Rick Barry is sort of overlooked today but as this video points out, that’s not right.
Barry went to Miami where he led the NCAA in scoring.
When he moved to the NBA, he quickly established himself as one of the best players in the league.
But he jumped to the ABA in a highly unusual move and then was forced to sit out the 1967-68 season over the ensuing legal dispute.
He was back in the NBA in 1972, in another interesting legal case (a judge ruled he could only play for the Warriors once his ABA contract ran out).