Press release:
August 5, 1976- The National Basketball Association (NBA) merges with its rival, the American Basketball Association (ABA), and takes on the ABA’s four most successful franchises: the Denver Nuggets, the Indiana Pacers, the New York Nets and the Kentucky Colonels.
In this “what if,” we determine- if the San Antonio Spurs had not made the cut for the ABA/NBA merger, who would you be rooting for now? Forty-five years have passed the since the ABA Spurs (formerly the Dallas Chaparrals) joined the NBA. Were not for a $1 deal, the Chaps may have never moved to San Antonio and been christened the Spurs at all.