10 Forgotten All Stars From NBA History 

Huge fan of Cummings growing up. One thing-because Don Nelson played 'small ball', Terry had to play center alot and that actually hurt his numbers quite a bit because he'd be matched up on McHale, Parrish, Caldwell Jones and Moses Malone during his time with the Bucks.

Terry Cummings- great player. So hard to defend against.

Excellent, great historical video!!! Please make more? I'm 73 y/o I've seen many of the players you mentioned play. There are many many more forgotten players. Fans may not understand that the skills and styles of play today were developed by past player. Please keep up the good work. Bob Love was one of my favorites, Kelly Tripuka was another one, looked like a disco dancer hairdresser but man he was something on the court. There are so many more! Thank you again.

This is exactly the type of basketball content I've been looking for. A lot of YT channels do a ton of hot take/analysis and I just prefer trivia type stuff like this.

Part 2 needs to include Mark Aguirre, Tom Chambers, Jamaal Mashburn and Maurice Lucas. And Rolando Blackman.

Kelly Tripuka is the son of Broncos legend, Frank Tripuka. Crazy underrated sports family

A few more forgotten guys: Lou Hudson, Bob Kauffman, Charlie Scott, Geoff Petrie, Phil Chenier, Truck Robinson, Cazzie Russell, Eddie Johnson, Walter Davis, Reggie Theus, Buck Williams, Calvin Natt

Great list... Otis Birdsong and kiki Vandeweghe were amazing in their day!! Next video, can you include Benard King and Artis Gilmore??

John Drew, Dan Roundfield Jeff Ruland Marquis Johnson. Kiki Vandewege. Adrian Dantley. Alex English. Need I say More. 1970s and 80s NBA It's FANTASTIC 😍😊

Mark Price would be another too add to this list.

Connie Hawkins, Marques Johnson, Chet Walker, Gus Williams, Kevin Johnson, Drazen Petrovic ,Bernard King ,Terry Cummings,and Maurice Lucas.

Birdsong was an elegant player, especially on layups

Wow dude, this is a great historical video. I thought I has a basketball historian but I've never heard of some of these guys. Well done.

Terry Cummings is a Beast on 2K,he's a great defender/put back elite.

Phenomenal list. Cummings was a big time scorer. Those Don Nelson teams had a couple other guys in Moncrief & Marques Johnson that don't get enough love. The OGs used to tell me as a kid how Bob Love was the man...mad respect from everyone who watched him. Plenty of overlooked guys. Buck Williams Tom Chambers Andrew Toney & so many others. But absolutely love the list seeing guys like Kiki & older brother Paxson get some love

These were the pre-cable days. I lived in the New York area and was able to watch the Knicks and the Nets (Super John Williamson!!). I read Basketball Digest and Stree & Smith Basketball Yearbook like water in the desert. If people didn't get to watch Bernard King a lot they missed a gem.

Love a little Larry Kenon. Largely forgotten or overshadowed by Gervin. Still so fun to watch. Had a intense Afro too

No wonder Kenon was overshadowed. He played with prime dr j and george gervin, but these clips make him look very nice

I remember Maurice Stokes from a show dedicated to him on NBA TV in the 2000’s. The award Teammate of the Year were named after him and his teammate/close friend Jack Twyman who helped him when he was incapacitated

Love it! I also would mention Zelmo Beatty, Artis Gilmore, George McGinnis

I would also include Alex English, but also great video

Cummings is absolutely an underrated player, even in his own time. He should have been a 10 time all-star and a Hall of Famer as he was fantastic until his knee injury.

People have forgotten about Marques Johnson. 5 time all-star, 1 time all-NBA 1st team, 2x all-NBA 2nd team, and not in the Hall of Fame.

Outstanding! Thank you for keeping this important information relevant. Very nice. I saw at least half of those players myself.

Uncle Hays For you to honor Mr. Stokes was so WONDERFUL! This gentleman was truly ONE OF A KIND! THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT LIST!

Reggie Theus, Andrew Toney, Sidney Moncrief, Robert Reid, Sleepy Floyd, Darrell Griffith, and Tom Chambers. Adding Jack Sikma, Buck Williams, Daryl Dawkins, Xavier McDaniel, Jeff Ruland, and Nate McMillan.

R.I.P. John Drew, Maurice Stokes, an Phil Smith...🙏🏼...

Walter Davis, Bob McAdoo , Randy Smith, Michael Ray Richardson.

Great video! I would add to that list: Randy Smith, the VanArsdale brothers, and 3 of Love’s teammates on those great Bulls squads: Chet Walker, Norm Van Lier, and Jerry Sloan.

