The ABA–NBA merger was a major pro sports business maneuver in 1976 when the American Basketball Association (ABA) combined with the National Basketball...
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team's playing time in the American Basketball Association (ABA), despite the 1976 ABA–NBA merger. The San Antonio Spurs have the highest win–loss record...
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American Basketball Association (redirect from American Basketball Association (ABA))
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...
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Slam Dunk Contest (redirect from ABA slam dunk competiton)
Association (ABA) for its 1976 ABA All-Star Game in Denver. The winner was Julius Erving of the New York Nets. As a result of the ABA–NBA merger later that...
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first ABA Finals were played at the end of the league's first season in the spring of 1968. The league ceased operations in 1976 with the ABA–NBA merger and...
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Spirits of St. Louis (section NBA merger)
the end of the ABA that did not survive the league's merger with the National Basketball Association (NBA). They were a member of the ABA in its last two...
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Louie Dampier (section ABA and NBA career statistics)
all nine ABA seasons with the same team; the other was Byron Beck of the Denver Rockets, later renamed the Nuggets. After the ABA–NBA merger in 1976 Dampier...
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Kentucky Colonels (redirect from Kentucky Colonels (ABA))
the team did not join the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the 1976 ABA–NBA merger. The downtown Louisville Convention Center (now known as The...
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Virginia Squires (redirect from Washington Capitals (ABA))
just a month before the ABA–NBA merger. The Squires were founded in 1967 as the Oakland Oaks, a charter member of the ABA. The team colors were green...
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Dispersal draft for ABA players from the Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis, who were not included in the ABA–NBA merger. John Lucas from the...
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