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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_ABA_championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>List of ABA championships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_ABA_championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prominent_players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prominent_players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Prominent players</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prominent_players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prominent_coaches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prominent_coaches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Prominent coaches</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prominent_coaches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> 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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_Basketbol_Assosiasiyas%C4%B1" title="Amerika Basketbol Assosiasiyası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Amerika Basketbol Assosiasiyası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association_I" title="American Basketball Association I – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="American Basketball Association I" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="اتحادیه بسکتبال آمریکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اتحادیه بسکتبال آمریکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A9%94%EB%A6%AC%EC%B9%B8_%EB%86%8D%EA%B5%AC_%ED%98%91%ED%9A%8C" title="아메리칸 농구 협회 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아메리칸 농구 협회" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%92%D7%AA_%D7%94-ABA" title="ליגת ה-ABA – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ליגת ה-ABA" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ამერიკული საკალათბურთო ასოციაცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ამერიკული საკალათბურთო ასოციაცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikas_basketbola_asoci%C4%81cija_(1967%E2%80%941976)" title="Amerikas basketbola asociācija (1967—1976) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Amerikas basketbola asociācija (1967—1976)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%BD%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3_(1967-1976%E5%B9%B4)" title="アメリカン・バスケットボール・アソシエーション (1967-1976年) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アメリカン・バスケットボール・アソシエーション (1967-1976年)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8" title="Америкин баскетболан ассоциаци – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Америкин баскетболан ассоциаци" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="American Basketball Association" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" 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title="Американская баскетбольная ассоциация – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Американская баскетбольная ассоциация" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Америчка кошаркашка асоцијација – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Америчка кошаркашка асоцијација" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association – Finnish" lang="fi" 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class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1967</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Ceased</th><td class="infobox-data">1976 (merger)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Last<br />champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a> (2nd title)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> (3 titles)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>American Basketball Association</b> (<b>ABA</b>) was a men's professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> major league from 1967 to 1976. The <a href="/wiki/ABA%E2%80%93NBA_merger" title="ABA–NBA merger">ABA merged</a> into the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA) in 1976, resulting in four ABA teams joining the NBA and the introduction of the NBA <a href="/wiki/3-point_shot" class="mw-redirect" title="3-point shot">3-point shot</a> in 1979. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="League_history">League history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: League history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/American_Basketball_Association" title="Special:EditPage/American Basketball Association">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2013</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_McGinnis.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/George_McGinnis.png/170px-George_McGinnis.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/George_McGinnis.png/255px-George_McGinnis.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/George_McGinnis.png/340px-George_McGinnis.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">George McGinnis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>) attempting a shot against the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a>, 1972–73</figcaption></figure> <p>The ABA was conceived at a time stretching from 1960 through the mid-1970s when numerous upstart leagues were challenging, with varying degrees of success, the established <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major professional sports leagues</a> in the United States. Basketball was seen as particularly vulnerable to a challenge; its major league, the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>, was the youngest of the Big Four major leagues, having only played 21 seasons to that point, and was still fending off contemporary challenging leagues (it had been less than five years since the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_League_(1961%E2%80%9363)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Basketball League (1961–63)">American Basketball League</a> (ABL) shut down). According to one of the owners of the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>, its goal was to force a merger with the more established league. Potential investors were told that they could get an ABA team for half of what it cost to get an NBA expansion team at the time. When the merger occurred, ABA officials said their investment would more than double.<sup id="cite_ref-encyc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encyc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ABA distinguished itself from its older counterpart with a more wide-open, flashy style of offensive play, as well as differences in rules — a 30-second <a href="/wiki/Shot_clock" title="Shot clock">shot clock</a> (as opposed to the NBA's 24-second clock, though the ABA did switch to the 24 second shot clock for the 1975–76 season) and use of a <a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">three-point field goal</a> <a href="/wiki/Arc_(geometry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arc (geometry)">arc</a>, pioneered in the earlier ABL.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, the ABA used a colorful red, white and blue ball, instead of the NBA's traditional orange ball. The ABA also had several "regional" franchises, such as the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Squires" title="Virginia Squires">Virginia Squires</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Cougars" title="Carolina Cougars">Carolina Cougars</a>, that played "home" games in several cities.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1973–74 season, the ABA also adopted the no-disqualification foul rule: instead of fouling out after six infractions, when a player is charged with his seventh or succeeding fouls, the opposing team retains possession and the offended team attempts any free throw.