Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In 1999, a new league calling itself the ABA 2000 was established. The new league uses a similar red, white and blue basketball as the old ABA, but unlike the original ABA, it does not feature players of similar caliber to the NBA, nor does it play games in major arenas or on television as the original ABA did.
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 team, announced in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 23, 1997, in conjunction with an ABA reunion, was compiled based upon unranked voting by 50 selected panelists, among whom were members of the print and broadcast news media who have reported on and announced games for the ABA, former referees (ten), former team owners (six), former league ...
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. [1] [2] The league ceased operations in 1976 with the ABA–NBA merger and four teams from the ABA continued play in the National Basketball Association. [3]
The Spirits of St. Louis were a basketball franchise based in St. Louis that played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1974 to 1976. This was the third and last city of a franchise that had begun as a charter member in 1967 as the Houston Mavericks before a shift to the Carolinas in 1969 to play as the Cougars.
American Basketball Association 2000 teams are those squads competing in the second incarnation of the American Basketball Association, known as the ABA 2000. The first American Basketball Association was active from 1967 until its merger with the NBA after the 1975-1976 season. The original ABA fielded teams only in large cities and its teams ...
If you can't see the image, make sure your browser preferences are set to display images and try again. Alternatively, you can listen to the image challenge by clicking on the audio icon. Display images in Edge Display images in Safari Display images in Firefox Display images in Google Chrome Display images in Internet Explorer
The National Basketball Association (NBA), owner of the ABA trademark after absorbing many of the original league's teams, sued Tinkham and Newman in December 1999. [3] The lawsuit was unsuccessful since the NBA had failed to actively use the ABA trademark, and the new league entered an agreement with the NBA to license the name for $50,000.