Hoops T-Shirts
Description: Celebrate basketball history with this American Basketball Association (ABA) tee! Founded in 1967, the ABA revolutionized the game with the three-point line, colorful red-white-blue ball, and flashy style before merging with the NBA in 1976. A classic for hoops fans!
Description: Celebrate basketball history with this American Basketball Association (ABA) tee! Founded in 1967, the ABA revolutionized the game with the three-point line, colorful red-white-blue ball, and flashy style before merging with the NBA in 1976. A classic for hoops fans!
Description: Rep the Kentucky Colonels! Founded in 1967, the Colonels were an ABA powerhouse known for stars like Artis Gilmore and Dan Issel. They captured the 1975 ABA Championship before folding in 1976 during the NBA-ABA merger. Perfect tee for classic basketball fans!
Description: Show your Blue Grass pride. The Kentucky Colonels were a member of the American Basketball Association for all of the league's nine years. The Colonels won the most games and had the highest winning percentage of any franchise in the league's history, but the team did not join the National Basketball Association in the 1976 ABA–NBA merger.
Description: The franchise was established in 1961 as the Chicago Packers based in Chicago, Illinois, and were renamed to Chicago Zephyrs the following season. In 1963, they relocated to Baltimore, Maryland and became the Baltimore Bullets, taking the name from a previous team of the same name. The Bullets name was revived in 1963, when the former Chicago Zephyrs relocated to Baltimore; even after these Bullets relocated to Washington in 1973, they kept their name for 24 more years until they were renamed to the Wizards.
Description: The Kentucky Colonels were a member of the American Basketball Association for all of the league's nine years. The Colonels won the most games and had the highest winning percentage of any franchise in the league's history, but the team did not join the National Basketball Association in the 1976 ABA–NBA merger. On July 17, 1976, the Kentucky Colonels ceased to exist as John Y. Brown, Jr. agreed to fold the Colonels in exchange for $3 million. Brown used the money to purchase the Buffalo Braves of the NBA, bringing Colonels head coach Joe Mullaney and point guard Bird Averitt with him to Buffalo.
