Remembering The ABA

[The Blowhard]

The red, white and blue ball. The creation of the 3 point shot. The great giveaways and promotions at games. The ABA was fun, I would attend New York Nets games at Nassau Coliseum and see Julius Erving, Billy Paultz, Bill Melchioni, House Jones, Rick Barry and countless others take on the Kentucky Colonels, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, Utah Stars and many other franchises.
Before they built the Coliseum, the Nets played in small arenas, Sunnyside Gardens in Queens was among them.
On TV, the late great Marty Glickman did the play by play. The games were always high scoring, and a lot of fun. Anyone?

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[jestah]

I can only vouch for what I have seen in old footage, not being old enough to see it first hand. Most footage of games that I have seen have been classic, much better in fact than most NBA games this past season.

And by the way, NIke gets a BIG F-U for tarnishing the ABA with those damn "Funk" commercials.

"Glory be, the funk's on me bop..well uh, it's 1975 ya'll"..Dammit man, now that commercial will be in my head for the rest of the night

[The Blowhard]

And by the way, NIke gets a BIG F-U for tarnishing the ABA with those damn "Funk" commercials.


Amen!
Most people don't realize that many NBA greats were in the ABA:
Julius Erving
George Gervin
Rick Barry
Moses Malone
Artis Gilmore
Dan Issel
aand many many more!

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[Gvac]

When I was a kid, my parents bought me a basketball net for the backyard, and I was so pumped it came with the red, white and blue ball of the ABA!

I sucked at basketball, however, and soon learned that Hockey was my true calling.

I'm hopelessly white.



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[The Blowhard]

I was the "Marvin Barnes" in the schoolyards of Bay Ridge. I smacked my opponents with a metal pipe. No clue about Marvin Barnes? Look it up!

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[sexy bastard]

dam n i thought this was about remembering ABBA not ABA.....my bad
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[nickeye]

One thing I can do... is finger-roll.

I loved that Iceman commercial. Gervin's my hero.

[Earth2RON]

im only 22 and i wasnt born in the U.S. so i have no memory of it.ive seen stuff on sportscenter classic though.they use to have some tight ass shorts on back then....lmao

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[EffMeBoobs]

Damn what a tease! I thought Heckler was talking about ABBA and just mispelled it. ABBA was way cool.

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[Michael Fury]

The ABA, back when huge 'fros roamed the earth.

I remember seeing Dr. J, I think a member of the Nets back then, take off from the foul line and dunk. This was in a game, not a slam-dunk contest.






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[The Blowhard]

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Here ya go! I confess that I have the Greatest Hits CD and I vacuum my apartment to "Fernando".:)

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This message was edited by Heckler on 5-30-02 @ 2:11 AM

[JustinR]

Is it me or those new nike commercials based in the 70's kick ass?

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[jestah]

It is just you Lent. There is absolutely no reason to show Carter, Duncan etc in mock ABA games. Absolutely absurd.

[Ralphy Ramone]

I don't know how they did it but,that red-white-blue even "bounced" different!

[The Blowhard]

Everybody talks about baseball player Oscar Gamble's "Afro".
Artis Gilmore of The Kentucky Colonels blew him away! He looked like a huge used Q-Tip.
Damn my staright golden locks..I want black guy hair!
I want an Afro!

[DarkHippie]

He looked like a huge used Q-Tip.
kinda like howard stern?

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[The Blowhard]

The Nets! The Nets! Hoo-ray! The ABA lives!

Gone...On Tour With Foghat

[jestah]

http://www.aba2000.com/

Sweet merciful crap it LIVES!! you can even buy the red white and blue...woooooooo

[NewYorkDragons80]

Whenever I tell people I'm a Nets fan, I always have to explain that they used to play at the Coliseum. They moved years before I was born, but I always hated the Knicks.

"No Cross, No Crown."
-William Penn

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[The Blowhard]

John Sterling called the Nets games, after Marty Glickman retired.
"House" Jones!

[The Chairman]

remembertheaba.com is a trip.

I had a George "The Iceman" Gervin poster as a kid. I also loved David "Skywalker" Thompson.

I had an ABA ball. It got one of those seam breaks where the inside bladder popped out like a tumor. We used to still play with it and it was pretty funny when the ball hit on the popped out herniated spot.

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[high fly]

I'm still kicking myself for not going to any Virginia Squires games. Dr. J, Iceman Gervin, Charlie Scott......hell, they often played in high school gyms!. Tix were like 5 bucks or something.

" and they ask me why I drink"

[The Blowhard]

Tix were like 5 bucks or something.



Same with the Nets. They played in some dumps and free tickets were easy to get.
Remember David Thompson? He was Jordan before there was a Jordan when it came to flying, along with the great Dr. J.
As for George Gervin, there were very few who had his shooting skills.(Maravich and Bird perhaps).

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[FUNKMAN]

one thing that sticks in my mind is the way the announcer would accentuate Willie Sojourner's last name when he scored...

SOOOOOUUUUUUJourner...

a pretty cool last name, reminds me of Soul Journey and that's farout...

PEACE / LOVE

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[The Chairman]

David "Skywalker" Thompson scored 72 ponts in a game while on the Nuggets. Unfortunately, he got into trouble with cocaine and ruined his career.

George Gervin and his "finger roll" = love.

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[HordeKing1]

What do you mean "remembering" the ABA.

The American Bar Association has been around for many many years, and from the dues they collect they'll have no trouble remaining solvent.

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[The Blowhard]

The American Bar Association has been around for many many years, and from the dues they collect they'll have no trouble remaining solvent.



Kill them. Thank you.

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[mdr55]

ABA LIVES!!!!!

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Abba dabba doo!
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[Death Metal Moe]

REMEMBER?!?!

Haven't we all been trying to FORGET?

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