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Moses Malone was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers from the Spirits of St. Louis.. On August 5, 1976, as a result of the ABA–NBA merger, the NBA hosted a dispersal draft to select players from the Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis, the two American Basketball Association (ABA) franchises that were not included in the ABA–NBA merger.
The ABA–NBA merger terms included the St. Louis (and Kentucky) players being put into a special dispersal draft. Marvin Barnes went to the Detroit Pistons for $500,000, Moses Malone went to the Portland Trail Blazers for $300,000, Ron Boone went to the Kansas City Kings for $250,000, Randy Denton went to the New York Knicks for $50,000 and ...
The American Basketball Association (ABA) had a dispersal draft in June 1972 when two teams folded [2] and had two drafts within a month of each other in October and November 1975 as two more teams folded during what turned out to be the final season of the ABA. On August 8, 1976, as part of the ABA-NBA merger agreement, a dispersal draft was ...
When the ABA and NBA merged, Lucas was picked second by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1976 ABA dispersal draft. Doc Rivers and Jae Crowder were second-round picks who found success.
Pages in category "1975–76 ABA season" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... 1976 ABA dispersal draft; I. 1975–76 Indiana Pacers ...
The American Basketball Association joined the NBA with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. Of the teams remaining in the ABA, four joined the NBA. The two teams, the Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis, which folded had their players assigned to a dispersal draft for draft purposes.
Murphy, a sports entrepreneur who co-founded the ABA, explained to author Terry Pluto in his must-read ABA history book, Loose Balls, "The three-point play was going to be a part of our league ...
With the conclusion of the 1975–76 ABA season, negotiations to finalize the ABA-NBA merger began. On June 17, 1976, Colonels owner John Y. Brown Jr. agreed to fold the Colonels in exchange for $3 million from the ABA teams entering the NBA. The Colonels' players were put into a dispersal draft along with the players from the Spirits of St. Louis.