“Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association,” a docuseries exploring the rise and fall of the American Basketball Association, premieres Thursday, February 12 on Prime Video.
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If you have never read the book “Loose Balls”
By Terry Pluto, and you watched the ABA, do yourself a favor and get it. My favorite sports read ever.
By Terry Pluto, and you watched the ABA, do yourself a favor and get it. My favorite sports read ever.
I loved the ABA . Still have a closet full of memorabilia.
Used to make the trek to the Nassau Coliseum to see the Nets. The ABA had some characters - players and coaches. Dr J and Larry Kenon were fun to watch, and who didn’t like Billy “The Big Whopper” Paltz.
I attended games three and four of the final ABA championship series between the Nets and the Nuggets in 1976.
Played at Commack Arena for a few years then Island Garden Arena in Hempstead. Their run in the ABA ended with several years at the Nassau Coliseum.
I can remember Marty Glickman doing Net games on TV…I think it was WOR.
The ABA used to have doubleheaders at the Garden with two bad teams on game one (Pittsburgh, Florida) and then the Nets v someone. We would run around the whole first game looking for players in the stands to sign our program. Pre Dr J. Though he may have played in MSG while on Virginia. Who amongst us over 65 didn’t have a red white and blue ball?
lol… I had a cheap plastic one that didn’t even rotate properly.
The days of the flashy plaid sport jackets….Slick Leonard, Larry Brown, Al Bianchi and Joe Mullaney.
The NBA used to do the same at the old MSG. I remember my dad taking me a doubleheader with the Pistons playing somebody else in the opener and the Knicks playing the nightcap. This had to be late 50's or early 60's.