Talk:American Basketball Association

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[edit] Different Rules?

Did the ABA use different rules than the NBA at that time? what were they (besides the red/white/blue ball)? and did they all get adoupted by the NBA?

Yes, there were several rule differences, and they should be listed in the article. You can read about them here: http://www.remembertheaba.com/ABAGeneralInfo/ABAFaq.html#ABARules —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.224.117.101 (talk • contribs) 03:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Two Leagues

Since the ABA still is two leagues, i'm changing the verb tense of the opening sentence from "consisted" to "consists" --Karmafist 08:08, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Yeah its probably the tense from when the 2nd league was shut down but now that its reopen again consists works better. --Djsasso 05:52, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
It should be past tense as the two leagues are separate, as are the articles. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.224.117.101 (talk • contribs) 03:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

Wasn't there also a San Diego Conquistadors team in the old ABA? -- Zoe

Yes; it was the league's only expansion team. It has its own page now. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.224.117.101 (talk • contribs) 03:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Split into two articles?

Would it not make sense to split this into two articles? The old ABA and the current incarnation are not directly connected. Uvaduck 18:36, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Looks like somebody has, at American Basketball Association New. Not sure where they got the "New" bit, though. Dan the Man Khan 01:17, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
It looks like that article was created back in June, though it's obviously hasn't been improved since then. --Tubutler 02:50, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Was there an ABA team in Albuquerque (New Mexico) in the last season? I think they are the Rayguns, maybe it was in the CBA of the 1970s. Someone help me find a web link on the Rayguns basketball team.

No; the ABA never had a team in New Mexico. The CBA might have, though. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.224.117.101 (talk • contribs) 03:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC).
Hmm, you're thinking of the Roswell Rayguns. They were a fictitious team in a series of Nike commercials that featured current NBA stars like Vince Carter (as Dr. Funk), Dirk Nowitzki, &c. virtually inserted into actual ABA game footage.24.44.137.19 07:16, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

They might have had a team play there (not sure when, like early 70's), like the Condors, but I don't think they had a premanate team in Al town. Kanga-Kucha

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:41, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Page move Feb 2008

There is one American Basketball Association that was well known, considered a major sports league, was televised and received media coverage, and had athletes as good as those in the NBA.

The ABA 2000 is none of the above.

The "American Basketball Association" page should be about the major ABA, not the current-day minor league. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.224.111.163 (talk • contribs) 22:17, 3 February 2008

These are very valid reasons for moving the page. However, the correct way to move a page is not by simply copying and pasting the contents, but rather, making a request at WP:RM and opening a poll at the talk page of Talk:American Basketball Association (1967-1976) (the instructions are listed here). The reason Wikipedia guidelines request us to do it this way is because copying and pasting the contents destroys the edit history of the page. Bash Kash (talk) 22:55, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Please note that the page is now, substantially, the way it was before someone else did what you are talking about. I restored the page to how it was before that happened. Someone came in and, it appears, worked hard to rearrange things so that ABA pages and categories became items about the minor league ABA 2000 - and a lot of those pages, in turn, seem to be cut and pasted from press releases, frankly. I don't mean to argue over Wikipedia protocol, but I did want you do know that I was simply restoring things to how they were before that unjustified, wholesale revision was made previously. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.224.111.163 (talk) 23:10, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, you are correct. It appears that MJHankel moved the page unilaterally on 7 April 2007. We're going to need an admin to move American Basketball Association (1967-1976) into American Basketball Association. I'll try to find one, without having to go through WP:RM. Bash Kash (talk) 23:41, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Per request I have moved the article back to the original title American Basketball Association. There were no substantive edits (just 1 or 2 link fixes) made to the fork of the article at this page from when it was first moved away from here, so don't propose to restore any of those edits there that are now overwritten/deleted. The edit history of this article should now reflect all substantive edits made to this topic, including those made when it was under the name American Basketball Association (1967-1976). The majority of inbound links etc seem to be relating to this one.
A bot should fix any double redirects, however the associated categories and inbound links prob need to be gone through. --cjllw ʘ TALK 00:38, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Semi-Pro

This article is about the ABA only, not movies based on it. To include a paragraph about Semi-Pro in the "League history" section is totally inappropriate. Not only is it unrelated to the history of the ABA, but the information is also completely trivial. Please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines before you revert again. Bash Kash (talk) 07:29, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] St. Louis deal

Perhaps it should be mentioned somewhere on the ABA wikipedia page the story about the famous (or infamous) deal that the Spirits of St. Louis owners received from the NBA, upon the 1976 merger. http://espn.go.com/nba/s/2001/1213/1295194.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.86.201.180 (talk) 08:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)