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ABA also went after four of the best referees in the NBA: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Strom" title="Earl Strom">Earl Strom</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Vanak" title="John Vanak">John Vanak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norm_Drucker" title="Norm Drucker">Norm Drucker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gushue" title="Joe Gushue">Joe Gushue</a>, getting them to "jump" leagues by offering them far more in money and benefits. In Earl Strom's memoir <i>Calling the Shots</i>, Strom conveys both the heady sense of being courted by a rival league with money to burn — and also the depression that set in the next year when he began refereeing in the ABA, with less prominent players performing in inadequate arenas, in front of very small crowds. Nevertheless, the emergence of the ABA boosted the salaries of referees just as it did the salaries of players. </p><p>However ABA Teams like Nets, Colonels, Pacers, Spurs, Nuggets and Stars, especially in latest seasons, registered higher attendance on average than most of NBA teams at that time (excluding Lakers, Knicks, Celtics, SuperSonics and Bucks).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The freewheeling style of the ABA eventually caught on with fans, but the lack of a national television contract and protracted financial losses would spell doom for the ABA as an independent circuit. In 1976, its last year of existence, the ABA pioneered the now-popular <a href="/wiki/Slam_dunk_contest" class="mw-redirect" title="Slam dunk contest">slam dunk contest</a> at its <a href="/wiki/All-star_game" title="All-star game">all-star game</a> in <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ollie_Darden_and_Doug_Moe.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Ollie_Darden_and_Doug_Moe.jpeg/170px-Ollie_Darden_and_Doug_Moe.jpeg" decoding="async" width="170" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Ollie_Darden_and_Doug_Moe.jpeg/255px-Ollie_Darden_and_Doug_Moe.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Ollie_Darden_and_Doug_Moe.jpeg/340px-Ollie_Darden_and_Doug_Moe.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="877" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Doug_Moe" title="Doug Moe">Doug Moe</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Cougars" title="Carolina Cougars">Carolina Cougars</a>, 1969–70</figcaption></figure> <p>The league succeeded in forcing a merger with the NBA in the 1976 offseason. Four ABA teams were absorbed into the older league: the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>. As part of the merger agreement, the four teams were not permitted to participate in the <a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_draft" title="1976 NBA draft">1976 NBA draft</a>. The merger was particularly hard on the Nets; the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> were firmly established in their arena, <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a>, and would not permit the Nets to share dates there. For drawing audience away from the Knicks, the Nets were forced to pay $4.3M to the Knicks organization. The Nets offered league superstar <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> instead but the Knicks declined. The Nets had to settle for an arena in <a href="/wiki/Piscataway,_New_Jersey" title="Piscataway, New Jersey">Piscataway, New Jersey</a>, and, to meet expenses, were forced to sell the contract of Erving to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>. </p><p>Two other clubs, the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Spirits_of_St._Louis" title="Spirits of St. Louis">Spirits of St. Louis</a>, were disbanded upon the merger, with each getting a buyout: the Colonels received a one-time buyout that owner <a href="/wiki/John_Y._Brown,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="John Y. Brown, Jr.">John Y. Brown, Jr.</a> used to purchase the NBA's <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Braves" title="Buffalo Braves">Buffalo Braves</a>, while the Spirits owners negotiated a cut of the other ABA teams' television revenues in perpetuity. This deal netted the ownership group of the Spirits over $300M over nearly four decades due to a large increase in television revenues. In 2014, the NBA and the Spirits ownership agreed to phase out future payments in exchange for a one-time payment of $500M, making the total value for the deal over $800M.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seventh remaining team, the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Squires" title="Virginia Squires">Virginia Squires</a>, received nothing, as they had ceased operations shortly before the merger. The players from the Colonels, Spirits, and Squires were made available to NBA teams through a dispersal draft; the four teams absorbed by the NBA were allowed to choose players from this draft.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>One of the more significant long-term contributions of the ABA to professional basketball was to tap into markets in the southeast that had been collegiate basketball hotbeds (including <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, and Kentucky). The NBA was focused on the urban areas of the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast. At the time, it showed no interest in placing a team south of Washington, D.C., other than the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> metropolitan area where the NBA's <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Hawks</a> franchise relocated from St. Louis in 1968. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commissioners">Commissioners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Commissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">George Mikan</a> 1967–1969</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Carson_Gardner" class="mw-redirect" title="James Carson Gardner">James Carson Gardner</a> 1969 (<a href="/wiki/Interim_management" title="Interim management">interim</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jack Dolph 1969–1972</li> <li>Bob Carlson 1972–1973</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Storen" title="Mike Storen">Mike Storen</a> 1973–74</li> <li>Tedd Munchak 1974–75</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a> 1975–76</li></ul> <p>NBA great <a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">George Mikan</a> was the first commissioner of the ABA, where he introduced both the 3-point line and the league's <a href="/wiki/Trademark" title="Trademark">trademark</a> red, white, and blue basketball.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mikan resigned in 1969. <a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a>, one of the stars of the New York Knicks championship teams, moved from his job as vice president and GM of the ABA's New York Nets in 1975 to become the last commissioner of the ABA and facilitate the <a href="/wiki/ABA%E2%80%93NBA_merger" title="ABA–NBA merger">ABA–NBA merger</a> in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spencer_Haywood_Hardship_Rule">Spencer Haywood Hardship Rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Spencer Haywood Hardship Rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the primary contributions of the ABA to modern NBA was the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Haywood_v._National_Basketball_Association" title="Haywood v. National Basketball Association">Spencer Haywood Hardship Rule</a>, which would later become the framework for the current <a href="/wiki/Eligibility_for_the_NBA_draft" title="Eligibility for the NBA draft">NBA draft eligibility</a> system that allows players to declare for the NBA after being one year removed from their high school graduation.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The origin of the Hardship Rule was a result of the NBA prohibiting players from joining the league until they had completed their four years of college eligibility.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969, <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Spencer Haywood</a> left the University of Detroit as a sophomore and signed with the Denver Rockets.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ABA believed that in extenuating circumstances, such as a financial situation or familial needs, players should be able to leave for professional leagues early.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the NBA and NCAA initially contested the rule, after the courts ruled in favor of Haywood playing in the ABA, the NBA followed suit and relaxed the four year rule to allow players to enter the league if they qualified as a hardship on the basis of “financial condition…family, [or] academic record.”