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Blake Silverman

Ranking the Nets, Pacers, Nuggets and Spurs’ New ABA-Inspired Uniforms

In 1976, the NBA absorbed four of the remaining six ABA teams. The San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets and Denver Nuggets joined the NBA while the two remaining ABA teams—the Kentucky Colonels and the Spirits of St. Louis—folded and their players entered a dispersal draft.

Now, 50 years later, each franchise that was part of the merger remains. The NBA will celebrate the golden anniversary of the ABA merger throughout the upcoming season. Ahead of the festivities, the four franchises with ABA roots revealed new classic edition jerseys and courts.

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