Pittsburgh Condors please.  Speaking of which, how does a Pittsburgh team get a name like Condors?  Did they move from California?  That's like the Utah Jazz... just terrible.  But I love Pittsburgh and Condors, so it's a perfect fit!

I'm in. Ill take the L.A. Stars

And the Memphis Tams. What is a Tam, by the way?

remembering when my cousins got a red, white and blue ball, and watching it spin towards the garage hoop...

Memphis Sounds

i'll go with the Dallas Chaparalls

In. Spirits of St. Louis.

Posted by rubnsly on 2/18/2015 11:38:00 PM (view original):
And the Memphis Tams. What is a Tam, by the way?

The Memphis Pros changed their name before the 72-73 season.
Charlie Finley, owner of those great 70's Oakland A's baseball teams bought the Memphis franchise-
According the Finley, the Memphis franchise would draw fans from
T ennesse
A rkansas
M ississippi

pretty lame right? Even worse than fhe former Memphis Pros -
(I take it they didn't confer with a marketing or design firm on either choice.)

Even more lame:
Finley emulated the mix and match uniform combinations of the A's and would have white jersey green pants and vice versa -
Even more lame (lame-erer?) : the Memphis Tam logo: a Green-Gold-white striped beret...

Posted by jcred5 on 2/18/2015 10:01:00 PM (view original):
Pittsburgh Condors please.  Speaking of which, how does a Pittsburgh team get a name like Condors?  Did they move from California?  That's like the Utah Jazz... just terrible.  But I love Pittsburgh and Condors, so it's a perfect fit!

The Pittsburg Pipers won the first ABA championship, with Connie Hawkins, and moved the franchise to Minnesota. I suppose threre was some connection to their first Commisioner - George Mikan- as a reason or influence to move to Minnesota.

this was the second attempt for Minnesota to have an ABA team, having already had the Muskies leave after the leagues first year, and move to Miami.
The Minnesota Pipers didn't do any better than the Minnesota Muskies with attendance, and the owner returned to Pittsburgh only without Hawkins who had bolted to Phoenix of the NBA.

I suppose the Pittsburgh fans were turned off by the team returning with their tail between their legs. After the return season to Pitt. as the Pipers the franchise had a contest and 'Pioneers' was the winner, although a local college objected, and somehow they ended up with Condors - I couldn't find a reason or rational for Condors though.

I started reading Terry Pluto's 'Loose Balls', (I finished it 4-5 years back) and its a great examination of the ABA's history

Below is a list of ABA players and their career years in the league.
It should be a pretty comprehensive list but, there may be some names missing.
Hope this helps

ABA Careers (300)

PG (42)
Larry Brown '67-'71
Don Buse '72-'75
Mack Calvin '69-'75
Mike D'Antoni '73-'75
George Karl '73-'75
Glen Combs '68-'73
Jeff Congdon '67-'71
Louie Dampier '67-'75
Jimmy Foster '74-'75
Cliff Hagen '67-'68
Jerry Harkness '67-'68
Joe Hamilton '70-'75
Bob Hooper '68
Merv Jackson '68-'72
Jim Jarvis ' 67-'68
Jimmy Jones '67-'75
Billy Keller '69-'75
Bo Lamar '73-'75
George Lehman '68-'73
Gene Littles '69-'74
Henry Logan '68-'69
Maurice McHartley '67-'69
Bill Melchionni '69-'75
Mel Nowell '67 
Jimmy O'Brien '71-'74
Barry Orms '68-'69
Jim Rayl '67-'68
Flynn Robinson* '67-'73
John Roche '71-'75
Les Selvage '67
Billy Shepherd '73-'74
James Silas '72-'75
Al Smith '71-'75
Willie Somerset '67-'68
Brian Taylor '72-'75
Fatty Taylor '69-'75
Tom Thacker '67-'69
Hershell Turner '67
Dave Twardzik '72-'75
Steve Vacendak '68
Charlie Williams '67-'71
Chuck Williams '70-'75

