The CBA All-Star Game (or CBA All-Star Classic) was a basketball event organised by the Continental Basketball Association from 1979 until 2008. It started originally in 1949 as the EBA All-Star Game, and in 1971 it became the EPSBL All-Star Game, following the League's name changes. In 1979 CBA organised its first event under the CBA logo and it had been known as the CBA All-Star Classic. Overall, it predates the NBA All-Star Game by two years, as the latter took place for first time in 1951.The players who hold the record with the most CBA All-Star appearances since 1979 are former NBA star Tim Legler, Ronnie Fields and Claude Gregory who also had a brief NBA spell. Additionally the coaches with the most appearances since 1979 are Eric Musselman with 5, Paul Woolpert, Chris Daleo and Dan Panaggio with 4 and Bill Musselman with 3. The slam-dunk contest was added on the 1988 edition and the long distance shoot contest on the 1990 and onwards. Many legendary and former NBA players like Bob McNeill, Jim Bostic, Eddie Johnson, Mario Elie, Jim Lampley, Stacey King, Anthony Frederick, Ron Rowan, David Thirdkill, Claude Gregory, Steve Burtt Sr., Conner Henry, Michael Hawkins, Michael Brooks, Scott Fisher, Jack Haley, Tony Harris, Tim Legler, Jamario Moon and others have featured in the All-Star Game.

Format

The first All-Star Game in 1949 featured an XI consisted of EPBL All-Stars against the host team of Pottsville Packers. The West All-Stars versus East All-Stars format continued for the following years until 1962. For most of the years to follow an EPBL All-Star squad would face a host team and the same pattern continued when the league was rename to EBA and then CBA. On 28 October 1986 the CBA All-Stars played against the Soviet National basketball team of Vladimir Tkachenko, Sarunas Marciulionis and Aleksander Volkov, the first game to be played between a Soviet team and professional players from the United States (score 72-77).The Soviet National basketball team beat a team of All Stars (1986) - upi.com The CBA All-Stars were led by Kenny Natt (Albany Patroons), Billy Goodwin, Cozell McQueen, and Derrick Rowland.

The National Conference versus American Conference format was played from 1990 until 2004. It was followed by the Eastern Conference versus Western Conference format until 2008. The 1982 All-star game was the first nationally televised minor league game in history.CONTINENTAL IS LEAGUE OF HOPE (1982) - nytimes.com In 1990 the CBA instituted the all-star weekend, introducing slam-dunk and long-distance shooting contests.

