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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.
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976, resulting in four ABA teams joining the NBA and the introduction of the NBA 3-point shot in 1979.
ABA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award. Spencer Haywood - 1970; Warren Jabali - 1973; David Thompson - 1976; ABA All-Star Game head coaches. Larry Brown – 1975, 1976; ABA All-Time Team. Mack Calvin; Spencer Haywood; Dan Issel; Warren Jabali; David Thompson
Hall of Famer Julius Erving was a three-time ABA MVP, two-time ABA Playoffs MVP, and four-time All-ABA First Team. The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a professional basketball league that operated from the 1967–68 season until it ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. The ABA presented a variety of annual awards and ...
ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player. Julius Erving – 1974, 1976; ABA Rookie of the Year. Brian Taylor – 1973; All-ABA Team First Team. Rick Barry – 1971, 1972; Bill Melchionni – 1972; Julius Erving – 1974–1976; All-ABA Team Second Team. Brian Taylor – 1975; ABA All-Star Game head coaches. Kevin Loughery – 1975, 1976; ABA All-Time ...
[1] [2] Of these, 50,213 points were scored in official games, with the remaining 47 points coming from a pre-season match against international teams. He is also the NBA's all-time leading scorer and the only player to have surpassed 40,000 regular-season points in the league. Oscar Schmidt held a record with 49,973 points.
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 .
At the conclusion of the ABA's history, Dampier made a career-record 794 3-point field goals. [2] 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). [2]