The Utah Jazz should merge the former ABA team, the Utah Stars, into their official history
The ABA’s Utah Stars success is the main reason why the Utah Jazz exist, and the Stars should get their due for it.
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The ABA’s Utah Stars success is the main reason why the Utah Jazz exist, and the Stars should get their due for it.
For some the dream lives on, rekindled time to time by one of those infrequent Ontario Hockey League (OHL) pre-season games at the Ed Lumley Arena, like the one played Saturday night between Kingston Frontenacs and Erie Otters, strangers to local fans.
Join Today, the American Basketball Association is preparing for its All-Star Game and Final Eight Tournament, to be played April 15 to April 18 in St. Louis, Missouri. But 45 years ago in 1976, the original incarnation of the ABA was coming to an end. After its final series of playoffs, four of the remaining teams would be rolled into the National Basketball Association. The influx of teams and talent, and the eventual absorption of the ABA’s three-point line, would add excitement to the NBA on the way to the league’s explosive burst of popularity in the 1980s. The original ABA launched...