June 17 is a special anniversary for Brooklyn Nets fans. On this day, 48 years ago, the Nets, then the New York Nets playing at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, NY, merged with the NBA from the ...

The 1976-77 NBA season was the moment pro basketball decided to shake things up, blend in some chaos, and redefine itself. It started with a seismic shift — absorbing four ABA teams (New York Nets, ...

In the last American Basketball Association game ever played, Julius Erving scores 31 points to help the New York Nets overcome a 22-point third quarter deficit and beat the Denver Nuggets, 112-106, ...

To fully understand today’s NBA, you must familiarize yourself with the American Basketball Association. The league, which existed from 1967 to 1976, ushered in a new era and provided much of the ...