DOUNOBALL NBA Awards

1980-81 Awards

The season's major award winners and official All-NBA and All-Defensive team selections.

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All-NBA & All-Defensive teams

All-Defensive

1st

Bobby Jones Caldwell Jones Dennis Johnson Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Michael Ray Richardson

All-Defensive

2nd

Dan Roundfield Dudley Bradley George Johnson Kermit Washington Michael Cooper Quinn Buckner

All-NBA

1st

Dennis Johnson George Gervin Julius Erving Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Larry Bird

All-NBA

2nd

Adrian Dantley Marques Johnson Moses Malone Otis Birdsong Tiny Archibald

All-Rookie

1st

Darrell Griffith Joe Barry Carroll Kelvin Ransey Kevin McHale Larry Smith

NBA All-Star

East

Artis Gilmore Bobby Jones Dan Roundfield Eddie Johnson Julius Erving Larry Bird Marques Johnson Michael Ray Richardson Mike Mitchell Reggie Theus Robert Parish Tiny Archibald

NBA All-Star

West

Adrian Dantley Dennis Johnson George Gervin Jack Sikma Jamaal Wilkes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Moses Malone Otis Birdsong Paul Westphal Truck Robinson Walter Davis

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