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Top 20 NBA Players from 1980-1989

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Rated 0 points - posted 14 years ago by plink in category Sports.

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1.

Michael Jordan

Before MJ racked up his 6 NBA Championships in the 90s, the '80s gave Mike his first MVP award, Defensive POY award, Rookie of the Year award, and was a two-time winner of the Dunk Content.

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2.

Magic Johnson

Five NBA championships, Three MVPs....made the NBA a must-watch event.

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3.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Magic could not have done what he did without Kareem.

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4.

Larry Bird

It was Bird v. Magic all throughout the 80s. Bird won 3 Championships and 3 MVPs.

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5.

Julius Erving

Dr. J was MVP of 1981 and NBA Champion in 1983.

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6.

Isiah Thomas

Made the Bad Boys of Detroit an NBA force in the late '80s.

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7.

Moses Malone

Beast of the court. Back-to-back MVP awards in '82, and '83 and also an NBA Championship. Not enough conversations happening about how great Malone was.

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8.

Dominique Wilkins

The Human Highlight Film brought scoring (and dunking) to new heights.

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9.

James Worthy

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10.

Alex English

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11.

Robert Parish

Boston's big man.

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12.

Adrian Dantley

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13.

Kevin McHale

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