<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Haywood paved the way for other players to enter the ABA before they had completed their collegiate careers such as <a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">George McGinnis</a> and Julius Erving. Today, the "one-and-done" rule in the NBA can be traced back to the ABA's decision to allow players to leave college early and pursue a professional career before they had completed their collegiate careers.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Slam_Dunk_Contest">Slam Dunk Contest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Slam Dunk Contest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Julius_Erving_Nets_(3).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg/170px-Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="170" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg/255px-Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg/340px-Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1398" data-file-height="1554" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> performing a <a href="/wiki/Slam_dunk" title="Slam dunk">slam dunk</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Spirits_of_St._Louis" title="Spirits of St. Louis">Spirits of St. Louis</a>, 1974</figcaption></figure> <p>The ABA pioneered the advent of the now popular <a href="/wiki/Slam_Dunk_Contest" title="Slam Dunk Contest">NBA slam dunk contest</a> at the final ABA All-Star Game in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game was held in Denver, and the owners of the ABA teams wanted to ensure that the event would be entertaining for the sellout crowd of 15,021 people.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ABA and NBA had begun to discuss a possible merger,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the ABA owners wanted to establish the viability and success of their league.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dunk Contest operated as a means of unique halftime entertainment that displayed the style and excitement that the ABA players brought to the game. The dunk contest was held at halftime of the All-Star game and the contestants were <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">George Gervin</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">David Thompson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Kenon" title="Larry Kenon">Larry Kenon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winner of the contest received $1,000 and a stereo system.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Julius Erving went on to win the competition by completing the now famous free throw line dunk. The Slam Dunk Contest would make its way to the NBA in 1976–77 as a season-long competition for that season only, and on a permanent basis as a standalone event as part of the NBA All-Star Weekend in 1984. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Of the original 11 teams, only the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> remained for all nine seasons without relocating, changing team names, or folding. However, the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Larks/Rockets/Nuggets</a>, a team that had been <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_(ABA)" title="Kansas City (ABA)">planned</a> for <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, moved to <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a> without playing a game in Kansas City due to the lack of a suitable arena. In addition to the four surviving ABA teams, eight current NBA markets have ABA heritage: <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a> all had an ABA team before their current NBA teams.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"> <caption>Overview of American Basketball Association teams </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Franchise </th> <th scope="col">Cities/Names </th> <th scope="col">Years </th> <th scope="col">Fate </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Amigos" title="Anaheim Amigos">Anaheim Amigos<br />Los Angeles Stars</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Utah_Stars" title="Utah Stars">Utah Stars</a> </th> <td>Anaheim Amigos </td> <td><span class="nowrap">1967–1968</span> </td> <td rowspan="3">Folded, 1975 <br />NBA relocated New Orleans Jazz to Utah as <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> in 1979. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Los Angeles Stars </td> <td>1968–1970 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Utah Stars </td> <td>1970–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Chaparrals" title="Dallas Chaparrals">Dallas Chaparrals<br />Texas Chaparrals</a><br /><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> </th> <td>Dallas Chaparrals </td> <td>1967–1970 </td> <td rowspan="4">Joined the NBA, 1976, as <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a><br />NBA added a franchise in Dallas (<a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Mavericks</a>) in 1980. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Texas Chaparrals </td> <td>1970–1971 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dallas Chaparrals </td> <td>1971–1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>San Antonio Spurs </td> <td>1973–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Mavericks" title="Houston Mavericks">Houston Mavericks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Cougars" title="Carolina Cougars">Carolina Cougars</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Spirits_of_St._Louis" title="Spirits of St. Louis">Spirits of St. Louis</a> </th> <td>Houston Mavericks </td> <td>1967–1969 </td> <td rowspan="3">Folded, 1976 (NBA buyout) <br />NBA relocated San Diego Rockets to Houston as <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> in 1971.<br />NBA added a franchise in Charlotte (<a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hornets" title="Charlotte Hornets">Hornets</a>) in 1988. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Carolina Cougars </td> <td>1969–1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Spirits of St. Louis </td> <td>1974–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> </th> <td>Indiana Pacers </td> <td>1967–1976 </td> <td>Joined <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>, 1976, as <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_(ABA)" title="Kansas City (ABA)">Kansas City</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Larks /Rockets /Nuggets</a> </th> <td>Kansas City (unnamed) </td> <td>1967 </td> <td rowspan="4">Joined the NBA, 1976, as <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Denver Larks </td> <td>1967 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Denver Rockets </td> <td>1967–1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Denver Nuggets </td> <td>1974–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> </th> <td>Kentucky Colonels </td> <td>1967–1976 </td> <td>Folded, 1976 (NBA buyout) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Muskies" title="Minnesota Muskies">Minnesota Muskies</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Miami_Floridians" title="Miami Floridians">Miami Floridians</a> </th> <td>Minnesota Muskies </td> <td>1967–1968 </td> <td rowspan="3">Folded, 1972<br />NBA added a franchise in Miami (<a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Heat</a>) in 1988.<br />NBA added a franchise in Minnesota (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Timberwolves</a>) in 1989. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miami Floridians </td> <td>1968–1970 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Floridians </td> <td>1970–1972 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;" rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Buccaneers" title="New Orleans Buccaneers">New Orleans /Louisiana Buccaneers</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Pros" class="mw-redirect" title="Memphis Pros">Memphis Pros</a> /<a href="/wiki/Memphis_Tams" class="mw-redirect" title="Memphis Tams">Tams</a> /<a href="/wiki/Memphis_Sounds" title="Memphis Sounds">Sounds</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Claws" title="Baltimore Claws">Baltimore Hustlers /Claws</a> </th> <td>New Orleans Buccaneers </td> <td>1967–1970 </td> <td rowspan="7">Folded, 1975<br />NBA relocated Charlotte Hornets to New Orleans as New Orleans Hornets (now <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Pelicans" title="New Orleans Pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a>) in 2002. <br /> NBA relocated Vancouver Grizzlies to Memphis as <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a> in 2001. