The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a professional basketball league that operated from 1967 to 1976 and became the most important rival the NBA has ever faced. Although the ABA survived for only nine seasons, its influence on professional basketball was enormous. The league popularized the three-point shot, introduced the …
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The Kentucky Colonels were one of the most successful and recognizable franchises in the history of the American Basketball Association. Based in Louisville, the Colonels competed during all nine seasons of the ABA, from 1967-68 through 1975-76. They won 448 regular-season games, reached the playoffs every year, appeared in the …
Memphis Grizzlies History The Memphis Grizzlies have evolved from one of the NBA’s newest and least successful expansion franchises into one of the league’s most respected organizations. From their beginnings as the Vancouver Grizzlies to the celebrated “Grit and Grind” era and the emergence of a new generation led by …
The Miami Heat have grown from an NBA expansion franchise into one of the league’s model organizations. Since entering the NBA in 1988, the Heat have won multiple championships, developed Hall of Fame talent, and built a culture centered on discipline, hard work, and winning. Under longtime team president Pat …
Basketball has a long and storied past. The game we know today as basketball was invented on December 21, 1981, by Dr. James Naismith, while he was teaching at Springfield College in Springfield, MA. But Naismith’s game was not the first game in history where the goal was to get …
After the struggles of the 2020-2021 team in Tokyo, and the Olympics being in France, it looked like Team USA was finally not going to win the gold. The French had new NBA superstar Victor Wembanyama, NBA defensive player of the team Rudy Gobert, and a host of former NBA …
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No team in American basketball Olympic history is as polarizing as the 2020, or should I say 2021 team. The team struggled and faced adversity like none other, and had the worst start of any team in American history yet found itself late for Olympic glory. Some of Team USA’s …
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Going into the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, things were looking good the the US. The stability brought by the changes to Team USA after the 2004 debacle resulted in two World Championships and two Olympic gold medals. However, there were some areas of concern for Team USA. …
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There have been hundreds of team logo’s in the history of the NBA. Some have been fantastic, some have been okay, and others have been bad. But which ones truly standout as the best of the best? To find out what NBA logos are the best, we have to find …
The New Orleans Pelicans have made no secret that they wish to move on from forward Brandon Ingram. They have, thus far, found no one interested in the Ingram. One team that might make a lot of sense for Ingram is the Pelicans’ summer blockbuster trade partner the Atlanta Hawks. …
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