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The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976, resulting in four ABA teams joining the NBA and the introduction of the NBA 3-point shot in 1979.
The American Basketball Association (ABA) Finals were the championship series of the ABA, a professional basketball league, in which two teams played each other for the title. The ABA was formed in the fall of 1967, and the first ABA Finals were played at the end of the league's first season in the spring of 1968.
With the original 1970 ABA-NBA merger at hand, in addition to the merger still having the league be called the National Basketball Association combining the 17 NBA teams at the time (with the San Diego Rockets moving to Houston, Texas to become the Houston Rockets and the San Francisco Warriors moving to Oakland, California to become the Golden State Warriors not long after the initial ...
The following are teams that were members of the American Basketball Association in the time from its founding in 1967 until the ABA-NBA merger in 1976. Subcategories This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total.
The Kentucky Colonels were a member of the American Basketball Association (ABA) for all of the league's nine years. The name is derived from the historic Kentucky Colonels . The Colonels won the most games and had the highest winning percentage of any franchise in the league's history, but the team did not join the National Basketball ...
McGinnis ended his pro career with 17,009 points, 9,233 rebounds and 3,089 assists, was a third-team All-American selection in his only college season and was named 1969 Mr. Basketball USA.
The 1970–71 ABA season was the fourth season of the American Basketball Association. Notable franchise moves from the previous season included: The Washington Caps moved to Norfolk, Virginia, became the Virginia Squires and switched divisions with the Indiana Pacers .
All-ABA First Team (1968–1971) All-ABA Second Team : 2012: 50 [16] Julius Erving: F/G: Virginia Squires (1971–1973) New York Nets (1973–1976) 1974, 1976: ABA Most Valuable Player Award (1974–1976) ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player Award (1974, All-ABA First Team (1973–1976) All-ABA Second Team All-Rookie First Team