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Louisiana Buccaneers </td> <td>1970 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Memphis Pros </td> <td>1970–1972 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Memphis Tams </td> <td>1972–1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Memphis Sounds </td> <td>1974–1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Baltimore Hustlers </td> <td>1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Baltimore Claws </td> <td>1975 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">New York/New Jersey Americans<br />New York Nets</a> </th> <td>New York Americans </td> <td>1967 </td> <td rowspan="3">Joined NBA, 1976, with name changes to reflect move to New Jersey (1977) and currently <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a> (2012). </td></tr> <tr> <td>New Jersey Americans </td> <td>1967–1968 </td></tr> <tr> <td>New York Nets </td> <td>1968–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Oaks_(ABA)" title="Oakland Oaks (ABA)">Oakland Americans/Oaks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Washington_Caps" title="Washington Caps">Washington Capitals</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Squires" title="Virginia Squires">Virginia Squires</a> </th> <td>Oakland Americans </td> <td>1967 </td> <td rowspan="4">Folded, 1976 (prior to merger)<br />NBA relocated San Francisco Warriors to Oakland as <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> in 1971.<br />NBA relocated Baltimore Bullets to Washington as Capital Bullets (now <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a>) in 1973. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oakland Oaks </td> <td>1967–1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Washington Capitals </td> <td>1969–1970 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Virginia Squires </td> <td>1970–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Condors" title="Pittsburgh Condors">Pittsburgh Pipers /Pioneers /Condors<br />Minnesota Pipers</a> </th> <td>Pittsburgh Pipers </td> <td>1967–1968 </td> <td rowspan="5">Folded, 1972 <br />NBA added a franchise in Minnesota (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Timberwolves</a>) in 1989. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Minnesota Pipers </td> <td>1968–1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pittsburgh Pipers </td> <td>1969–1970 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pittsburgh Pioneers </td> <td>1970 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pittsburgh Condors </td> <td>1970–1972 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Conquistadors" title="San Diego Conquistadors">San Diego Conquistadors</a> /<a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Sails" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego Sails">Sails</a> </th> <td>San Diego Conquistadors </td> <td>1972–1975 </td> <td rowspan="2">Folded, 1975<br />NBA operated in San Diego from 1967 to 1971 with the San Diego Rockets (now the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>) and from 1978 to 1984 with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers#1978–1984:_San_Diego_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">San Diego Clippers</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td>San Diego Sails </td> <td>1975 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline">Timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_9rigozhb1ebxkek87ovz0kwy3ko3mtx"></map><img usemap="#timeline_9rigozhb1ebxkek87ovz0kwy3ko3mtx" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/9rigozhb1ebxkek87ovz0kwy3ko3mtx.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_ABA_championships">List of ABA championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: List of ABA championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_ABA_champions" title="List of ABA champions">List of ABA champions</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Overview of American Basketball Association champions </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Western Division finalist </th> <th scope="col">Games </th> <th scope="col">Eastern Division finalist </th> <th scope="col">Playoffs MVP </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_ABA_season" title="1967–68 ABA season">1967–68</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Buccaneers" title="New Orleans Buccaneers">New Orleans Buccaneers</a> </td> <td>3–4 </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99"><b><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pipers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Pipers">Pittsburgh Pipers</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Connie Hawkins</a> C, Pittsburgh </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_ABA_season" title="1968–69 ABA season">1968–69</a> </th> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99"><b><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Oaks_(ABA)" title="Oakland Oaks (ABA)">Oakland Oaks</a></b> </td> <td>4–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren_Jabali" title="Warren Jabali">Warren Jabali</a> G, Oakland </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_ABA_season" title="1969–70 ABA season">1969–70</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Stars">Los Angeles Stars</a> </td> <td>2–4 </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99"><b><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">Roger Brown</a> F/G, Indiana </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_ABA_season" title="1970–71 ABA season">1970–71</a> </th> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99"><b><a href="/wiki/Utah_Stars" title="Utah Stars">Utah Stars</a></b> </td> <td>4–3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zelmo_Beaty" title="Zelmo Beaty">Zelmo Beaty</a> C, Utah </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_ABA_season" title="1971–72 ABA season">1971–72</a> </th> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99"><b><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></b> </td> <td>4–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Lewis" title="Freddie Lewis">Freddie Lewis</a> G, Indiana </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_ABA_season" title="1972–73 ABA season">1972–73</a> </th> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99"><b><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></b> </td> <td>4–3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">George McGinnis</a> F/C, Indiana </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_ABA_season" title="1973–74 ABA season">1973–74</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah_Stars" title="Utah Stars">Utah Stars</a> </td> <td>1–4 </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> F, New York </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_ABA_season" title="1974–75 ABA season">1974–75</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> </td> <td>1–4 </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99"><b><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a> C, Kentucky </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>With the ABA cut down to seven teams by the middle of its final season, the league abandoned divisional play. