Lana Sport ABA Basketball Bae set /750 Produced Near mint previoulsy opened box.

2019 Lana Sport ABA Basketball Rookie Set. First year of the ABA everyone was a Rookie! Fantstic cards to bring back the wild fast game that changed the way Basketball was played! the Slam Dunk the 3 Point shot! exciting and fast paced was the ABA. 

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The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major professional basketball league that operated for nine seasons from 1967 to 1976. The upstart ABA operated in direct competition with the more established National Basketball Association throughout its existence; the second of two leagues established in the 1960s after the American Basketball League the ABA was the most successful rival to the NBA.

The league started with eleven teams; the Indiana Pacers,Kentucky Colonels,Minnesota Muskies. New Jersey Americans. and Pittsburgh Pipers were placed in the Eastern Division and the Anaheim Amingos, Dallas Chaparrels, Denver Rockets, Houston Mavericks, New Orleans Buccaneers, and Oakland Oaks in the Western Division. George Milkan served as the first league commissioner and came up with the idea for the three-point shot to go along with a 30-second shot-clock; echoing the NHL, the league named a Most Valuable Player for the entire postseason rather than for just the Finals. Select investors believed they could play their way into getting an NBA franchise by way of a merger, while Mikan did not initially want to get into a bidding war with the NBA for select players.

While the first years of the ABA saw uneven team management (the first two champions immediately relocated after winning the championship), the offense-oriented league managed to attract select talent from players that were either ignored by the NBA, due to perceived talent issues, or because they were not eligible to play in the league. Stars that arose from these circumstances included Connie Hawkins,  Roger Brown, and doug Moe, who each had been blackballed from the NBA due to unfounded allegations of point-shaving, Spencer Haaywood, who entered the league as a "hardship exemption" after wanting to turn pro following his sophomore season in college, and  Larry Brown, who was thought to be too small to play in the NBA.

The league never had a consistent national television contract, but attracted loyal followings in select cities, most notably in Indianapolis, Denver, San Antonio, Uniondale,  and Kentucky. The Pacers would win the most championships in league history, winning three with stars such as  Mel Daniels, the first player with multiple MVP awards.