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American Basketball League (ABL) is a name that has been used by four defunct basketball leagues in the US: American Basketball League (1925–1955), the first major professional basketball league; American Basketball League (1961–1962), a league that only played a single full season; American Basketball League (1996–1998), a women's ...
So the league opted to force the hands of the Celtics ownership. The teams in the league agreed prohibiting any games against the Celtics, and this left the Celtics with a dilemma. They could either join the American Basketball League, or they could try and schedule games against lesser competition, thus possibly losing out on drawing bigger ...
The American Basketball League (ABL) was a semi-professional men's basketball league that began play in January 2013. It is the fourth league to use the ABL name. Steven A. Hanley, [1] former agent of Magic Johnson, was ABL President and CEO.
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North American Basketball League (1964-1968), (NABL) 1964–1968; American Basketball Association (ABA), 1967–1976, Merged with NBA, four teams now in NBA.
In the early-1960s, two short-lived professional leagues—the American Basketball League and the Eastern Professional Basketball League—gave the three-ball a whirl; sadly, the ABL and the EPBL ...
The American Basketball League played one full season, 1961–1962, and approximately one-third of the next season until the league folded on December 31, 1962.The ABL was the first basketball league to have a three-point field goal for shots attempted from longer distance.
The Philadelphia Warriors were an American basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that was a member of the American Basketball League.. The Warriors were borne out of the Philadelphia SPHAs, (South Philadelphia Hebrew Association) and headed up by Eddie Gottlieb, a Philadelphia native who tried, through various leagues and teams, to bring about both national and Philadelphia-based ...