised by the CBA from 1979 until 2008. It started originally in 1949 as the EBA All-Star Game, and in 1971 it became the EPSBL All-Star Game, following the League's name changes. In 1979 CBA organised its first event under the CBA logo and it had been known as the CBA All-Star Classic. Overall, it predates the NBA All-Star Game by two years, as the latter took place for first time in 1951.
The players who hold the record with the most CBA All-Star appearances since 1979 are former NBA star Tim Legler, Ronnie Fields and Claude Gregory who also had a brief NBA spell.[1][2] Additionally the coaches with the most appearances since 1979 are Eric Musselman with 5, Paul Woolpert, Chris Daleo and Dan Panaggio with 4 and Bill Musselman with 3.[3][4]
The slam-dunk contest was added on the 1988 edition and the long distance shoot contest on the 1990 and onwards.[5] Many legendary and former NBA players like Bob McNeill, Jim Bostic, Eddie Johnson, Mario Elie, Jim Lampley, Stacey King, Anthony Frederick, Ron Rowan, David Thirdkill, Claude Gregory, Steve Burtt Sr., Conner Henry, Michael Hawkins, Michael Brooks, Scott Fisher, Jack Haley, Tony Harris, Tim Legler, Jamario Moon and others have featured in the All-Star Game.

Format

The first All-Star Game in 1949 featured an XI consisted of EPBL All-Stars against the host team of Pottsville Packers. The West All-Stars versus East All-Stars format continued for the following years until 1962. For most of the years to follow an EPBL All-Star squad would face a host team and the same pattern continued when the league was rename to EBA and then CBA. On 28 October 1986 the CBA All-Stars played against the Soviet National basketball team of Vladimir Tkachenko, Sarunas Marciulionis and Aleksander Volkov, the first game to be played between a Soviet team and professional players from the United States (score 72-77).[6] The CBA All-Stars were led by Kenny Natt (Albany Patroons), Billy Goodwin, Cozell McQueen, and Derrick Rowland.

The National Conference versus American Conference format was played from 1990 until 2004. It was followed by the Eastern Conference versus Western Conference format until 2008. The 1982 All-star game was the first nationally televised minor league game in history.[7] In 1990 the CBA instituted the all-star weekend, introducing slam-dunk and long-distance shooting contests.

All-Star Game Results

Note: Stadium names are named based on the name at the day of the All-Star Game.[8]

