The History Of The American Basketball Association
Beginning of paper
" The ABA was basketball's Wild West, and Julius Erving, George Gervin,
James Silas, and all the other ABA stars were the gunfighters."
--Bob Costas
What do the Utah Jazz, New York Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers,
and Houston Rockets all have in common? They all got their professional
star ....
Middle of paper
.... got the idea from the first
part of leagues name, American. They had a huge promotion of these colorful
ball giving away over thirty million to children country wide. Mikan was
later named the first commissioner of the ABA.
After they set up the first teams they added a three point play to the game.
The ABA created this play to give the game more excitement and to increase
the scoring. It was a half circular shape that was outside the key. It was
twenty - two feet from the basket on the co ....
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