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Originally Posted by JustRalph
I never knew the NBA was in such dire straits, or did they exaggerate that?
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The nba was an afterthought in the mid 70s. I really thought the NHL would overtake the NBA for the 3rd major sport in the 70s. Why it didn't is a debate worth dozens of pages.
I remember going to watch the ABA Dallas Chapperals in the late 60s and early 70s (now known as the SA Spurs). Most nights I went there were only 100 or so people, yet you could go to a Ft Worth Wings-Dallas Blackhawks hockey game and the games were sellouts (capacity 6,000+)and fights in the stands were common between the two cities' fans (it was a different area back then, huge rivalry between the 2 cities)
My fondest memory of the old Chaps was watching some kid from Mass named Julius Erving, along with a team mate of his, put on a dunk fest in pregame warmups. There may have been 30 people in the building at the time, but everyone saw something new and different. Pretty amazing stuff