American Basketball Association (1970-1972)
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Born: August 1970 – The New Orleans Buccaneers relocate to Memphis, TN
Re-Branded: 1972 (Memphis Tams)
First Game: October 20, 1970 (L 108-103 vs. New York Nets)
Last Game: March 29, 1972 (L 123-99 vs. Virginia Squires)
ABA Championships: None
Arena
Mid-South Coliseum (10,753)11970-71 Sporting News American Basketball Association Guide
Opened: 1964
Closed: 2006
Branding
Team Colors: Scarlet, Navy Blue & White21970-71 Sporting News American Basketball Association Guide
Ownership
Owners:
- 1970: P.L. Blake
- 1971-1972: Community Stockholders (~4,600 stockholders)3ASSOCIATED PRESS. “Citizen-owned Pros Sale May Be Hard.” The Democrat (Sedalia MO). June 13, 1972
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Loose Balls
The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
By Terry Pluto
What do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association.
The NBA may have won the financial battle, but the ABA won the artistic war. With its stress on wide-open individual play, the adoption of the 3-point shot and pressing defense, and the encouragement of flashy moves and flying dunks, today’s NBA is still—decades later —just the ABA without the red, white and blue ball.
Loose Balls is, after all these years, the definitive and most widely respected history of the ABA. It’s a wild ride through some of the wackiest, funniest, strangest times ever to hit pro sports—told entirely through the (often incredible) words of those who played, wrote and connived their way through the league’s nine seasons..
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