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>ABA final season champions </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Winner </th> <th scope="col">Games </th> <th scope="col">Runners-up </th> <th scope="col">Playoffs MVP </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_ABA_season" title="1975–76 ABA season">1975–76</a> </th> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a></b> </td> <td>4–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> F, New York </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prominent_players">Prominent players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Prominent players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/ABA_All-Time_Team" title="ABA All-Time Team">ABA All-Time Team</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bird_Averitt" title="Bird Averitt">Bird Averitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Barnes" title="Marvin Barnes">Marvin Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barnhill_(basketball)" title="John Barnhill (basketball)">John Barnhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Barrett_(basketball)" title="Mike Barrett (basketball)">Mike Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Beasley_(basketball)" title="John Beasley (basketball)">John Beasley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelmo_Beaty" title="Zelmo Beaty">Zelmo Beaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Beck" title="Byron Beck">Byron Beck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Becker" title="Art Becker">Art Becker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Boone" title="Ron Boone">Ron Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bradds" title="Gary Bradds">Gary Bradds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brisker" title="John Brisker">John Brisker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">Larry Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">Roger Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Buse" title="Don Buse">Don Buse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Caldwell" title="Joe Caldwell">Joe Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mack_Calvin" title="Mack Calvin">Mack Calvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Cannon_(basketball)" title="Larry Cannon (basketball)">Larry Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M.L._Carr" class="mw-redirect" title="M.L. Carr">M.L. Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darel_Carrier" title="Darel Carrier">Darel Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Carter_(basketball)" title="George Carter (basketball)">George Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Chaney" title="Don Chaney">Don Chaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Chones" title="Jim Chones">Jim Chones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Combs" title="Glen Combs">Glen Combs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_Dampier" title="Louie Dampier">Louie Dampier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Daniels" title="Mel Daniels">Mel Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Davis_(basketball)" title="Warren Davis (basketball)">Warren Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Denton" title="Randy Denton">Randy Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_D%27Antoni" title="Mike D'Antoni">Mike D'Antoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Eakins" title="Jim Eakins">Jim Eakins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnie_Freeman_(basketball,_born_1944)" title="Donnie Freeman (basketball, born 1944)">Donnie Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gale" title="Mike Gale">Mike Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Gerard" title="Gus Gerard">Gus Gerard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">George Gervin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Govan" title="Gerald Govan">Gerald Govan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Grant" title="Travis Grant">Travis Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Green_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Mike Green (basketball, born 1951)">Mike Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hagan" title="Cliff Hagan">Cliff Hagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Hammond" title="Julian Hammond">Julian Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Harge" title="Ira Harge">Ira Harge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Harkness" title="Jerry Harkness">Jerry Harkness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Connie Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Spencer Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Art Heyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Hightower" title="Wayne Hightower">Wayne Hightower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darnell_Hillman" title="Darnell Hillman">Darnell Hillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Hunter_(basketball)" title="Les Hunter (basketball)">Les Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Irvine_(basketball)" title="George Irvine (basketball)">George Irvine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Dan Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Jabali" title="Warren Jabali">Warren Jabali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mervin_Jackson" title="Mervin Jackson">Mervin Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Jackson_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Tony Jackson (basketball, born 1942)">Tony Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">Gus Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stew_Johnson" title="Stew Johnson">Stew Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">Bobby Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Jones" title="Caldwell Jones">Caldwell Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Jones_(basketball)" title="Jimmy Jones (basketball)">Jimmy Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Jones_(basketball)" title="Larry Jones (basketball)">Larry Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Jones_(basketball)" title="Rich Jones (basketball)">Rich Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wil_Jones_(basketball)" title="Wil Jones (basketball)">Will Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Keller" title="Billy Keller">Billy Keller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Kenon" title="Larry Kenon">Larry Kenon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Keye" title="Julius Keye">Julius Keye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Knight" title="Billy Knight">Billy Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Ladner" title="Wendell Ladner">Wendell Ladner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Lamar" title="Bo Lamar">Bo Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manny_Leaks" title="Manny Leaks">Manny Leaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lehmann" title="George Lehmann">George Lehmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Lewis" title="Freddie Lewis">Freddie Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lewis_(basketball)" title="Mike Lewis (basketball)">Mike Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Ligon" class="mw-redirect" title="Goose Ligon">Goose Ligon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Lucas" title="Maurice Lucas">Maurice Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Mahaffey" class="mw-redirect" title="Randy Mahaffey">Randy Mahaffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_McClain" title="Ted McClain">Ted McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McDaniels" title="Jim McDaniels">Jim McDaniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">George McGinnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Melchionni" title="Bill Melchionni">Bill Melchionni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Miller_(basketball_player)" title="Larry Miller (basketball player)">Larry Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Moe" title="Doug Moe">Doug Moe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Moore_(basketball)" title="Gene Moore (basketball)">Gene Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Moreland" title="Jackie Moreland">Jackie Moreland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Mount" title="Rick Mount">Rick Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Murrell" title="Willie Murrell">Willie Murrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swen_Nater" title="Swen Nater">Swen Nater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Netolicky" title="Bob Netolicky">Bob Netolicky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Neumann" title="Johnny Neumann">Johnny Neumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Olberding" title="Mark Olberding">Mark