Talk:American Basketball Association (2000–)

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[edit] Editing out the truth

Editing out the truth about the league's problems won't make them go away. We're here to be honest -- "neutral" doesn't mean hiding the negative. It means reporting it fairly. -- Robster2001 13:25, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ridiculous Expansion

I believe that the expansion is too much. They should be limited to up to five per year. - signed by an ANON IP

  • Somebody typed in Tulsa 89ers in the American Basketball Association page. Wrong, they are the 66ers of the NBA D-league! Some anon don't know pro basketball and I bet he's lost in everything. 207.200.116.202 22:44, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
    • What about two teams not listed under "defunct ABA teams"?- Plano, Texas had the Plano Diamond Dogs? or the Provo Mirage, not yet played any games in 2006-07? There is a new ABA franchise for Salt Lake, Utah (and a CBA team Utah Eagles), while the ABA came to Fort Worth, Texas in 2004. The Seattle Sea-Otters franchise hasn't appeared, but the area is filled by two ABA teams (King County and Bellingham teams), and I believe the Otters gonna play in Ottawa, Canada, their team owners rejected Vancouver that already has a CBA team. The edits on future ABA teams in Boise, Idaho and Yakima, Washington are erroneous, because they are CBA members. I read in the USA Today sports page on Roswell, New Mexico may enter the ABA expansion round, but let's see how it goes before Roswell debuts in 2008-09. Oh yeah, the last edit on an ABA team for Arizona (either in Tucson or Yuma) wasn't yet verified.+ 207.200.116.202 21:27, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

hey whoever used the anon ip to repeat vandalize the page, don't make up future team names ok? if you got an idea for a team name, sent it to the ABA or the team owners. they won't accept your ideas and aren't likely to pay you for copyrights.

[edit] Miami Tropics

Is this team at all affiliated with the 1987-88, 1991-95 Miami Tropics of the USBL, or is the name mere coincidence? Either way it is worth mentioning. --MJHankel 17:34, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article name

I'm going to move this to American Basketball Association (2000) since the dash looks wrong as part of the dab for the league name. If anyone has an objection, please speak up. Vegaswikian 18:48, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

If there is a problem with removing a dash, at least tell us what it is. It is not an official name obviously and the dash seems out of place for a title. This is not a biographical page.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Newark Express Logo.gif

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[edit] Fair use images

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[edit] 2008-09 Expansion Teams

Just curious why all those teams were deleted? They are all listed on the ABA's website. I realize that the official webpage is questionable at best. But I haven't heard any official word on OSC or otherwise that would indicate that these teams are officially dead. Shootmaster 44 (talk) 02:16, 7 December 2007 (UTC)