1996 All Star Team Signed Basketball | Signed by Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley and Others

Presented in this lot is a basketball signed by every player who participated in the 1996 NBA All-Star Game, held in San Antonio, Texas. By the mid-1990s, the NBA’s stars had become more than athletes—they were cultural figures, shaping fashion, media, and popular culture while raising the league’s profile around the world.

The full roster reads like a snapshot of 1990s basketball greatness. Michael Jordan led the league’s global rise, while Shaquille O’Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Karl Malone, and David Robinson represented the era’s dominant big men. Guards and wings like Grant Hill, Penny Hardaway, Gary Payton, Reggie Miller, and John Stockton shaped the style, rivalries, and personality of the modern NBA.

Signed by every player who took the floor in this All-Star Game, this basketball captures a moment when the league’s top players defined both competition and culture.

Signers include Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Patrick Ewing, Grant Hill, Penny Hardaway, Jason Kidd, Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon, John Stockton, David Robinson, Karl Malone, Dikembe Mutombo, Reggie Miller, Vin Baker, Terrell Brandon, Juwan Howard, Alonzo Mourning, Glen Rice, Shawn Kemp, Sean Elliott, Gary Payton, and Mitch Richmond. This basketball comes directly from the Collection of Scottie Pippen.

The basketball is also accompanied by a letter from James Spence Authentication in regards to the signatures.