ABA Stories That Are Absolutely INSANE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- The ABA was a rival basketball league to the NBA from 1967 to 1976. While it's existence was short lived, plenty of crazy stuff went down. Here are 11 of my favorite wild stories about the league and things that happened to its players.
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My personal favorite story of ABA crazy… St. Louis Spirits are scheduled to take a 8 pm flight home from Louisville. Due to the change in time zone b/w the 2 cities the team would land at 7:56 pm. Player Marvin Barnes refused to board the plane, saying “I ain't getting in no damn time machine." He rented a car instead.
Bob Costas was the play-by-play guy for the Spirits of St Louis. Saw him tell that story in a documentary about the ABA
@@mongoslade277 Me too. I'd also read about the "time machine" Barnes refused to board. It's too bad so few, except Costas, are interested in highlighting Barnes insane talent and how he wasted it on blow and Quaaludes. He admits to being way too high as a member of the 1977 Pistons (sent there in the ABA dispersal draft) to be effective.
@@jefferyroy2566 Damn. Didn't realize he went to the Pistons. I remember him with the Celtics but he wasn't himself anymore. "Bad News". A great talent when his head was on straight
Marvin was just way too immature to be any kind of a leader, let alone a teammate.
Yeah Costas said during the playoffs Barnes showed up right before tipoff in a mink coat, opened up the coat to reveal he was in uniform, coach said "you're late for gametime", Barnes replied "Gametime is On Time", Costas does an incredible hilarious imitation of Barnes at that point.@@mongoslade277
Fly Williams played at Austin Peay.
The fans would say “the Fly is open, let’s go Peay.”
I remember Bob Halloran from my high-school days in Miami. I attended a few Floridians games, including one when Rick Barry dropped 49 on them with no 3-pt attempts.
Reggie Harding once put a stocking over his head and tried to hold up a gas station in his home neighborhood in Detroit. Being 7-0 didn't help his cause. The owner said, "Reggie, I know it's you. Go home."
To which he allegedly responded "It ain't me!"
sound like gta san andreas
Unc! ABA Days we’re wild! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for the ABA content! Please more Aba History!!!!
We need part two
Say, Uncle, no room for the saga of Wendell Ladner? Not really funny given his tragic end in a plane crash, but he was one of the greatest characters in the history of the league.
Wasn't Ladner mainly a big ladies' man? Good player too.
@@WhiteyMcCracker He was a better ladies man than player, lasting six years in the ABA with a stat line of 11.6 ppg, 8.3 rpg and 2.1 apg with 38.6% shooting average. On the court, Wendell would throw his body all over the place, which explains his playing over 70 games in a season just twice in his career. I was around for the ABA, and attended some games for the Miami Floridians in the late 1960s, but they 0. The legend of Ladner was written long after the league was gone, and all that's left are video clips, a handful of stories and a too-soon departure due to an airline crash. He does represent something essential about the ABA that was missing in the NBA: Making radical moves to keep things going. Ladner's playing style was similar to an NBA guy named Ron Lee, but without the outrageous anecdotes.
Thanks for those interesting memories. You're probably already aware of this video but in case you aren't it has a section on Ladner in the middle:
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Plus Ladner was not afraid to stand up to John Brisker. They had at least a couple of fights.
@@3243_ Brisker played his role as one of the ABA's badasses as well as any other player. His career averages didn't hurt, 26.1 ppg and 8.1 rpg in the "beachball league." His disappearance on a trip to Uganda in 1978 has never been solved, though the regime of Idi Amin likely had a role in it.
damn this is such a good video! i saw this in my yt feed and was hesitant because of the low view count and recent upload but you've def earned yourself a subscriber :)
Thanks, glad you enjoyed!
Stories all taken from the book Loose Balls by Terry Pluto. Classic oral history of the ABA
Yes bro we need a part 2 please, they were fr wilding back in the aba gahhh damnn
A part 2 should include some of the underrated players Like Louis Dampier,Bill Keller
Agree ,also mack Calvin, Rick mount ,Bill melceonni, Wendel Ladner, fatty taylor
BACK IN JANUARY 1973 I WENT TO MY FIRST ABA GAME I WAS 14 YEARS OLD AT THE NASSAU COLISEUM I SAW DR J AND THE ICEMAN PLAYING FOR THE VIRGINIA SQUIRES ICE WAS 19 YEARS OLD I FOLLOWED GEORGE ICEMAN GERVIN HIS WHOLE CAREER AND I WAS AT THE HALL OF FAME WHEN ICE WAS INDUCTED MAY 1996 AND I LOOK LIKE JAMES JIMMY SI CAPTAIN LATE SILAS WOW WHAT A LIFE I'VE LIVED
Great video. Actually the guy who got into the scuffle with Brisker at practice was Walker Banks who was a backup center for the Condors.
God I loved the ABA
Cool video. Love hearing and learning about the ABA and its players. Keep them coming!
Pt. 2 I’m begging
Love the content! Keep up the good work! I love NBA TH-camrs that cover all of NBA history and not just the past 20 years.
i think you should make a video about the 70s bulls
The ABA had some crazy and awesome stories; Great work
Aba 70s had lot of good players three point slam dunk contest they play better then in NBA lot of young players aba saved nba
Great stories and photos. Please do a part 2!
This is such good content. This is one of my new favourite TH-cam channels
The Spirits of St. Louis was one of the teams that had a chance to join the NBA but wasn’t selected.