All-Star Game Results Note: Stadium names are named based on the name at the day of the All-Star Game. Year Result Host arena Host city Game MVP 1949 EPBL All-Stars 74, Pottsville Packers 69 N/A Pottsville, Pennsylvania N/AThis first All-Star contest was a fundraiser for hospitalized Pottsville team captain Tommy Bell. 1958 West All-Stars 122, East All-Stars 97 109th Street West Side Armory Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania N/A 1959 West All-Stars 110, East All-Stars 88 109th Street West Side Armory Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania N/A 1961 East All-Stars 164, West All-Stars 128 109th Street West Side Armory Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Boo Ellis1962 EPBL All-Stars 124, Allentown Jets 119 Rockne Hall Allentown, Pennsylvania N/A1963 Camden Bullets 122, EPBL All-Stars 114 Convention Hall Camden, New Jersey Bob McNeill1964 South All-Stars 137, North All-Stars 125 Trenton High School Trenton, New Jersey Jim Hadnot1965 Camden Bullets 147, EPBL All-Stars 129 Convention Hall Camden, New Jersey Bob McNeill (2)1966 East All-Stars 167, West All-Stars 159 Farm Show Arena Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Walt Simon1967 West All-Stars 158, East All-Stars 149 Salesianum School Wilmington, Delaware Willie Murrell1968 East All-Stars 155, West All-Stars 125 Hartford Public High School Hartford, Connecticut Spider Bennett1969 West All-Stars 163, East All-Stars 133 Catholic Youth Center Scranton, Pennsylvania Jim Jackson1970 Wilmington Blue Bombers 129, All-Stars 123 Salesianum School Wilmington, Delaware John Savage1971 Scranton Apollos 146, EBA All-Stars 123 Catholic Youth Center Scranton, Pennsylvania Willie Somerset1972 EBA All-Stars 129, Scranton Apollos 110 Catholic Youth Center Scranton, Pennsylvania Reggie Lacefield1976 EBA All-Stars 137, Allentown Jets 134 William Penn Senior High School York, PennsylvaniaThe game was played at York, Pa., to test whether the city could support a franchise. N/A1977 EBA All-Stars 136, Allentown Jets 118 Allen Phys. Ed. Center Allentown, Pennsylvania Jim Bostic1978 East All-Stars 135, West All-Stars 129 Quincy YMCA Quincy, Massachusetts Jim Bostic (2)1979 Rochester Zeniths 182, West All-Stars 168This game took two days to play, as a blackout hit the Rochester, N.Y. area during the contest. The CBA commissioner ordered that a full four-quarter game be played the next day, while still retaining the score from the first two quarters (at that time, Rochester was leading 57-48). Dome Arena Henrietta, New York Andre McCarter1982 Western Division 101, Eastern Division 91 Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey Brad Branson1983 Albany Patroons 122, CBA All-Stars 109 Washington Avenue Armory Albany, New York Larry Spriggs1984 CBA All-Stars 128, Wyoming Wildcatters 125 Casper Events Center Casper, Wyoming Anthony Roberts1985 CBA All-Stars 113, Evansville Thunder 109 Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana Rick Lamb1986 CBA All-Stars 110, Tampa Bay Thrillers 108 Tampa SunDome Tampa Bay, Florida Don Collins1987 CBA All-Stars 105, La Crosse Catbirds 102 La Crosse Center La Crosse, Wisconsin Eddie L. Johnson 1988 CBA All-Stars 115, Topeka Sizzlers 94 Landon Arena Topeka, Kansas Michael Brooks1988-89 Rockford Lightning 103, CBA All-Stars 97 Rockford Metrocenter Rockford, Illinois Dwayne McClain1990 National Conference 107, American Conference 105 Wharton Field House Moline, Illinois Conner Henry1991 National Conference 120, American Conference 116 Five Seasons Center Cedar Rapids, Iowa Vincent Askew1992 National Conference 124, American Conference 115 Yakima SunDome Yakima, Washington Conner Henry (2)1993 American Conference 133, National Conference 121 Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Pat Durham1994 American Conference 119, National Conference 108 Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, Indiana Jeff Martin1995 National Conference 119, American Conference 115 Hartford Civic Arena Hartford, Connecticut Tony Dawson1996 National Conference 121, American Conference 105 Sioux Falls Arena Sioux Falls, South Dakota Shelton Jones1997 American Conference 107, National Conference 98 Yakima SunDome Yakima, Washington Dexter Boney2000 Eastern Division 135, Western Division 124 Sioux Falls ArenaA rookie game preceded the All-Star game, with the East beating the West 91-89. Sioux Falls, South Dakota Dontae' Jones2001 Despite that the All-Stars were selected, it was cancelled in January. The CBA folded on February 8, 2001 2003 National Conference 140, American Conference 125 Sioux Falls Arena Sioux Falls, South Dakota Versile Shaw2004 National Conference 105, American Conference 103 Yakima SunDome Yakima, Washington Roberto Bergersen2005 Eastern Conference 114, Western Conference 110 Genesis Convention Center Gary, Indiana Sam Clancy, Jr.2006 Western Conference 119, Eastern Conference 110 Qwest Arena Boise, Idaho Randy Holcomb2007 National Conference 134, American Conference 131 (OT) Butte Civic Center Butte, Montana Ralph Holmes2008 National Conference 109, American Conference 107 Yakima SunDome Yakima, Washington Odell Bradley EBA 1949-1970, EPBL 1971-1978, CBA 1979-2008

Players with most MVP awards

Player WinsEditions Bob McNeill 21963, 1965 Jim Bostic 21977, 1978 Conner Henry 21990, 1992

Wins by team (1949-2008) Team Wins YearsCBA/EBA/EPBL All-Stars 10 1949, 1962, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988National Conference 9 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008East 6 1961, 1966, 1968, 1978, 2000, 2005West 6 1958, 1959, 1967, 1969, 1982, 2006American Conference 3 1993, 1994, 1997Camden Bullets 2 1963, 1965Wilmington Blue Bombers 1 1970Scranton Apollos 1 1971Rochester Zeniths 1 1979Albany Patroons 1 1983Rockford Lightning 1 1988-89