Year Result Host arena Host city Game MVP
1949 EPBL All-Stars 74, Pottsville Packers 69 N/A Pottsville, Pennsylvania N/A[9]
1958 West All-Stars 122, East All-Stars 97 109th Street West Side Armory Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania N/A
1959 West All-Stars 110, East All-Stars 88 109th Street West Side Armory Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania N/A
1961 East All-Stars 164, West All-Stars 128 109th Street West Side Armory Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Boo Ellis
1962 EPBL All-Stars 124, Allentown Jets 119 Rockne Hall Allentown, Pennsylvania N/A
1963 Camden Bullets 122, EPBL All-Stars 114 Convention Hall Camden, New Jersey Bob McNeill
1964 South All-Stars 137, North All-Stars 125 Trenton High School Trenton, New Jersey Jim Hadnot
1965 Camden Bullets 147, EPBL All-Stars 129 Convention Hall Camden, New Jersey Bob McNeill (2)
1966 East All-Stars 167, West All-Stars 159 Farm Show Arena Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Walt Simon
1967 West All-Stars 158, East All-Stars 149 Salesianum School Wilmington, Delaware Willie Murrell
1968 East All-Stars 155, West All-Stars 125 Hartford Public High School Hartford, Connecticut Spider Bennett
1969 West All-Stars 163, East All-Stars 133 Catholic Youth Center Scranton, Pennsylvania Jim Jackson
1970 Wilmington Blue Bombers 129, All-Stars 123 Salesianum School Wilmington, Delaware John Savage
1971 Scranton Apollos 146, EBA All-Stars 123 Catholic Youth Center Scranton, Pennsylvania Willie Somerset
1972 EBA All-Stars 129, Scranton Apollos 110 Catholic Youth Center Scranton, Pennsylvania Reggie Lacefield
1976 EBA All-Stars 137, Allentown Jets 134 William Penn Senior High School York, Pennsylvania[10] N/A
1977 EBA All-Stars 136, Allentown Jets 118 Allen Phys. Ed. Center Allentown, Pennsylvania Jim Bostic
1978 East All-Stars 135, West All-Stars 129 Quincy YMCA Quincy, Massachusetts Jim Bostic (2)
1979 Rochester Zeniths 182, West All-Stars 168[11] Dome Arena Henrietta, New York Andre McCarter
1982 Western Division 101, Eastern Division 91 Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey Brad Branson
1983 Albany Patroons 122, CBA All-Stars 109 Washington Avenue Armory Albany, New York Larry Spriggs
1984 CBA All-Stars 128, Wyoming Wildcatters 125 Casper Events Center Casper, Wyoming Anthony Roberts
1985 CBA All-Stars 113, Evansville Thunder 109 Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana Rick Lamb
1986 CBA All-Stars 110, Tampa Bay Thrillers 108 Tampa SunDome Tampa Bay, Florida Don Collins
1987 CBA All-Stars 105, La Crosse Catbirds 102 La Crosse Center La Crosse, Wisconsin Eddie L. Johnson
1988 CBA All-Stars 115, Topeka Sizzlers 94 Landon Arena Topeka, Kansas Michael Brooks
1988-89 Rockford Lightning 103, CBA All-Stars 97 Rockford Metrocenter Rockford, Illinois Dwayne McClain
1990 National Conference 107, American Conference 105 Wharton Field House Moline, Illinois Conner Henry
1991 National Conference 120, American Conference 116 Five Seasons Center Cedar Rapids, Iowa Vincent Askew
1992 National Conference 124, American Conference 115 Yakima SunDome Yakima, Washington Conner Henry (2)
1993 American Conference 133, National Conference 121 Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Pat Durham
1994 American Conference 119, National Conference 108 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, Indiana Jeff Martin
1995 National Conference 119, American Conference 115 Hartford Civic Arena Hartford, Connecticut Tony Dawson
1996 National Conference 121, American Conference 105 Sioux Falls Arena Sioux Falls, South Dakota Shelton Jones
1997 American Conference 107, National Conference 98 Yakima SunDome Yakima, Washington Dexter Boney
2000 Eastern Division 135, Western Division 124 Sioux Falls Arena[12] Sioux Falls, South Dakota Dontae' Jones
2001 Despite that the All-Stars were selected, it was cancelled in January. The CBA folded on February 8, 2001 [13]
2003 National Conference 140, American Conference 125 Sioux Falls Arena Sioux Falls, South Dakota Versile Shaw
2004 National Conference 105, American Conference 103 Yakima SunDome Yakima, Washington Roberto Bergersen
2005 Eastern Conference 114, Western Conference 110 Genesis Convention Center Gary, Indiana Sam Clancy, Jr.
2006 Western Conference 119, Eastern Conference 110 Qwest Arena Boise, Idaho Randy Holcomb
2007 National Conference 134, American Conference 131 (OT) Butte Civic Center Butte, Montana Ralph Holmes
2008 National Conference 109, American Conference 107 Yakima SunDome Yakima, Washington[14] Odell Bradley
  • EBA 1949-1970, EPBL 1971-1978, CBA 1979-2008

Players with most MVP awards

Player Wins Editions
Bob McNeill 2 1963, 1965
Jim Bostic 2 1977, 1978
Conner Henry 2 1990, 1992

Wins by team (1949-2008)

Team Wins Years
CBA/EBA/EPBL All-Stars 10 1949, 1962, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
National Conference 9 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
East 6 1961, 1966, 1968, 1978, 2000, 2005
West 6 1958, 1959, 1967, 1969, 1982, 2006
American Conference 3 1993, 1994, 1997
Camden Bullets 2 1963, 1965
Wilmington Blue Bombers 1 1970
Scranton Apollos 1 1971
Rochester Zeniths 1 1979
Albany Patroons 1 1983
Rockford Lightning 1 1988-89

Most Valuable Player Award winners

Slam-Dunk champions (1988-2008)

Year Player Team
1988 Jamie Waller Quad City Thunder
1988-89 Daren Queenan Charleston Gunners
1990 Gerry Wright Pensacola Tornados
1991 Not held
1992 Myron Brown Fort Wayne Fury
1993 Shelton Jones Rapid City Thrillers
1994 Myron Brown (2) Fort Wayne Fury
1995 Terry Ross Tri-City Chinook
1996 Shelton Jones (2) Florida Beach Dogs
1997 Ronnie Fields La Crosse Bobcats
2003 Bryant Notree Gary Steelheads
2004 Kaniel Dickens Dakota Wizards
2005 Renaldo Major Gary Steelheads
2006 Alpha Bangura Michigan Mayhem
2007 Anthony Richardson Butte Daredevils
2008 Harvey Thomas Yakima Sun Kings

Long Distance Shootout Contest

Year Player Team
1990 Jose Slaughter Quad City Thunder
1991 Everette Stephens Rockford Lightning
1992 Duane Washington Columbus Horizon
1993 Tim Legler Omaha Racers
1994 Leon Wood Fargo-Moorhead Fever
1995 Charles Smith Hartford Hellcats
1996 Darryl Johnson Omaha Racers
1997 Tony Harris Sioux Falls Skyforce
2003 Malik Dixon Dakota Wizards
2004 Jimmie Hunter Rockford Lightning
2005 David Graves Gary Steelheads
2006 David Jackson Idaho Stampede
2007 David Bell Butte Daredevils
2008 Desmond Ferguson Yakima Sun Kings

