Essay Archive - The History of the American Basketball Association
The History of the American Basketball Association
" 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
start in the American Basketball Association.
It was created in 1965 by Dennis Murphy but it didn't start as a basketball
league. It started as a football league but it merged together with the NFL
in a few weeks. Dennis Murphy then deci....
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