Plan to play in this 🏀🙏🏾

I wish George never Smoke Cigs. He would have had 3 more outstanding years and another 4 in the league

Billy Cunningham was a Great ABA Player - I know he only played a few years at most. but he was MVP ( I think )

Kenny Walker, also had the monikor skywalker, but with a twist...due to his last name...Kenny Sky Walker..but DT was a true skywalker..his vertical was off the charts..rumor was he could brab a quarter from the top of the backboard...thx for the great content and GL with channel..

You missed George McGinnis.

Its sad the Internet wasnt around to see jordan

The A train was one of my heros!

It wasn't SMU who gave the gold trans am... it was the team Dickerson committed to before them

Excellent look at the ABA! I grew up watching the Kentucky Colonels and the rest of the ABA. Louie Dampier was indeed the heart of the ABA, playing from day 1 to the final game, which was in the 1976 playoffs against the Denver Nuggets. When Louie would shoot that 3-pointer, the crowd would go into such a state of anticipation, watching that pinwheel-looking ball spin for 25 feet! It was like baseball fans following a long ball out to the fence with their eyes. And when he'd hit it, it was just like a home run. Since Louie Dampier proved how the 3-pointer could make the game fan-friendly and exciting, it is he who is responsible for the NBA and the college game adopting the 3. That makes him one of the most influential players ever.

Moses Malone was the greatest ABA player

The Globetrotters owner was pronounced Sap (like tree sap) per steen.

Ed Macauley is pronounced (mah-cal-lee)

*just take it to RUCKERS PARK* !!!

*DR.J* *A.B.A* *IS WHAT THE NEGRO BASEBAL LEAGUE* *ITS HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY RECORDS WERE NOT KEPT FROM THE A.B.A.* *ITS A BLK THANG* *just another eraser, to rub out blk men* *the greatest role*

Wilt should of had 3 more MVPs the league was always against him he got a shitty deal but people who know basketball and its history know he was the goat period. Wilt more often than not kicked Bill Russell's ass despite contradicting opinions.

rick Barry was a punk

Roger Brown Indiana Pacers !🏀

Us old-time Pacer fans remind you that Roger Brown and George McGinnis need to be added to this list. Also: Willie Wise, Moses Malone, Billy Cunningham

Also, FTP

Hey this is a great documentary! 🐻⬇️

I am 65 years old I watch the Aba in it's prime and there was no one close to the Dr. His highwire act is undisputed he was the A.b.a.

It was a shame and a big disrespect that the great Roger Brown of the Indiana Pacers was excluded from this video. Unexcusable. And Moses Malone, Dan Issel, and others.

Some more info for you. That first year after merger the all star game has half the roster from the ABA. You need to look up and read about the ABA Pacers vs NBA NY Knicks haha good stuff. I also highly recommend the book "We Changed The Game" by Bob Netolicky, Richard Tinkham & Robin Miller and the Dropping Dimes Foundation (who recently, after years of fighting with NBA) won a settlement with the NBA and backing of Players Union to give monthly pension payments to serving ABA players tiered to how many years they played and some medical benefits which helped many of them out as they were in dire need of assistance.

Dan Issel

Why would the aba give up there best players and teams for the nba the rise up not thinking they would go down crazy 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The Foctor was simply amazing fantastic incredible awesome

Artis Gilmore was a pure Beast

Who remembers marvin bad news barnes

HTF Is Arizona Cardinals is One Of The Original Teams When They Were Originally The "St. Louis" Cardinals 🤔

Most of these guys did not play very well after the merger

Red, well done. Nice job of keeping the ABA alive. You have a bright future.

Very nice video you forgot about Roger brown and Dan issel

I attended high school with "The Hawk." His exploits in those days are legendary. More to the point, he was not involved directly in the scandal because he-not knowing the actors in the scheme-merely introduced players to the gamblers. He was thoughtful, honest, and one to serve as an exemplary role model for youth. He was cheated out of his prime years in what proved to be a stellar career. "Foul," a book about his battle with the NBA is a must-read for ardent sports fans and those interested in social commentary of the 1960s.

my ma's oldest bro was bill hewitt.bay city mi. u of m undeated somewhere in his show i thought

I saw all these players in the aba I lived about 20 minutes away from Nassau coliseum home of the nets and Islanders. Connie Hawkins was the best player I ever saw. Spencer heywood was a great player n a great guy he lives in my adopted hometown of Las Vegas n I see him around town sometimes also he has 4 joints in his fingers instead of 3

Except Rick Barry great player .Great Bigot

Connie Hawkins had a very informative Biography. He couldn't read, he was characterized as dumb. He had a very low IQ supposedly. He learned how to read and his IQ rose amazingly.

You missed Larry Jones, who played for the Denver Rockets. He was a guard who scored very well.

Never be forgotten. Greatest league ever. Nothing about the spirit s of St. Louis. They were a big part of ABA history. Amazing story

I remember a great guard for The Kentucky Colonels with Artis Gilmore named Bird Avery.

ABA ??????????????????! No.

What happened to Dan Issel, Marvin Barnes and George McGinnis😮

Connie Hawkins was the baddest cat back then. Doc patterned palming the ball and laying it up with one hand like Hawkins. They tried to call Doc “Baby Hawk” but Connie liked the way Julius moved and “operated”, like a doctor. Thus Julius Ervin became DoctorJ; he was famous on the Polo Grounds for sure!!!!!!!!

You drop the ball you nobody talks about George McGinnis. He played for the Indiana Pacers. 3 Championships in the ABA. First player I know that did a slam dunk and had to stop the game because he bent the rim. The NBA, the Phil 76ers and I believe with Dr J and went to NBA finals

I remember Connie Hawkins with the Phoenix Suns.

Dr J is the pioneer of the Slam dunk contest.