American Basketball Association

including Ford, General Motors, John Deere, International Harvester [Now Navistar], and Outboard Maine. The Zollner Pistons began in 1937 in Fort Wayne, Indiana and began playing as an independent in 1939. In 1941 The Zollner Pistons joined the National Basketball League. The Zollner Pistons were a very popular franchise, winning the world championship in…

starts to games Cleveland would like to clean up. “I didn’t think that we got the same performance out of our bench that we normally do tonight,” Blatt said. “We didn’t finish any quarter well this evening. I thought that we were careless with the basketball at the end of every…

way he smiled at his son every time Kobe scored in a basketball game, he missed fishing with his father, and watching football on Sunday afternoons, but most of all he missed his best friend. Kobe had begun to struggle in school and sports, his family and friends were worried about him and Kobe was quiet, he sat isolated at lunch and never spoke during practice. Making the decision to play basketball was hard for Kobe, his father loved basketball and played in college, “this is what my father…

1993 Jordan had found out that his father was killed on the highway because of a fatal gunshot wound. His body was found a couple weeks later in South Carolina swamp, two tennagers were later found guilty with the crime. He decided to retire from basketball to pursue…

(aka one of the three splash brothers). He is one of the three best shooters in the game of basketball today. He is on a great team with coach Kerr. He is involved with Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and Draymond Green. He lives in California ,and he is one of the top 15 players in the NBA! He is known for his corner three. Even though Klay Thompson is one of the best shooters to ever step on a basketball court, he isn’t getting as much playing time as he deserves. He has two of the best three…

agents to this year’s payroll and they still will most likely fall well short of the playoffs again. The final piece of this convoluted puzzle comes from a front office shake-up. In April, Scott Perry was promoted to executive vice president of basketball operations. Perry was…

At one point the guy sitting behind me tapped me and Jordan on the back and said “Damn can you believe we are watching this live”. The interesting thing about important basketball games is your stars don’t win you those games, the supporting cast does. With 2:12 left in the fourth quarter, Matt Barnes hits a three-pointer to tie the game at 105-105, Jordan hugged some lady she never met before in her life and the woman kissed…

Seattle’s metropolitan area, however, has over 3.7 million residents, making it the 15th largest. Currently standing as the second largest media market without a professional basketball team, Seattle is certainly in need of a new team. The combination of a large media market and a large population bodes well for a brand-new NBA team in the emerald city. Looking at the past success of the Seattle Supersonics and its strong fan…

NBA Finals in June, and a commercial came on about WNBA league. This a good example of a gender act, because it is making a clear distinction between the leagues because the NBA is not called National Men Basketball Association but for the women it is called Women's National Basketball Association. For me at least it is creating an image that men sports are better, and making it seem like women sports aren’t as important or interesting because even ticket prices for both leagues are different.…

Nowadays, when somebody talks about their favorite NBA Basketball player , Kobe Bryant and Lebron James are always the top two that come up in such conversations. These conversations are brought up because of their remarkable performances since the start of their basketball careers from a young kid to the professionals. Kobe Bryant plays as a 6 feet 6 inch shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers and Lebron James plays as a 6 feet 8 inch small forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers and is…