One-on-One challenge

Year Player Team
1991 Mario Elie Albany Patroons
1992 Richard Rellford Sioux Falls Skyforce
1993
1994 Dan Bingenheimer Hartford Hellcats

Top Scorers

Highest attendances

Edition Venue Location Attendance
1982 Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey 10,000
1983 Washington Avenue Armory Albany, New York 11,272
1984 Casper Events Center Casper, Wyoming 7,398
1985 Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana 8,537
1987 La Crosse Center La Crosse, Wisconsin 6,011
1988 Landon Arena Topeka, Kansas 7,040
1989 Rockford Metrocenter Rockford, Illinois 6,572
1993 Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City 11,382
1994 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, Indiana 6,324
1995 Hartford Civic Arena Hartford, Connecticut 10,039
2003 Sioux Falls Arena Sioux Falls, South Dakota 7,500
2005 Genesis Convention Center Gary, Indiana 6,683

All-Star Coaches

Coaches 1979-2008

Coach American Conference National Conference East West CBA All-Stars Host team
Eric Musselman (5) - 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997 - - - -
Paul Woolpert (4) - 2007, 2008 - 2000, 2006 - -
Chris Daleo (4) 2003, 2008 - 2005, 2006 - - -
Phil Jackson (2) - - - - 1985 1983 (Albany Patroons)
George Karl (2) - 1991 - - 1988-89 -
Flip Saunders (2) 1994 1995 - - - -
Cazzie Russell (2) - - 1982 - 1983 -

Coaches with most victories

Coach Wins Editions Notes
Stan Novak 4 1969 (first win)
Eric Musselman 3 1990, 1992, 1997
Paul Woolpert 3 2000, 2007, 2008
Buddy Donnelly 3 1963, 1964, 1965
Bill Musselman 2 1987, 1988
Flip Saunders 2 1994, 1995
Phil Jackson 2 1983, 1985 4x NBA All-Star coach

All-Star Players

Players with most appearances (1979-2008)

Player All-Star Editions Notes
Tim Legler 4 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995 1x CBA Long Distance Winner (1993), 1x NBA Three-Point Contest Winner (1998)
Claude Gregory 4 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 As an Evanville Thunder player in the 1985 All-Star Classic
Ronnie Fields 4 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008-DNP 1x Slam Dunk Winner (1997)
Tom Hemans 4 1958, 1959, 1962, 1966
Vincent Askew 3 1988-89, 1990, 1991 2x MVP
Jose Slaughter 3 1985, 1988-89, 1990 As a Rockford Lightning player in 1988-89 edition
Rick Lamb 3 1985, 1986, 1987 As a Tampa Bay Thrillers player in the 1986 edition
Robert Smith 3 1983, 1984, 1985
Ron Rowan 3 1987, 1988, 1988-89 As a Rockford Lightning player in 1988-89 edition
Leon Wood 3 1990, 1994, 1996 -
Reggie Jordan 3 1993, 1994, 1996 -
Jerome Lane 3 1994, 1995, 1996
Henry James 3 1993, 1995, 1996
Ralph McPherson 3 1983, 1984, 1985 As Albany Patroons player in 1983

Notable CBA All-Stars

References

  1. ^ "The best shooter in the NBA is a 29-year-old who holds a dubious record: most CBA All-Star Game appearances".
  2. ^ "The All-Star Classic: A Showcase of Excellence".
  3. ^ "Chris Daleo, behind only Dan Panaggio (4) and Eric Musselman".
  4. ^ "Eric Musselman".
  5. ^ "long-distance-shootout winners".
  6. ^ The Soviet National basketball team beat a team of All Stars (1986) - upi.com
  7. ^ CONTINENTAL IS LEAGUE OF HOPE (1982) - nytimes.com
  8. ^ Miller, Chuck. "The CBA All-Star Game – Five Decades of Excellence". CBAClassic.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  9. ^ This first All-Star contest was a fundraiser for hospitalized Pottsville team captain Tommy Bell.
  10. ^ The game was played at York, Pa., to test whether the city could support a franchise.
  11. ^ This game took two days to play, as a blackout hit the Rochester, N.Y. area during the contest. The CBA commissioner ordered that a full four-quarter game be played the next day, while still retaining the score from the first two quarters (at that time, Rochester was leading 57-48).
  12. ^ A rookie game preceded the All-Star game, with the East beating the West 91-89.
  13. ^ "CBA ON THE BRINK OF EXPIRING".
  14. ^ "National wins All-Star game". Montana Standard. Butte. January 23, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2014.

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