THE FIRST HBCU ALL-STAR GAME HALF-TIME RECOGNITION CEREMONY for FORMER HBCU BASKETBALL LEGENDS
- CLEO HILL (1938 – 2015) WINSTON-SALEM STATE – NBA ST. LOUIS HAWKS
- DICK BARNETT – TENNESSEE STATE – NY KNICKS
- ANTHONY MASON (1966 – 2015) – TENNESSEE STATE – NY KNICKS
- CARLOS ROGERS – TENNESSEE STATE – ROCKETS, WARRIORS, RAPTORS, PACERS
- CHARLES OAKLEY – VIRGINA UNION – CHICAGO BULLS, KNICKS
- BEN WALLACE – VIRGINA UNION – DETROIT PISTONS
- PURVIS SHORT – JACKSON STATE – GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS, NETS, ROCKETS
- LINDSEY HUNTER – JACKSON STATE – DETROIT PISTONS FROM JACKSON STATE
- AVERY JOHNSON – SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY – SAN ANTONIO SPURS
- BOBBY PHILS – SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY – CHARLOTTE HORNETS
- DARRELL ARMSTRONG – FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY – ORLANDO MAGIC, MAVS, PACERS, NETS
- RICK MAHORN – HAMPTON UNIVERSITY – DETROIT PISTONS
- WILLIS REED – GRAMBLING STATE – NY KNICKS
- EARL “THE PEARL” MONROE – WINSTON-SALEM STATE – NBA BALTIMORE BULLETS & KNICKS,
- SAM JONES – NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL – BOSTON CELTICS
- THE JONES BOYS – ALBANY STATE – CALDWELL JONES – (1950 – 2014) – 76’S, ROCKETS, BLAZERS, SPURS, , WIL JONES – LAKERS, PACERS MAJOR JONES – BLAZERS, ROCKETS, PISTONS, CHARLES JONES – SUNS, BLAZERS, BULLETS
- RONALD “FLIP” MURRAY – SHAW UNIVERSITY – ATLANTA HAWKS, BUCKS, BULLS, SONICS, CLIPPERS, NUGGETS
- HAROLD ELLIS – MOREHOUSE COLLEGE – CLIPPERS, NUGGETS
- JEROME JAMES – FAMU – SACREMENTO KINGS, NY KNICKS
- STEPHEN A. SMITH – WINSTON-SALEM – HONORARY ESPN
- A FEW MORE BASKETBALL LEGENDS “TBD”
