Award Winners, Record Holders and First Ever's Chase

GarnettFan4Life · Dec 6, 2022

On a historical kick at the moment. Looking through wiki and seen a bunch of records and stats and thought why not search some of those cards!

Following will be in posts below:

All Star Game MVP - first awarded 1951 - Ed Macauley - Celtics
Rookie of the Year - 1952-53 - Don Meineke - Royals/Pistons
NBA MVP - 1955-56 - Bob Pettit - Hawks
Coach of the Year - 1962-63 - Harry Gallatin - Hawks
NBA Finals MVP - 1968-69 - Jerry West - Lakers
Sixth Man of the Year - 1982-83 - Bobby Jones - 76ers
Defensive Player of the Year - 1982-83 - Sidney Moncrief - Bucks
Most Improved Player - 1985-86 - Alvin Robertson - Spurs
NBA Sportsmanship Award - 1995-96 - Joe Dumars - Pistons
Teammate of the Year - 2012-13 - Chauncey Billups - Clippers
All Defensive First Team - 1968-69 - Nate Thurmond, Bill Russell, Jerry Sloan, Dave DeBusschere, Walt Frazier

Regular season all time points leader NBA - Lebron - Cavs or Lakers
Regular season all time points leader ABA - Louie Dampier
Regular season all time rebounds leader NBA - Wilt Chamberlain - 76ers
Regular season all time assists leader NBA - John Stockton - Jazz
Regular season all time steals leader NBA - John Stockton - Jazz
Regular season all time blocks leader NBA - Hakeem Olajuwon - Rockets
Regular season Free Throws % leader all time NBA - Stephen Curry - Warriors
Regular season Free Throws % leader all time ABA - Rick Barry - Nets
Regular season Free Throws made all time NBA - Karl Malone - Jazz
Playoffs all time points leader - Lebron James
Playoffs all time rebounds leader - Bill Russell - Celtics
Playoffs all time assists leader - Magic Johnson - Lakers
Playoffs all time steals leader - Lebron James
Playoffs all time blocks leader - Tim Duncan - Spurs
All time 3 point shots made - Stephen Curry - Warriors
All time triple doubles leader - Russell Westbrook - Thunder
Most Sixth Man of the Year Awards - Jamal Crawford
Oldest Player with a 50 point game - Jamal Crawford
First Globetrotter in HoF - Marques Haynes - Globetrotters
First NCAA coach to win back-2-back titles - Hank Iba
First player ever to win 2 gold medals at summer games - Bob Kurland

misc :

Founder of the Savoy Big Five aka The Harlem Globetrotters - Abe Saperstein
Rucker park ref to NBA 2000 game referee - Hugh Evans
Helped Naismith develop basket ball into a 5 on 5 players sport - Amos Alonzo Stagg

Open to any suggestions of things I've missed or something cool to add!

Useful link here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBA_regular_season_records

Cheers