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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 ...
He also played in the 1976 ABA All-Star Game, where he scored 24 points with 10 rebounds, and was named to the All-ABA Second Team. [28] [26] The Nuggets, with stars David Thompson and Dan Issel, finished with a league-best 60–24 record, although they lost to the New York Nets in the Finals. [23]
He was a two-time ABA All-Star, in 1968 and 1970. Verga owns the Duke men's basketball record for points per game (26.7) in a single season, which he achieved in 1967. [1] Verga was drafted by the NBA's St. Louis Hawks in the third round of the 1967 NBA draft and by the Kentucky Colonels in the 1967 ABA Draft.
In his first ABA season, Cunningham averaged 24.1 points per game, 12.0 rebounds per game, [25] and led the league in total steals. [26] He led the Cougars to the best record in the league, [27] was selected to the All-ABA First Team [28] and was named the ABA MVP.
Only player in history named MVP of both the ABA and NBA All-Star Games; Scored a career-high 73 points against Detroit (April 9, 1978) Scored a then-NBA record 32 points in the second quarter against Detroit Pistons, a record that was broken by George Gervin (33 against New Orleans Jazz on the same day ) when Gervin won the 1978 scoring title ...
McGinnis’ best season came in 1974-75 when he won the ABA scoring title (29.8 points per game), finished second in steals (2.6), third in assists (6.3) and fifth in rebounds (14.3).
Daniels is the ABA's all-time leader with 9,494 rebounds and is second in ABA history with an average of 15.1 rebounds per game. He is fourth in ABA total points, with 11,739, ninth with 628 games, fourth with 22,340 minutes and 10th with 351 ABA blocked shots. [27] [18]