Part one of term paper
" The ABA was basketball's Wild West, and Julius Erving, George Gervin, James Silas, and all the other ABA stars were the gunfighters." --Bob Costas What do the Utah Jazz, New York Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, and Houston Rockets all have in common? They all got their professional start in the American Basketball Association. It ...

Part two of term paper
... league the American Basketball Association. George Mikan thought of the idea of making the ball colorful so that you could see it better on TV and in the stands. George decided to make the ball red, white, and blue like the colors of the American flag so people would stand up if they saw it. It basically got the idea from the first part of leagues name, American. They had a huge promotion of these colorful ball giving away over thirty million to children country wide. Mikan was later named t ...