Olberding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Owens" title="Tom Owens">Tom Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Paultz" title="Billy Paultz">Billy Paultz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincy_Powell" title="Cincy Powell">Cincy Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Raymond" title="Craig Raymond">Craig Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Robbins" title="Red Robbins">Red Robbins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flynn_Robinson" title="Flynn Robinson">Flynn Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Robisch" title="Dave Robisch">Dave Robisch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roche_(basketball)" title="John Roche (basketball)">John Roche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Roundfield" title="Dan Roundfield">Dan Roundfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Scott_(basketball)" title="Charlie Scott (basketball)">Charlie Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Scott_(basketball)" title="Ray Scott (basketball)">Ray Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Selvage" title="Les Selvage">Les Selvage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Sidle" title="Don Sidle">Don Sidle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Silas" title="James Silas">James Silas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Simon" title="Walt Simon">Walt Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Simpson" title="Ralph Simpson">Ralph Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Smith_(basketball)" title="Al Smith (basketball)">Al Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Somerset" title="Willie Somerset">Willie Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Stone_(basketball)" title="George Stone (basketball)">George Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeeter_Swift" title="Skeeter Swift">Skeeter Swift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levern_Tart" title="Levern Tart">Levern Tart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Taylor_(basketball)" title="Brian Taylor (basketball)">Brian Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatty_Taylor" title="Fatty Taylor">Fatty Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">David Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Thompson_(basketball)" title="George Thompson (basketball)">George Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skip_Thoren" title="Skip Thoren">Skip Thoren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Twardzik" title="Dave Twardzik">Dave Twardzik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chico_Vaughn" title="Chico Vaughn">Chico Vaughn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Verga" title="Bob Verga">Bob Verga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trooper_Washington" title="Trooper Washington">Trooper Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Webster" title="Marvin Webster">Marvin Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Williams_(basketball)" title="Charlie Williams (basketball)">Charlie Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Williams_(basketball)" title="Chuck Williams (basketball)">Chuck Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fly_Williams" title="Fly Williams">Fly Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Williamson_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="John Williamson (basketball, born 1951)">John Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wise" title="Willie Wise">Willie Wise</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prominent_coaches">Prominent coaches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Prominent coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LaDell_Andersen" title="LaDell Andersen">LaDell Andersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Bass" title="Bob Bass">Bob Bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Bianchi" title="Al Bianchi">Al Bianchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Belmont" title="Joe Belmont">Joe Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">Larry Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Carnesecca" title="Lou Carnesecca">Lou Carnesecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Cazzetta" title="Vince Cazzetta">Vince Cazzetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hagan" title="Cliff Hagan">Cliff Hagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Alex Hannum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Jeannette" title="Buddy Jeannette">Buddy Jeannette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. Jones">K. C. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slick_Leonard" class="mw-redirect" title="Slick Leonard">Slick Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loughery" title="Kevin Loughery">Kevin Loughery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_MacKinnon" title="Bob MacKinnon">Bob MacKinnon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slater_Martin" title="Slater Martin">Slater Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babe_McCarthy" title="Babe McCarthy">Babe McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">John McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McMahon" title="Jack McMahon">Jack McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen" title="Vern Mikkelsen">Vern Mikkelsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mullaney_(basketball)" title="Joe Mullaney (basketball)">Joe Mullaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Nissalke" title="Tom Nissalke">Tom Nissalke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Jim Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Rhodes" title="Gene Rhodes">Gene Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Bill Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Thorn" title="Rod Thorn">Rod Thorn</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_leaders">Season leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Season leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em">* </td> <td>Elected to the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scoring_leaders">Scoring leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Scoring leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rick_Barry_1972_publicity_photo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Rick_Barry_1972_publicity_photo.JPG/170px-Rick_Barry_1972_publicity_photo.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Rick_Barry_1972_publicity_photo.JPG/255px-Rick_Barry_1972_publicity_photo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Rick_Barry_1972_publicity_photo.JPG/340px-Rick_Barry_1972_publicity_photo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="874" data-file-height="1104" /></a><figcaption>Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a> played for the ABA's <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Oaks_(ABA)" title="Oakland Oaks (ABA)">Oakland Oaks</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Team(s) </th> <th>Games<br />played </th> <th>Points </th> <th>Points<br />per game </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1967–68</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99"><span data-sort-value="Hawkins, Connie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Connie Hawkins</a></span></span></span>* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pipers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Pipers">Pittsburgh Pipers</a> </td> <td>70 </td> <td>1875 </td> <td>26.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1968–69</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99"><span data-sort-value="Barry, Rick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a></span></span></span>* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Oaks_(ABA)" title="Oakland Oaks (ABA)">Oakland Oaks</a> </td> <td>35 </td> <td>1190 </td> <td>34.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1969–70</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99"><span data-sort-value="Haywood, Spencer"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Spencer Haywood</a></span></span></span>* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver_Rockets" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver Rockets">Denver Rockets</a> </td> <td>84 </td> <td>2519 </td> <td>30.