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Seven coaches received votes from at least one of the 50 panelists; having claimed 34 of the available votes, Bobby "Slick" Leonard was the clear winner of the all-time best head coach award. Larry Brown , having received 16 votes for the players team, also received six votes in view of his coaching.
[1] [2] Mikan agreed to be commissioner and spearheaded the use of a red-white-blue ball to go along with the three point play. The ABA was conceived at a time stretching from 1960 through the mid-1970s when numerous upstart leagues were challenging, with varying degrees of success, the established major professional sports leagues in the ...
The following are teams that were members of the American Basketball Association in the time from its founding in 1967 until the ABA-NBA merger in 1976. Subcategories This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total.
At the conclusion of the ABA's history, Dampier made a career-record 794 3-point field goals. [3] His record 199 three points made in a single season will resist for 26 years in NBA until 1995. He also finished first all-time in the ABA in games played (728), minutes played (27,770), points scored (13,726), and assists (4,044). [ 3 ]
All-ABA First Team. Larry Jones – 1968, 1969, 1970; Spencer Haywood – 1970; Warren Jabali – 1973; Mack Calvin - 1975; Ralph Simpson - 1976; All-ABA Second Team. Larry Cannon – 1971; Ralph Simpson - 1972, 1973; Bobby Jones - 1976; Dan Issel - 1976; David Thompson - 1976; ABA All-Defensive Team. Julius Keye – 1973, 1974; Bobby Jones ...
Daniels won three ABA championships, was a two-time ABA Most Valuable Player, a seven time ABA All-star and led the ABA in rebounding average in three different seasons. Daniels is the ABA's all-time leader in total rebounds and second in ABA career average rebounds (15.12) behind only fellow Hall of Famer Artis Gilmore of the Kentucky Colonels ...
For his ABA career, Issel was a 6-Time ABA All-Star, a 5-Time Member of the ABA All-Pro Team, the ABA's 2nd All-Time Scorer (behind Louie Dampier), was the 1972 ABA All-Star Game MVP, 1971 ABA Co-Rookie of the Year, Led ABA in scoring in 70–71 with 29.4 ppg and holds the ABA Record for most points in a season with 2,538 in 71–72.
Since he was not a number one draft choice in the NBA, he began his professional career in the rival ABA where he was a number one draft choice, playing seven seasons for the New Orleans Buccaneers/Memphis Pros and Utah Stars. Jones was one of the ABA's best players, averaging 19.2 points, 5.1 assists, and 4.9 rebounds during his seven years in ...