Introduction to ABA:
The American Basketball Association, founded in 1967, was merged into another NBA with a long history by agreement in 1976. ABA league is different from competitor NBA in terms of openness, freedom and more emphasis on offensive play.
It even includes 30 seconds of different attack time (24 seconds in NBA) and the use of three-point laps. Moreover, ABA league uses colored balls composed of red, blue and white, instead of the traditional brown leather basketball used by NBA.
ABA was founded in 1967 and competed with American NBA until 1976 was merged into another mature NBA by agreement. Finally, four ABA teams were recruited into the original NBA league, including New Jersey Nets (formerly new york Nets), Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers and San Antonio Spurs.
The other two teams, Kentucky High School and St. Louis Soul Team, announced their dissolution under the impact of the merger tide. In addition, the Virginia gentlemen's team, which was just formed less than a month ago, missed the opportunity to merge.
These characteristics of ABA have gradually attracted many fans, but due to the lack of TV broadcast contracts and financial losses left over from the past, ABA, as an independent alliance, has come to an end.
In the last year of its existence, that is, 1976, ABA took the lead in holding a slam dunk contest and an all-star game in Denver, which has been talked about by fans throughout the NBA season. Former NBA superstar george mikan was the first president of ABA. At the same time, he used the trademark of the three-point line and Aba League, a red, white and blue basketball.
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After nine years of ups and downs, only Indiana Pacers, Denver Rockets (later renamed Denver Nuggets), new york Nets (New Jersey Nets) and Dallas Jungles (predecessor of San Antonio Spurs) finally joined the NBA (1976).
Countless superstars produced by this alliance have also become blurred images-Doctor-"J, George Gervin the Iceman, artis gilmore the great locomotive, david thompson Skywalker, rick barry, dan issel-this series of prominent names records Aba's glory.