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Ozzie (December 27, 1932 – April 26, 2016 [1]) and Daniel (born August 26, 1944 [citation needed]) Silna are American businessmen of Latvian descent [2] [3] best known for their success in the textile industry, as well as being co-owners of the American Basketball Association's Spirits of St. Louis and the lucrative deal cut to fold that team during the ABA-NBA merger.
The ABA had a far faster pace than the NBA, and this carried over into the NBA after the merger; today's NBA game is largely derived from the ABA. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] Longtime Denver Nuggets head coach and ABA alum Doug Moe , who also coached the Philadelphia 76ers, has commented, "The NBA now plays our (the ABA's) kind of basketball".
The Spurs moved to San Antonio for the 1973 ABA season after McCombs and a group of local investors purchased the then-Dallas Chaparrals of the ABA. McCombs sold his share of the franchise to ...
5 1976–1977: ABA–NBA merger. 6 1977–1988: Post merger. Toggle 1977–1988: Post merger subsection ... The two other Texas teams, the Houston Rockets and the San ...
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The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association (ABA) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA–NBA merger, [7] [8] one of two former ABA teams to have won an NBA championship (the other being the Denver Nuggets), and the only former ABA team to have won multiple championships. [9]
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Three years later, the Spurs were one of four ABA franchises that joined the NBA as a result of the ABA–NBA merger. In 45 seasons since joining the NBA, the Spurs have achieved a winning record 36 times, have appeared in the NBA playoffs 38 times, and have won five NBA championships .