Continental Basketball Association award winners and alumni

The Continental Basketball Association was a men's professional basketball league that existed from 1946 to 2009. The league was formerly known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association. There were several annual awards in the CBA including the Player of the Year Award, the Rookie of the Year Award, the Coach of the Year Award, the Defensive Player of the Year Award and the Newcomer of the Year Award.

Phil Jackson (pictured right) was the head coach of the CBA Albany Patroons before joining the NBA Chicago Bulls as an assistant coach in 1987. Jackson won six NBA Finals as the Bulls' head coach.

Regular season MVPs and Players of the Year edit

CBA Newcomer of the Year edit

CBA Rookie of the Year edit

CBA 50th Anniversary Team edit

EPBL/EBA era team (1946–1978) edit

CBA era team (1978–1996) edit

CBA players who played at least 82 NBA games edit

CBA coaches who coached at least 82 NBA games edit

NBA Yrs Number of years as head coach
CBA Yrs Number of years as head or assistant coach
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
* Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
Coach NBA yrs CBA yrs NBA CBA Ref.
GC W L Win% GC W L Win%
Jim Boylan 2007–08, 2012–13 1992–93 106 46 60 .434
Maurice Cheeks 2001–09, 2013–14 1993–94 620 305 315 .420
Dave Cowens 1978–79, 1996–2002 1984–85 352 161 191 .457 44 22 22 .500
Bob Hill 1986–87, 1990–97, 2005–07 1988 603 310 293 .514 54 21 33 .389
Phil Jackson* 1989–2011 1982–87 1,640 1,155 485 .704 232 125 107 .539
Dave Joerger 2013–present 2000–06 246 147 99 .598 184 118 66 .641
George Karl 1984–88, 1992–2003, 2005–2013, 2015–16 1980–83, 1988–1991 1,999 1,175 824 .588 298 217 81 .728
Larry Krystkowiak 2006–08 2003–04 100 31 69 .310 53 37 16 .698
Andrew Levane 1952–54, 1958–62 1961 276 106 170 .384 [2][3]
Bill Musselman 1980–82, 1989–1991 1983–88, 1993–94 250 80 170 .320 327 224 103 .685
Eric Musselman 2002–04, 2006–07 1989–1997 246 108 138 .439 392 270 122 .688
Tom Nissalke 1971–1984 1986–87 879 371 508 .422 48 26 22 .542
Flip Saunders 1995–2012 1988–1995 1,248 654 594 .524 390 253 137 .648
Paul Seymour 1956–1966, 1968–69 1966–67 512 271 241 .529 28 21 7 .750 [4]
Jerry Sloan* 1979–1982, 1988–2011 1984–85 2,024 1,221 803 .603
Keith Smart 2002–03, 2010–13 1997–2000 263 93 107 .354 168 85 83 .506
Terry Stotts 2002–07, 2012–2021 1990–92 611 297 314 .486
Darrell Walker 1996–2000 1998–99 169 56 113 .331 56 23 33 .411

CBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award edit

CBA draft first overall picks edit

Draft Selected by Player Nationality College/former club PPG RPG APG Ref.
1985 Kansas City Sizzlers Regan Truesdale   United States The Citadel 21.5 8.7 2.7 [6][7]
1986 Jacksonville Jets Jerry Stroman   United States Utah 18.0 5.2 2.2 [8][9]
1987 Quad City Thunder Derrick Sanders   United States Illinois State 15.8 8.1 0.8 [10][11]
1988 Topeka Sizzlers Lafester Rhodes   United States Iowa State 22.5 7.2 2.3 [12][13]
1989 San Jose Jammers Mike Doktorczyk   United States UC Irvine 15.9 7.8 2.1 [14][15]
1990 Quad City Thunder Ronald Draper   United States American 16.1 12.2 2.0 [16][17]
1991 Wichita Falls Texans Robert Youngblood   United States Southern 15.2 9.1 2.1 [18][19]
1992 Grand Rapids Hoops Rod Sellers   United States UConn 12.3 8.7 1.4 [20][21]
1993 Hartford Hellcats Stacey Poole   United States Florida 16.4 6.4 2.0 [22][23]
1994 Yakima Sun Kings Aaron Swinson   United States Auburn 20.7 8.1 1.1 [24][25]
1995 Omaha Racers Fred Hoiberg   United States Iowa State 19.9 5.6 2.2 [26][27]
1996 Florida Beach Dogs Carlos Strong   United States Georgia 13.5 6.4 1.7 [28][29]
1997 Rockford Lightning Muntrelle Dobbins   United States Arkansas–Little Rock 14.4 11.4 1.3 [30][31]
1998 Grand Rapids Hoops Saddi Washington   United States Western Michigan 21.6 4.2 1.9 [32][33]
1999 Quad City Thunder Derek Hood   United States Arkansas 12.4 10.3 1.8 [34][35]
2000 Gary Steelheads Ryan Blackwell   United States Syracuse 10.8 7.2 3.1 [36][37]
2002 Yakima Sun Kings Elvin Mims   United States Southern Miss 18.9 7.8 1.1 [38][39]
2003 Sioux Falls Skyforce Josh Powell   United States NC State 12.4 5.3 1.0 [40][41]
2004 Michigan Mayhem Desmon Farmer   United States USC 19.4 4.6 1.8 [42][43]
2005 Albany Patroons T. J. Thompson   United States George Washington 13.6 2.0 2.9 [44][45]
2006 Minot Skyrockets Dayshawn Wright   United States Syracuse 1.3 1.3 0.6 [46][47]
2007 Oklahoma Cavalry Caleb Green   United States Oral Roberts 20.5 9.3 2.6 [48][49]
2008 Albany Patroons Michael Jenkins   United States Winthrop 13.9 4.1 2.5 [50][51]

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