1. Moses Malone died in his sleep at the age of 60, on the morning of September 13, 2015, at a hotel in Norfolk, Virginia.
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1. Moses Malone died in his sleep at the age of 60, on the morning of September 13, 2015, at a hotel in Norfolk, Virginia.
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5. Moses Malone is one of just eight players who have been named NBA MVP three or more times.
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8. Moses Malone was voted by a fan ballot to the 1989 NBA All-Star Game, which was his 12th straight and final appearance.
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10. Moses Malone was named an All-Star, but he was not named to the All-NBA Team, the first time he was not selected since 1978.
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11. Moses Malone ranked seventh in the league in scoring and fourth in rebounding, ending his five-season streak as the NBA rebounding champion.
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14. Moses Malone scored 22.7 ppg in his second season with Philadelphia and was named to the All-NBA Second Team.
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15. Moses Malone was an All-Star for the sixth consecutive season and earned first-team honors on both the All-NBA and All-Defensive teams.
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16. Moses Malone was named the league MVP for the second straight year, becoming the only NBA player ever to win the award in consecutive seasons with two different teams, a feat matched only by Barry Bonds in the four major American sports leagues.
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18. Moses Malone was named an All-Star for a third straight season and was named to the All-NBA Second Team.
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19. Moses Malone was voted by fans to start for the East at center in the 1979 NBA All-Star Game.
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21. Moses Malone had already been selected by the NBA's New Orleans Jazz in a December 1975 pre-merger draft for ABA players of undergraduate age.
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22. Moses Malone decided to become The New York Times called him "the first high schooler in modern basketball to go directly to the pros".
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25. Moses Malone led the NBA in rebounding six times, including a then-record five straight seasons.
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26. Moses Malone signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks, earning his 12th straight and final All-Star selection in his first season.
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28. Moses Malone became a five-time All-Star in six seasons with the Rockets.
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29. Moses Malone landed in the NBA with the Buffalo Braves, who traded him after two games to the Houston Rockets.
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30. Moses Malone was named an ABA All-Star as a rookie and played two seasons in the league until it merged with the NBA in 1976.
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31. Moses Malone began his professional career out of high school after he was selected in the third round of the 1974 ABA Draft by the Utah Stars.
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33. Moses Malone won his only NBA championship in 1983, when he was both the league and Finals MVP with the Philadelphia 76ers.
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