Most Valuable Player Award winners

1961 – Alex "Boo" Ellis, Wilkes-Barre Barons 1963 – Bobby McNeill, Camden Bullets 1964 – Jimmie Hadnot, Trenton Colonials 1965 – Bobby McNeill, Camden Bullets 1966 – Walt Simon, Allentown Jets 1967 – Willie Murrell, Scranton Miners 1968 – Willis "Spider" Bennett, Hartford Capitols 1969 – Jim Jackson, Scranton Miners 1970 – John Savage, Wilmington Blue Bombers 1971 – Willie Somerset, Scranton Apollos 1972 – Reggie Lacefield, Hartford Capitols 1977 – Jim Bostic, Jersey Shore Bullets 1978 – Jim Bostic, Jersey Shore Bullets 1979 – Andre McCarter, Rochester Zeniths 1982 – Brad Branson, Anchorage Northern Knights 1983 – Larry Spriggs, Albany Patroons 1984 – Anthony Roberts, Wyoming Wildcatters 1985 – Rick Lamb, Wyoming Wildcatters 1986 – Don Collins, Tampa Bay Thrillers 1987 – Eddie Johnson, Tampa Bay Thrillers 1988 – Michael Brooks, Albany Patroons 1989 – Dwayne McClain, Rockford Lightning 1990 – Conner Henry, Rapid City Thrillers 1991 – Vincent Askew, Albany Patroons 1992 – Conner Henry, Yakima Sun Kings 1993 – Pat Durham, Fargo-Moorhead Fever 1994 – Jeff Martin, Grand Rapids Hoops 1995 – Tony Dawson, Rockford Lightning 1996 – Shelton Jones, Florida Beachdogs 1997 – Dexter Boney, Florida Beachdogs 2000 – Dontae' Jones, LaCrosse Bobcats 2003 – Versile Shaw, Sioux Falls Skyforce 2004 – Roberto Bergersen, Idaho Stampede 2005 – Sam Clancy, Jr., Idaho Stampede 2006 – Randy Holcomb, Gary Steelheads 2007 – Ralph Holmes, Yakama Sun Kings 2008 – Odell Bradley, Butte Daredevils

Slam-Dunk champions (1988-2008) Year Player Team1988 Jamie Waller Quad City Thunder1988-89 Daren Queenan Charleston Gunners1990 Gerry Wright Pensacola Tornados1991 Not held1992 Myron Brown Fort Wayne Fury1993 Shelton Jones Rapid City Thrillers1994 Myron Brown (2) Fort Wayne Fury1995 Terry Ross Tri-City Chinook1996 Shelton Jones (2) Florida Beach Dogs1997 Ronnie Fields La Crosse Bobcats2003 Bryant Notree Gary Steelheads2004 Kaniel Dickens Dakota Wizards2005 Renaldo Major Gary Steelheads2006 Alpha Bangura Michigan Mayhem2007 Anthony Richardson Butte Daredevils2008 Harvey Thomas Yakima Sun Kings

Long Distance Shootout Contest Year Player Team1990 Jose Slaughter Quad City Thunder1991 Everette Stephens Rockford Lightning1992 Duane Washington Columbus Horizon1993 Tim Legler Omaha Racers1994 Leon Wood Fargo-Moorhead Fever1995 Charles Smith Hartford Hellcats1996 Darryl Johnson Omaha Racers1997 Tony Harris Sioux Falls Skyforce2003 Malik Dixon Dakota Wizards2004 Jimmie Hunter Rockford Lightning2005 David Graves Gary Steelheads2006 David Jackson Idaho Stampede2007 David Bell Butte Daredevils2008 Desmond Ferguson Yakima Sun Kings

One-on-One challenge Year Player Team1991 Mario Elie Albany Patroons1992 Richard Rellford Sioux Falls Skyforce1993 1994 Dan Bingenheimer Hartford Hellcats

Top Scorers

1959 – Bill Spivey, West All Stars, 28 pts 1961 – Boo Ellis, East All Stars, 29 pts 1962 – Ed Burton, Allentown Jets, 32 pts 1963 – Paul Arizin, Camden Bullets, 35 pts 1964 – Jimmy Hadnot, South All Stars, 31 pts 1965 – Bobby McNeil, Camden Bullets, 29 pts 1966 – Walt Simon, East All Stars, 37 pts 1967 – Art Heyman, East All Stars, 39 pts 1968 – Spider Bennett, East All Stars, 36 pts 1969 – Phil Schoff, East All Stars, 22 pts & Willie Davis, West All Stars, 22 pts 1970 – Stan Pawlak, EPBL All Stars, 39 pts 1971 – Willie Somerset, EBA All Stars, 36 pts 1972 – Chuck Lloyd, Scranton Apollos, 27 pts 1976 – Charlie Criss, EBA All Stars, 35 pts 1977 – Major Jones, Allentown Jets, 27 pts 1978 – Jim Bostic, East All Stars, 26 pts 1979 – Ron Davis, CBA All Stars, 47 pts 1983 – Larry Spriggs, Albany Patroons, 22 pts 1984 – Anthony Roberts, Wyoming Wildcatters, 43 pts