ABA Basketball

[Jay R]

The ABA is an all-time joke of a league.

Alex J. Walling from Halifax has written a few interesting articles on the league. Here is alink; it's a bit long.

http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/alex_walling/?id=232465

[LeeBallanfant]

In my area, potential officials had to pay to go to a tryout camp. Presumably the more you paid, the more games you got.

Sounds fair to me.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by LeeBallanfant

In my area, potential officials had to pay to go to a tryout camp. Presumably the more you paid, the more games you got.

Sounds fair to me.

Unless you didn't get paid for the games that you got, which has happened more than a few times.

[TravelinMan]

Over here in Lawton, OK we have CBA BB. Is that any better? They won title last year and I was thinking of catching some of their games this year. Coach is Michael Ray Richardson of Knicks fame.

I see CBA has an Albany Patroons (NY) team again. Phil Jackson coached the Patroons to several CBA titles in the late 80's and early ninetys. Current Patroons have a player named Luscious Jordan who I coached against when I coached travel 7-8th graders. Outstanding guard. What a coincidence.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by LeeBallanfant

In my area, potential officials had to pay to go to a tryout camp. Presumably the more you paid, the more games you got.

Sounds fair to me.

Are you forgetting the "roll eyes" smiley?

[Adam]

Wow! 3D rule?

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Wow! 3D rule?

That's an incredible set of rules. Basketball in it's purest form. Heh.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Wow! 3D rule?

We used to use the 3D rule in the driveway. If the streetlight was on, you got an extra point for a basket. To prevent the other team from getting any extra points, we would break the streetlight.

Because of the type of neighborhood in which I grew up, there's no smiley face here.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

We used to use the 3D rule in the driveway. If the streetlight was on, you got an extra point for a basket. To prevent the other team from getting any extra points, we would break the streetlight.

Because of the type of neighborhood in which I grew up, there's no smiley face here.

But what if they moved the basket while it was dark to an area with a working streetlight and scored before you realized they were gone?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

But what if they moved the basket while it was dark to an area with a working streetlight and scored before you realized they were gone?

That would definitely be out of bounds

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

But what if they moved the basket while it was dark to an area with a working streetlight and scored before you realized they were gone?

Then my buddies would have "taken care" of them. It's hard to play hoops with two broken kneecaps.