David Thompson (basketball) - ABA/NBA Highlights

ABA/NBA Highlights

• The Sporting News ABA Rookie of the Year (1976)
• ABA Rookie of the Year (1976)
• All-ABA (1976)
• MVP, 1976 ABA All-Star Game
• Competed in first ever slam dunk contest during half time of the 1976 ABA All-Star Game, eventually taking second to Julius Erving
• All-NBA First Team (1977, 1978)
• Four-time NBA All-Star
• MVP, 1979 NBA All-Star Game
• Only player in history named MVP of both the ABA and NBA All-Star Games
• Scored a career-high 73 points against Detroit (April 9, 1978)
• One of only 20 NBA players to have scored 60 or more points in a game.
• Scored a then-NBA record 32 points in the second quarter against Detroit Pistons, a record that was broken by George Gervin (33 against New Orleans Jazz on the same day ) when Gervin won the 1978 scoring title with a 63-point output
• The Nuggets retired his jersey number 33 (Nov. 2, 1992)
• Colorado Professional Athlete of the Year (1977)
• Scored 2,158 points (26.0 ppg) in the ABA
• Scored 11,264 points (22.1 ppg) in the NBA
• Atlanta's first pick in the 1975 NBA draft (and first pick overall)
• Virginia's first pick in the 1975 ABA draft