American Basketball Association (1974-1975)
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Born: July 24, 1974 – Re-branded from Memphis Tams1ASSOCIATED PRESS. “ABA Memphis renamed Sounds”. The Miami News (Miami, FL). July 25, 1974
Moved: August 1975 (Baltimore Hustlers/Claws)
First Game: October 18, 1974 (W 97-92 @ Spirits of St. Louis)
Last Game: April 13, 1975 (L 111-99 @ Kentucky Colonels)
ABA Championships: None
Arena
Mid-South Coliseum (11,065)21974-75 Sporting News Official American Basketball Association Guide
Opened: 1964
Closed: 2006
Marketing
Team Colors: Red & White31974-75 Sporting News Official American Basketball Association Guide
Ownership
Owners: Mike Storen, Avron Fogelman, Kemmons Wilson, Isaac Hayes, et al.
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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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In Memoriam
Small forward Roger Brown, who appeared in just seven games for the Sounds in 1974, died of colon cancer on March 4, 1997 at the age of 54. Brown was inducted posthumously into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013 despite never playing in an NBA game. New York Times obituary.
Center Mel Daniels died on October 30, 2015 of complications following heart surgery. Daniels, inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in the Class of 2012, was 71 years old. New York Times obituary.
Sounds owner and former ABA Commissioner Mike Storen died of cancer at age 84 on May 7, 2020. New York Times obituary.
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2 Responses
I think your born date for the Sounds should be 1974, not 1975.
Fixed it. Thanks!
Drew