The owners asked for 1/4 of the finances of each of the four ABA teams that joined the NBA forever.
It was granted.
The Spirits owners are still making millions of dollars each year off the deal.
Shrewd.
Great Stories
You did a disservice to Len Chappell when you describe him as a "Dallas bench guy" at the 5:55 mark. True, he was a sub during this, his last year of pro ball but his background included 10 seasons in the NBA and an appearance in one NBA All-Star Game. Also - There is no such thing as an "Expedition" game". I'm sure you meant to say "Exhibition" game" at the 9:04 mark.
Excellent vid. The first story is so wild omg
Part 2!!!
part 2 please
On 50th anniversary of merger ,should consider ABA records....ITS TIME
I've seen some of these stories and became an ABA after seeing Dr. J and David Thompson play on the Island. Maybe this kind of thing did not happen in the NBA, but it would be an extreme injustice if it were used to undermine the history of the ABA and its excellence.
Excellent comment.
For the complete story of the ABA by the people who lived it, please read Terry Pluto's "Loose Balls." It is an amazing read, with all of these adventures and more told in first person.
John Brisker an all time flake. Read right after the all star game he went into the stands and confronted the commissioner for his ASG money right then and there. He was told it would be in his paycheck.
Brisker said "I played in the game, I want my $500."
Commissioner handed him the $500 in cash!
Actually it was $300.
@@carlbiesele1457thought i read $300. Was some time ago so ....
People say and I believe “truth is stranger than fiction”.
The ABA did NOT introduce the 3 point shot. That was the ABL in 1961. The Eastern League next adopted the shot, then the ABA. The no foul out rule was not in place for the majority of ABA seasons. That came in the later years.
Correct!
READ THE BOOK "LOOSEBALLS" by terru pluto... great aba tales!
Part 2 its a go
It's hard to believe-even though I was there-that the Nets played as the New Jersey Americans in the Teaneck Armory.
Dude, part 2,3,4 and more sil vous plait.
San Antonio loved their ABA Spurs so much they added they added 5,000 seats to the 11,000 seat arena. Last ABA championship games 1 and 2 set ABA attendance records. Fire Marshall said no more. ABA and NBA did play 2 All Star games. LA and Milwaukee refused to play pre season games vs ABA. Nets challenged Celtics to a super series. Vegas would put up $1,000,000. NBA said no.
Shitchaa, true tripper tales must be told. Thx Youngblood
God bless the ABA.
He was a good guy, nothing strange. It seems Billy "The Whopper" Paultz was an ABA star. I think a feature or highlight clip on him would be awesome! Born in Seattle in 1973, by the time I knew what was going on in the world, Paultz was in the later years of his career.
and i thought the whole bringing guns in the locker room was crazy
Imagine if Draymond was in the ABA
ABA was wild wild west fr... How did fantastic players end up in the ABA over the NBA to begin with?
In some cases they outbid the NBA by paying more money.
The ABA did not introduce the 3 point shot.
Warren jabali got decked on the court by neil johnson
Where did you get these stories
I recommend the book "Loose Balls" by Terry Pluto. Has tons of interesting stories about the history of the ABA. Hands down one of my favorite basketball books
Unfortunately, Terry Pluto never saw an ABA game. Jim O'Brien covered the ABA, so his books would be the best reference materials.
@@jimcarter4425: Pluto's two basketball books are great. O'Brien was a hell of a writer, but his work is hard to come by. Zander Hollander was fine too, by the way.
From the Terry Pluto book.
The Denver Nuggets probably caused the merger of leagues more than Dr. J. The Nuggets had sellouts all season long. The Nuggets general manager was a marketing genius, Carl Scheer. The Nuggets had half time entertainment on a regular basis. That was something that was unheard of then.
Denver had given David Thompson an $500,000 a year contract in 1975, five years. At that point in time, John Havlicek had the biggest NBA contract at $325,000. The NBA knew that they were in trouble. Without a merger, player salaries would shoot sky high. They merged to prevent that. With the TV money, it ended up happening anyways.
Denver didn’t give Thompson the 800K a year contract until 1978.
@@carlbiesele1457 edited/corrected. The original contract was for $500,000 a year, five years. The new contract he signed in April, 1978. Replaced that contract.
Nets with DR J and MR K was a draw in NY and on the road, and IND was always a solid franchise and had some dudes, Daniels & Hillman.
Marvin Barnes! He went missing, missed the team flight and showed up at game time wearing a full length mink and nothing else. He played in the game. Also - Wendell Ladner. He got thrown out of games regularly. I saw him take off his sneaker and throw it at a player when he played with the Nets. He was also a ladies man and made some posters wearing very little. He used to pick out woman in the crowd during games and ask them out.
Bring back the ABA! 3pt game sux.
@9:05… “there were EXPEDITION games”…😳
Dear “Content Creators,”
Please “proof” your “Created Content.“
I think reggie Harding once pulled a gun on wilt chamberlain
He also raped one of the Supremes in 1960.
Boston's Tommy Heinsohn once pulled a gun on Harding in a confrontation before a game.
@@3243_ oh.. I'd never heard that.. Harding was certainly an interesting guy
Yeah Harding once grabbed his girlfriend and held her off a balcony upside down by her ankles.. Harding was so upset that Chamberlain scored around 70 points on him one night and was waiting outside after the game .. he told Jerry west that he was gonna shoot wilt when he came outside so wilt had to leave the building At a different exit
Exhibition not expedition ;)
Exhibition, not expedition games.