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1970–71</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99"><span data-sort-value="Issel, Dan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Dan Issel</a></span></span></span>* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> </td> <td>83 </td> <td>2480 </td> <td>29.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1971–72</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99"><span data-sort-value="Scott, Charlie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Scott_(basketball)" title="Charlie Scott (basketball)">Charlie Scott</a></span></span></span>* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Squires" title="Virginia Squires">Virginia Squires</a> </td> <td>73 </td> <td>2524 </td> <td>34.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1972–73</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99"><span data-sort-value="Erving, Julius"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a></span></span></span>* </td> <td>Virginia Squires </td> <td>71 </td> <td>2268 </td> <td>31.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1973–74</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99">Julius Erving* (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a> </td> <td>84 </td> <td>2299 </td> <td>27.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1974–75</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99"><span data-sort-value="McGinnis, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">George McGinnis</a></span></span></span>* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> </td> <td>79 </td> <td>2353 </td> <td>29.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1975–76</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99">Julius Erving* (3) </td> <td>New York Nets </td> <td>84 </td> <td>2462 </td> <td>29.3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rebounding_leaders">Rebounding leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Rebounding leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Team(s) </th> <th>Games<br />played </th> <th>Offensive<br />rebounds </th> <th>Defensive<br />rebounds </th> <th>Total<br />rebounds </th> <th>Rebounds<br />per game </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1967–68</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99"><span data-sort-value="Daniels, Mel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Daniels" title="Mel Daniels">Mel Daniels</a></span></span></span>* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Muskies" title="Minnesota Muskies">Minnesota Muskies</a> </td> <td>78 </td> <td>502 </td> <td>711 </td> <td>1213 </td> <td>15.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1968–69</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99">Mel Daniels* (2) </td> <td>Indiana Pacers </td> <td>76 </td> <td>383 </td> <td>873 </td> <td>1256 </td> <td>16.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1969–70</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99">Spencer Haywood* </td> <td>Denver Rockets </td> <td>84 </td> <td>533 </td> <td>1104 </td> <td>1637 </td> <td>19.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1970–71</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99">Mel Daniels* (3) </td> <td>Indiana Pacers </td> <td>82 </td> <td>394 </td> <td>1081 </td> <td>1475 </td> <td>18.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1971–72</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99"><span data-sort-value="Gilmore, Artis"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a></span></span></span>* </td> <td>Kentucky Colonels </td> <td>84 </td> <td>421 </td> <td>1070 </td> <td>1491 </td> <td>17.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1972–73</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99">Artis Gilmore* (2) </td> <td>Kentucky Colonels </td> <td>84 </td> <td>449 </td> <td>1027 </td> <td>1476 </td> <td>17.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1973–74</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99">Artis Gilmore* (3) </td> <td>Kentucky Colonels </td> <td>84 </td> <td>478 </td> <td>1060 </td> <td>1538 </td> <td>18.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1974–75</div> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Nater, Swen"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Swen_Nater" title="Swen Nater">Swen Nater</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> </td> <td>78 </td> <td>369 </td> <td>910 </td> <td>1279 </td> <td>16.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1975–76</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99">Artis Gilmore* (4) </td> <td>Kentucky Colonels </td> <td>84 </td> <td>402 </td> <td>901 </td> <td>1303 </td> <td>15.5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assists_leaders">Assists leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Assists leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Team(s) </th> <th>Games<br />played </th> <th>Assists </th> <th>Assists<br />per game </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1967–68</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99"><span data-sort-value="Brown, Larry"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">Larry Brown</a></span></span></span>* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Buccaneers" title="New Orleans Buccaneers">New Orleans Buccaneers</a> </td> <td>78 </td> <td>506 </td> <td>6.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1968–69</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99">Larry Brown* (2) </td> <td>Oakland Oaks </td> <td>77 </td> <td>544 </td> <td>7.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1969–70</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99">Larry Brown* (3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Caps" title="Washington Caps">Washington Caps</a> </td> <td>82 </td> <td>580 </td> <td>7.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1970–71</div> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Melchionni, Bill"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Melchionni" title="Bill Melchionni">Bill Melchionni</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>New York Nets </td> <td>81 </td> <td>672 </td> <td>8.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1971–72</div> </td> <td>Bill Melchionni (2) </td> <td>New York Nets </td> <td>80 </td> <td>669 </td> <td>8.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1972–73</div> </td> <td>Bill Melchionni (3) </td> <td>New York Nets </td> <td>61 </td> <td>453 </td> <td>7.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1973–74</div> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Smith, Al"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Al_Smith_(basketball)" title="Al Smith (basketball)">Al Smith</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Denver Rockets </td> <td>76 </td> <td>619 </td> <td>8.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1974–75</div> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Calvin, Mack"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mack_Calvin" title="Mack Calvin">Mack Calvin</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Denver Nuggets </td> <td>74 </td> <td>570 </td> <td>7.