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"It was a shock when he turned us down" - George Mikan couldn't believe when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rejected his lucrative offer to join the ABA
Still, many don't realize how desperate every basketball league was to land Kareem Abdul-Jabbar when he decided to enter the ...
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The ABA Was Short-Lived, but Its Impact on Basketball Is Eternal
The ABA was launched exactly 50 years ago when ... had been ordered up by the nearsighted commissioner, NBA legend George Mikan, who said he could barely see its drab counterpart in a dimly ...