Great video! Excellent choices I remember when the Pistons drafted Isaiah and Kelly in the same year! I would go to the Silverdome as a teen and watch those teams, they were exciting to watch! Hey when you added Butterbean Love don’t forget his running mate Chet Walker Btw Kenon with the Nets was known as “Dr. K”

Great video, all your selections were excellent particulary Maurice Stokes, thank you so much for making him "Last but absolutely not least"

If there's a part 2 video on this subject, Randy Smith would be a great inclusion. He won the All Star Game MVP in 1978 as a member of the Buffalo Braves, and had the record for consecutive games played with 906 before AC Green broke the mark. He was a lightning quick player with a great jumper and was an excellent defender as well.

Didn’t realize Tripucka could score that way, that was really surprising

The Pistons won that game against the Nuggets 186-184. How could you leave Mark Aguirre off this list? He definitely fits the criteria for this list.

Chicago legend Terry Cummings

Great job with the video. Informative and entertaining.

Chicago's own Terry Cummings from the Altgeld Gardens and Carver HS. Tim Hardaway Sr grew up there and a Carver alum. Terry is definitely a underrated player. I loved growing up on the southside of Chicago back in those days.

Great video my friend

Great video sir. I enjoy learning about the history of the league. It’s just great content that is not that available. Thanks

This is amazing, I never heard of some of these players. Thank you for the NBA history lesson!

Excellent piece! I remember all of these guys...I was a HUGE John Drew fan when I was a jr. high basketball player...I used to try to go to the bucket for the 'leapin' leaner' (Skip Carey) just like John when I was 13 years old...forgotten player. Thanks.

I loved both videos on this subject, was surprised you didn’t include the Suns Walter Davis a 6 time All Star that very few people remember! Maaaan he was fast!

Excellent stuff...You deserve a lot more of an audience, for sure!

GREAT VIDEO UNCLE HAYS! Cant wait for the next one.

I had no idea Tripucka was ever that good. I remember having his cards and always used to pronounce his name as Tree-Puck-uh. Only as an adult did I learn that it was pronounced puke. Fascinating.

Great documentary awesome

Think about players that were clearly all stars but never made one, like Rod Strickland!

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Phil Smith was one of Jerry West's favorites before injuries.

Love this list personally and I couldn’t have made a better one myself. Kenon is one of my favourite forwards to watch and fitted right in with the spurs offence next to star player Gervin. Maurice Stokes is interesting to me as his shooting was horrific but his defence was incredible and playmaking for a Center was incredible. I would’ve liked to see Sam Lacey make the list however he had only made 1 all star team. But he is, to me, the most underrated and one of the most diverse centers in basketball history.

Nice clips and fun to watch.

Great list, man!

John Drew was my mother God father she talked about him all the time when we watched any NBA game. She still has his picture he took with her when she graduated.

Phil Smith, Otis Birdsong and Kiki Vandeweghe in the same video plus Maurice Stokes! Can't wait for the Bulls video, hoping for lots on Mickey Johnson, Scott May and Wilbur Holland

Thank you so much for giving the younger fans a look at what came before.

Great list. This was fun to watch.

That was a very interesting story about about forgotten NBA players. That would be nice to see some more.

Great video

A very good list of very good players. Great choice. For part two I think these following players are good candidates to be selected for the video: Andrew Toney, Ralph Sampson, Michael Ray Richardson, Gus Williams, Dennis Johnson, Paul Westphal, Rolando Blackman, Rudy Tomjanovich, Jeff Ruland, Norm Nixon, Doug Collins, Bob Dandridge, Marques Johnson and many more. ;-)

Super cool video!! Thumbs up 💪

Excellent video

Great Video

You just got to do another top 10 forgotten All Star players on these 10 players: *Kevin Johnson* *Ronaldo Blackman* *Penny Hardaway* *Tom Chambers* *Larry Foust* *Rudy Tomjonvich* *Buck Williams* *Mark Price* *Walter Davis* *Larry Jones*

This a great video.

These players are underrated by today's youth. I'm sure the older guys talk about these players all the time. Good video though.

Great video! I would include Rolando Blackman, Jerry Sloan, Derrick Harper and Fat Lever.

While it's difficult to accept unforgettable players like The Preacher and Kiki Wandeweghe in a video titled "forgotten..." this is still a very nice and informative compilation, with great footage. Well done.

Enjoyed this video, and you mentioned some of my favorite players of yesteryear. I was wondering whether players such as Gus Williams (Sonics) or Brian Winter (Bucks) might be worthy of mention in another video? BTW, Phil Smith, who was super talented, really had bad luck in life; in 2002, at age 50, he died of multiple myeloma (a type of bone cancer).

I saw AC Green. He was a one time all star, but remembered by many. It's interesting that Byron Scott was never voted to a team despite his 14 ppg for his career.