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1975–76</div> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Buse, Don"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Don_Buse" title="Don Buse">Don Buse</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Indiana Pacers </td> <td>84 </td> <td>689 </td> <td>8.2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steals_leaders">Steals leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Steals leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Team(s) </th> <th>Games<br />played </th> <th>Steals </th> <th>Steals<br />per game </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1972–73</div> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Taylor, Fatty"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Fatty_Taylor" title="Fatty Taylor">Fatty Taylor</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Virginia Squires </td> <td>78 </td> <td>210 </td> <td>2.69 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1973–74</div> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="McClain, Ted"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ted_McClain" title="Ted McClain">Ted McClain</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Denver Rockets </td> <td>84 </td> <td>250 </td> <td>2.98 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1974–75</div> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Taylor, Brian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Taylor_(basketball)" title="Brian Taylor (basketball)">Brian Taylor</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>New York Nets </td> <td>79 </td> <td>221 </td> <td>2.80 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1975–76</div> </td> <td>Don Buse </td> <td>Indiana Pacers </td> <td>84 </td> <td>346 </td> <td>4.12 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blocks_leaders">Blocks leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Blocks leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Team(s) </th> <th>Games<br />played </th> <th>Blocks </th> <th>Blocks<br />per game </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1971–72</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99"><span data-sort-value="Gilmore, Artis"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> </td> <td>84 </td> <td>422 </td> <td>5.02 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1972–73</div> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFF99">Artis Gilmore (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> </td> <td>84 </td> <td>259 </td> <td>3.08 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1973–74</div> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Jones, Caldwell"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Jones" title="Caldwell Jones">Caldwell Jones</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Conquistadors" title="San Diego Conquistadors">San Diego Conquistadors</a> </td> <td>79 </td> <td>316 </td> <td>4.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1974–75</div> </td> <td>Caldwell Jones (2) </td> <td>San Diego Conquistadors </td> <td>76 </td> <td>246 </td> <td>3.24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1975–76</div> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Paultz, Billy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Paultz" title="Billy Paultz">Billy Paultz</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>San Antonio Spurs </td> <td>83 </td> <td>253 </td> <td>3.05 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_broadcasters">Awards and broadcasters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Awards and broadcasters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Connie_Hawkins_ABA_MVP.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Connie_Hawkins_ABA_MVP.jpeg/170px-Connie_Hawkins_ABA_MVP.jpeg" decoding="async" width="170" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Connie_Hawkins_ABA_MVP.jpeg/255px-Connie_Hawkins_ABA_MVP.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Connie_Hawkins_ABA_MVP.jpeg/340px-Connie_Hawkins_ABA_MVP.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1374" data-file-height="1851" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Connie Hawkins</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pipers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Pipers">Pittsburgh Pipers</a> won the 1967–68 ABA MVP award</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_awards_and_honors" title="List of American Basketball Association awards and honors">List of American Basketball Association awards and honors</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_broadcasters" title="List of American Basketball Association broadcasters">List of American Basketball Association broadcasters</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Succession">Succession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Basketball_Association&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Succession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, a new league calling itself the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association_(2000%E2%80%93)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Basketball Association (2000–)">ABA 2000</a> was established. 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relocated NBA teams">relocated</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_NBA" title="Timeline of the NBA">timeline</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_seasons" title="List of NBA seasons">Seasons</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Suspension_of_the_2019%E2%80%9320_NBA_season" title="Suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season">2019–20 suspension</a> and <a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Bubble" title="2020 NBA Bubble">bubble</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Records <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_regular_season_records" title="List of NBA regular season records">regular season</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_post-season_records" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NBA post-season records">postseason</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_records" title="List of NBA All-Star Game records">All-Star</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_all-time_NBA_win%E2%80%93loss_records" title="List of all-time NBA win–loss records">win–loss records</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_NBA_players" title="Lists of NBA players">Players</a> <dl><dd>current rosters <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NBA_Eastern_Conference_team_rosters" title="List of current NBA Eastern Conference team rosters">Eastern</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NBA_Western_Conference_team_rosters" title="List of current NBA Western Conference team rosters">Western</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_NBA_players" class="mw-redirect" title="List of foreign NBA players">foreign players</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_NBA" title="Race and ethnicity in the NBA">race and ethnicity</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">first overall draft picks</a></dd> <dd><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Violation_(basketball)" title="Violation (basketball)">Violations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>3 seconds <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Three_seconds_rule" title="Three seconds rule">Offense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defensive_three-second_violation" title="Defensive three-second violation">Defense</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five-second_rule_(basketball)" title="Five-second rule (basketball)">5 seconds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_line_(basketball)" title="Time line (basketball)">Time line (8/10 seconds)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basket_interference" title="Basket interference">Basket interference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrying_(basketball)" title="Carrying (basketball)">Carrying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_dribble" title="Double dribble">Double dribble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goaltending_(basketball)" 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play</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Game play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Basketball_positions" title="Basketball positions">Positions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_man" title="Sixth man">Sixth man</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Guard</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Basketball_statistics" title="Basketball statistics">Statistics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Player_tracking_(National_Basketball_Association)" title="Player tracking (National Basketball Association)">Player tracking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_winning_streaks" title="Basketball winning streaks">Winning streaks</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Offense</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Point</a> <ul><li><a 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