Many reading this will not remember the old American Basketball Association. The league founded in the late 60s used the fun and popular red, white and blue basketball.
In days long before cable-television, the ABA brought pro basketball to areas of the United States that hadn’t seen it.
The ABA died when it merged with the NBA 40-years ago. In that time, a lot of Kansas basketball players have come and gone from the professional game.
Some amazing talent far beyond the obvious names Jordan, Jabbar, Bird, Johnson or James.
Writer Tim Bontemps decided to look back at all the players in the NBA since the merger.