This is both NBL and ABA practice. They are an ABA (American Basketball Association) team. The balance between GA and ABA is important. Now the NBA is like the old ABA. He was a high school teammate of ABA player John Brisker. He later played for the Los Angeles Aftershock of the ABA. Chones had signed with the New York Nets of the ABA. D.O. anesthesiologists can be certified by the ABA. On the combined NBA/ABA scoring list, Erving ranked third with 30,026 points. He then played in 2005 for the Arkansas RimRockers in the ABA. DeBusschere helped bring about the merger between the NBA and the ABA that year. In his ABA and NBA careers combined, he scored more than 30,000 points. Mikan resigned from the ABA in 1969. He played briefly with the Portland Reign of the ABA. Erving established himself as the most important player in the ABA.