Here are a few more who deserve an honorable mention: Bobby Dandridge, Bill Bradley, Dave Debusschere, Bobby Jones, Andrew Toney, Gus Williams, and Bob Love.

Any mention of Stokes should mention Jack Twyman, who became his legal guardian after the fall basically caused a traumatic brain injury, which led to the permanent paralysis and caused him to require constant care for the rest of his life. Twyman could have taken a spot on this 10-man team, having averaged 19.2 ppg and 8.7 rpg in 11 seasons with the Royals. He has the distinction of being one of the first two players to average 30 ppg in a season, 31.2 in 1960. The other was some guy named "Chamberlain." Twyman is a big part of my past, being the broadcasting partner of Chris Schenkel for the ABC Game of the Week from 1967-71, part of the early years of my introduction to the NBA. This was the only way to watch pro basketball for most of America. While the league grew from 10 to 17 teams over that time, the only games the whole country could see were on that Sunday show, except some weeknight games during the finals. Twyman was noted for his support of Stokes by having the NBA Teammate of the Year Award named after him and his afflicted friend: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twyman%E2%80%93Stokes_Teammate_of_the_Year_Award

Great list... I would add Alex English who scored the most points in the 1980's

Awesome...So many overlooked and kinda forgotten NBA former all stars. Guys could flat out ball

Good Job

So many great players in the 70s and 80s. Consider Jim McMillan, Phil Chenier, Roger Brown and Charlie Scott

Great video. For part 2, please consider Gus Williams, Buck Williams, Norm Nixon, and Dan Roundfield. Thank you.

These are cool. More credit needs given to these guys. Without them there’s no league today.

Thank you for reminding me of Maurice "Big Mo" Stokes. Despite the hot competition, he became friends with Dolph Schayes, great time frame in the NBA!

All those guys had automatic jump shots

Phil Ford and Otis Birdsong were dynamic together. Also from where im at, Kelly & Isiah were 7/11. Detroit beat Nuggets 186 to 184

Lelly Tripucka.. OMG!! Absolutely forgotten. Smooth Operator.

Pistons defeated the Nuggets in the highest scoring game...not the other way around...that said, entertaining video...Bobby Dandridge would be a good addition btw

I watch alot of RU-vid basketball talking heads. I'm constantly disappointed, I already know these little know facts your advertising. I did not know about a couple of the players mentioned in this video. This was refreshing. Following.

I didn't know about Stokes! Especially as much as I claim 2 know about hoops but, I rememba Terry Cummings. He wuz 1 of my favorites & 1 of tha reasons I liked tha Bucks....him, Sydney Moncrief, Bob Lanier & Alvin Robertson. ✌🏽🙂❤🏀

Jeff Malone and Paul Westphal

I am a Celtics fan. Here is my list in my team. Scott Wedman, Dino Radja, Rick Robey, Dana Barros, Kenny Anderson.

I saw john drew play ! He was an offensive machine!

great list! i liked Otis Birdsong when I was a kid cause he had a cool name. Also like Micheal Ray Richardson.

Mark Eaton should be on the list because he once on the all-star team in I think in 1989 with his teammates John Stockton and Karl Malone and I thought that he never made to the all-star team in his entire NBA career.

2:55 Larry Kenon to me will always be the player that Bill Walton scored 21 out of 22 on, in the NCAA finals that was shown on network TV for the first time in 1973.

Some great names there..

Nate Thurmond, Walter Davis, David Thompson, Bobby Jones, Chet Walker, Fat Lever, Adrian Dantley, Don Buse, Jack Sikma, Dan Issel, Artis Gilmore, Phil Chenier, Gus Williams, Lou Hudson, Dan Roundfield, Andrew Toney, and Sidney Moncrief

Mark Aguirre, Reggie Theus, Bingo Smith and Slick Watts are guys you don't hear about as well..

I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American. I have a SONICS 34 CUMMINGS and SIXERS 34 CUMMINGS jersey!

My "lazy" eyes may have deceived me but I did not see a mention of "All-World / Brownsville Bomber / Prince of Mid-Air" World B. Free, ATL native and "adopted Brooklynite" LEGEND!!!

Im not googling how many all star appearances so forgive me if im wrong but i'll gona little newer school with these 3: Jamal Mashburn (injuries limited his all star appearances), Michael Redd, and Cory Maggette.

Oh my Tom Chambers had the nastiest dunks ever!

Hal Greer, Bill Sharman, Jamaal Wilkes, Lou Hudson, Walt Bellamy, Gail Goodrich, Tom Chambers, Marques Johnson, Jack Sikma, Billy Knight, Gus Johnson.

Damn, that "One Off All-Stars" Video... sounds like a plan!

Some good players on this list. More than a few I wasn't familiar with. I notice their fg% was in the 50%.