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Houston Mavericks
The Houston Mavericks were a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). They played in the upstart league's first two seasons, from 1967–68 ABA season, 1967 to 1968–69 ABA season, 1969. Their home arena was the Sam Houston Coliseum. In 1947–48, there was an unrelated Mavericks franchise based in Houston as part of the Professional Basketball League of America. Origins The Mavericks were one of the first ABA franchises, announced on February 2, 1967, when the ABA was formed. They were owned by businessman T. C. Morrow after he took over Cloyce Box's majority shares of the team.http://remembertheaba.com/TeamMaterial/StLouisMaterial/MavsCougarsSpiritsYearly.html One of the minority partners was Bud Adams, who owned the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (later the National Football League following the NFL-AFL merger). Houston native and former NBA great Slater Martin was hired as general manager and head coach. 1967–68 season The Mavericks got o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Division (ABA)
The Western Division of the ABA, or ABA Western Division, was one of the two groups in which the teams of the American Basketball Association were divided, based on their geographical location. The other group was called the Eastern Division (ABA), or ABA Eastern Division. The first four teams in each division entered the ABA Playoffs. The divisions were maintained until the 1974–75 season, since in the last season the 9 surviving teams were regrouped in a single division. Participating teams The last teams that participated in the Western Division were the following: *Denver Nuggets *Indiana PacersThe Pacers played until the 1969-70 ABA season, 1969–70 season in the East Division, being transferred to the West Division the following year when the competition was restructured due to the appearance of new teams. *San Antonio Spurs *San Diego Conquistadors *Utah Stars Other teams Transferred to Eastern Division * New Orleans Buccaneers/Memphis Pros/Memphis Tams/Memphis Sounds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |