John Fairchild, a player for the ABA Indiana Pacers' 1970 championship team, called around, too, to find out if he was "seeing things" on this check from the NBA that was much more than he had ...

Approximately 115 players from the ABA who played for at least three seasons — and did not qualify for the NBA players' pension plan — qualify for the payments.

Meet the Indianapolis organization that fought the NBA and earned former ABA players $24.5 million in recognition payments. ... Chuck and John, were original owners of the ABA Pacers in 1967.

INDIANAPOLIS -- "Hey, there must be some mistake," Bo Lamar said on the other end of the phone call to Scott Tarter, who listened then told Lamar, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1973 American ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The NBA board of governors voted Tuesday to pay $24.5 million to former American Basketball Association players, many of whom are struggling to pay rent, medical bills and buy the ...

On Tuesday, the league and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced a new jointly-funded program that will pay approximately 115 former American Basketball Association (ABA ...

The foundation, established in the mid-2010s and headed by Tarter and CEO John Abrams, aimed to help former ABA players receive some form of compensation from the NBA after the game-changing ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NBA board of governors voted Tuesday to pay $24.5 million to former American Basketball Association players, many of whom are struggling to pay rent, medical bills and buy the ...

St. John’s coach Lou Carnesecca is raised by his jubilant players after the Redmen beat Boston College at New York’s Madison Square Garden, March 12, 1983, in the Big East Basketball ...

The NBA has announced that former players from the defunct American Basketball Association (ABA) are now eligible to receive "recognition payments." ...

The new, joint program will cover payments for pioneer ABA players who are approximately 115 in number. Most of these players played for at least three seasons, a period that doesn’t qualify ...

Under the program, recognition payments to these ABA players will approximate an annual payment of $3,828 per year of service. For example, a player with five years of ABA service will receive ...