SG (75)
Andy Anderson '67-'69
Bird Averitt '73-'75
John Barnhill '69-'70
Mike Barr '72-'75
Mike Barrett '69-'70
Lloyd Batts '74
Johnny Baum '71-'73
Charles Beasley '67-'71
Willis Bennett '68
Wes Bialosuknia '67
Ron Boone '68-'75
Mike Butler '68-'70
Ticky Burden '75
Larry Cannon '69-'71
Darel Carrier '67-'71
Don Chaney
Steve Chubin '67-'69
John Clausen '68
Mike Davis '72
Joe DePre '70-'71
Darrell Elston '74
Larry Finch '73-'74
Mie Flynn '75
Cal Fowler '69
Donnie Freeman '67-'74
Bernie Fryer '74
Mike Gale '71-'75
George Gervin '72-'75
Billy Harris '74
Denny Holman '67
Warren Jabali '68-'74
Tony Jackson '67-'68
Larry Jones '67-'73
Steve Jones '67-'75
Kevin Joyce '73-'75
Arvesta Kelly '68-'69
Billy Knight '74-'75
Steve Kramer '67-'69
Bob Lackey '72
Bo Lamar '73-'75
Freddie Lewis '67-'75
Barry Liebowitz '67
Bob Lloyd '67-'68
Ted McClain '71-'75
Pat McFarland '73-'75
Doug Moe '67-'71
Rick Mount '70-'74
Larry Miller '68-'73
Johnny Neumann '71-'75
Barry Parkhill '73-'75
Ron Perry '67-'69
Mel Peterson '67-'68
Mike Pratt '70-'71
Bobby Rascoe '67-'68
Pierre Russell '71-'72
Charlie Scott '70-'71
Al Skinner '74-'75
Erv Staggs '69
Skeeter Swift '69-'72
Lavern Tart '67-'70
Ollie Taylor '70-'73
Willis Thomas '67-'68
George Thompson '69-'73
Dallas Thornton '68
Jan Van Breda Kolff '74-'75
Chico Vaughn '67-'69
Bob Verga '67-'71
Henry Ward '75
Bobby Warren '68-'75
Sam Watts '70
Hubie White '69
Bernie Williams '71-'72
Fly Williams '74
John Williamson '73-'75
Lonnie Wright '67-'71

SF (67)
Don Adams '74
George Adams '72-'74
Matt Aitch '67
Rick Barry* '67-'71
Jesse Branson '67
John Brisker '69-'71
Allen Bristow '75
Roger A. Brown '67-'74
Bill Bunting '69-'70
Joe Caldwell* '67-'74
Frank Card '68-'71
M.L. Carr '75
George Carter '69-'75
Wayne Chapman '68-'70
Billy Cunningham* '67-'73
Sonny Dove '69-'70
Charlie Edge '73-'74
Bobby Edmonds '67
Scott English '74
Julius Erving '71-'75 
John Fairchild '67-'68
Ron Franz '67-'72
Gus Gerard '74-'75
Travis Grant '73-'75
Steve Green '75
Gary Gregor '72-'73
Shaler Halimon '71-'72
Art Heyman '67-'69
Simmie Hill '69-'73
Erv Inniger '67-'68
George Irvine '70-'74
Mike Jackson '73-'74
Gus Johnson '72
Collis Jones '71-'74
Rich Jones '70-'75
Charles Jordan '75
Joe Kennedy '70
Edgar Lacey '68
Wendell Ladner '70-'74
Dave Lattin '70-'72
Leary Lentz '67-'68
Riney Lochmann '67-'69
Lonnie Lynn '69
Mike Maloy '70
Ed Manning '71-'74
Jay Miller '68-'69
Willie Murrell '67-'69
Cotton Nash '67
Errol Palmer '67
Cincy Powell '67-'74
Marv Roberts '71-'75
Sam Robinson '70-'71
Billy Schaeffer '73-'75
Bruce Seals '73-'74
Walt Simon '67-'73
Sammie Smith '67-'70
Dan Sparks '68
Bruce Spraggins '67
George Stone '68-'71
Walt Szczerbiak '71
Chuck Terry '73-'75
George Tinsley '69-'71
Al Tucker '70-'71
Claude Virden '72
Van Williford '70
Willie Wise '69-'75
Dennis Wuycik '72-'74

