DOUNOBALL NBA Awards

1981-82 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 Dan Roundfield Dennis Johnson Michael Cooper

All-Defensive

2nd

Jack Sikma Larry Bird Lonnie Shelton Quinn Buckner Sidney Moncrief

All-NBA

1st

George Gervin Gus Williams Julius Erving Larry Bird Moses Malone

All-NBA

2nd

Alex English Bernard King Magic Johnson Robert Parish Sidney Moncrief

All-Rookie

1st

Buck Williams Isiah Thomas Jay Vincent Jeff Ruland Kelly Tripucka

NBA All-Star

East

Artis Gilmore Bob Lanier Bobby Jones Buck Williams Dan Roundfield Isiah Thomas Julius Erving Kelly Tripucka Larry Bird Michael Ray Richardson Robert Parish Sidney Moncrief Tiny Archibald

NBA All-Star

West

Adrian Dantley Alex English Bernard King Dennis Johnson George Gervin Gus Williams Jack Sikma Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Lonnie Shelton Magic Johnson Moses Malone Norm Nixon

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