PF (63)
Marvin Barnes '74-'75
Howard Bayne '67
Tim Bassett '73-'75
John Beasley '67-'73
Art Becker '67-'71
Bob Bedell '67-'71
Mel Bennett '75
Lionel Billingly '74
Tom Bowens '67-'69
Gary Bradds '67-'69
Jim Bradley '73-'74
Bill Chamberlain '72-'73
Len Chappell '67-'71
Oliver Darden '67-'69
Lee Davis '68-'75
Warren Davis '67-'72
Don Dee '68
Coby Dietrick '70-'75
Len Elmore '74-'75
Will Franklin '72
Wilbert Frazier '67-'68
Lamar Green '74
Luther Green '69
Ira Harge '67-'71
Connie Hawkins '67-'68
Spencer Haywood '69 E
Charlie Hentz '70
Earle Higgins '70
Wayne Hightower '67-'70
Darnell Hillman '71-'75
Caroll Hooser '67
Tom Hoover '67-'68
Les Hunter '67-'72
Dan Issel '70-'75
Ed Johnson '68-'70
Neil Johnson '70-'72
Rich Johnson '70
Stew Johnson '71-'75
Wil Jones '74-'75
Gary Keller '67-'68
Goo Kennedy '71-'75
Larry Kenon '73-'75
Goose Ligon '67-'73
Willie Long '71-'73 
Maurice Lucas '74-'75
Randy Mahaffey '67-'70
George McGinnis '71-'75
Jack Moreland '67-'69
Bob Netolicky '67-'74
Mark Olberding '75
Bud Olsen '69
Willie Porter '67
Ronnie Robinson '73
Harry Rogers '75
Dan Roundfield '75
Don Sidle '68-'71
Randy Stoll '67
Ron Thomas '72-'75
Ben Warley '67-'69
Trooper Washington '67-'72
Hank Whitney '67-'69
Bob Wilson '67

 C (53)
Bill Allen '67
Dan Anderson '67-'68
Jim Ard '70-'73
Zelmo Beaty* '67-'73
Roger Brown '72-'75
Larry Bunce '67-'68
Jim Caldwell '67-'68
Jim Chones '72-'75
Bobby Croft '70
Al Cueto '69-'70
Mel Daniels '67-'74
Randy Denton '71-'75
Craig Dill '67
Jim Eakins '68-'75
Roy Ebron '73
Bill Garner '67
Artis Gilmore '71-'75
Mike Green '73-'75
Dennis Grey '68
Gerald Govan '67-'75
Jim Hadnot '67
Reggie Harding '67
George E. Johnson '70-'73
Caldwell Jones '73-'75 
Julius Keye '69-'74
Manny Leaks '68-'71
Mike Lewis '68-'72
Henry Logan '68-'69
Moses Malone '74-'75
Jim McDaniels '71
Bill McGill '68-'69
Elton McGriff '67-'68
Gene Moore '68-'73
Swen Nater '73-'75
Dave Newmark '70
Rich Niemann '68-'71
Tom Owens '71-'75
Luther Rackley '72
Craig Raymond '69-'71
Kendall Rhine '67-'68
Red Robbins '67-'74
Dave Robisch '71-'75
Paul Ruffner '71
Billy Paultz '70-'75
Richard Peek '67
George Peeples '67-'70
Ray Scott* '67-'71
Garfield Smith '72
John Smith '68-'69
Willie Sojourner '71-'74
Skip Thoren '67-'69
Ron Taylor '69
David Vaughn '74-'75

thanks seapilots -

When we get a couple more commitments, I will set up a page on the theme for draft, and your list will be a valued addition-

I may be interested - I LOVED the ABA but my time is soooo scarce
Holler back if your stuck for enough to fill, and I might give it a go

Carolina Cougars    Is there a time limit?    Thanks

I will take the Miami Floridians

Posted by cmcafeeky on 2/20/2015 2:45:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jcred5 on 2/18/2015 10:01:00 PM (view original):
Pittsburgh Condors please.  Speaking of which, how does a Pittsburgh team get a name like Condors?  Did they move from California?  That's like the Utah Jazz... just terrible.  But I love Pittsburgh and Condors, so it's a perfect fit!

The Pittsburg Pipers won the first ABA championship, with Connie Hawkins, and moved the franchise to Minnesota. I suppose threre was some connection to their first Commisioner - George Mikan- as a reason or influence to move to Minnesota.

this was the second attempt for Minnesota to have an ABA team, having already had the Muskies leave after the leagues first year, and move to Miami.
The Minnesota Pipers didn't do any better than the Minnesota Muskies with attendance, and the owner returned to Pittsburgh only without Hawkins who had bolted to Phoenix of the NBA.

I suppose the Pittsburgh fans were turned off by the team returning with their tail between their legs. After the return season to Pitt. as the Pipers the franchise had a contest and 'Pioneers' was the winner, although a local college objected, and somehow they ended up with Condors - I couldn't find a reason or rational for Condors though.

I started reading Terry Pluto's 'Loose Balls', (I finished it 4-5 years back) and its a great examination of the ABA's history

Very interesting.  ABA does have one of the best collections of team names in my opinion.  both fantastic and horrific.