#ColonelsComeBack Join the grassroots campaign to support the Kentucky Colonels in our comeback to the @NBA. Instagram: colonelscomeback
Louisville, Kentucky
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Ted McClain was one of my favorite players on that team, Gilmore, Issel, Dampier as well.
Yes!!! I can’t retweet this enough so please do it.
The winningest ABA team deserves recognition!
Been advocating for a Bourbon Entertainment District for years. Sell the Yum Center to a group that owns the team. Include nearby PARC properties. Get rid of the LAA and TIF to incentivize other Downtown developments. Redeem bonds in 2027 which terminates UofL lease! Renegotiate!
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This stat from the Atlanta Braves is wild 👀
In 2025:
⚾ Baseball business → $51M income
🏙️ Mixed-use business → $68M income
The real estate+ businesses surrounding the Braves generated 34% MORE operating income than the baseball team itself.
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For those of you that don’t know, this is Dan Issel 🐴💙🤍
Dan turned 78 today.
He was a Kentucky standout and is the leading scorer in school history.
He was an ABA star and champ and when combined with his NBA stats, is the 14th leading scorer in pro hoops history.
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Debunking some myths about attendance/support over the years:
Well said, Coach Crum.
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Happy 78th Birthday Dan ‘Horse’ Issel 🎂
ABA 🏆 (75)
NBA ⭐️ (77)
6× ABA ⭐️ (71–76)
ABA ⭐️ MVP (72)
All-ABA 1st Team (72)
4× All-ABA 2nd Team (71, 73, 74, 76)
ABA ROY (71)
ABA scoring champion (71)
ABA All-Time Team
No. 44 retired by @nuggets
HOF (93)
Happy birthday to @DanIssel!
#14 on the ABA-NBA combined all time scoring list!
If the NBA counted ABA points (and they should), Issel would be 14th on the All-time scoring list.
#BBN
@COLCOMEBACK
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Join us in wishing a Happy 78th Birthday to 7x All-Star, 1975 ABA Champion and @Hoophall inductee, @DanIssel44
Basketball State ✅
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Yo @Pacers let’s not play Kesha’s “Die Young” during the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Teddy Bear Toss please and thanks
Awesome Kentucky Colonels autographed ball!
Over 50 years later, ABA signatures are blurred but still legible.
Artis Gilmore
Dan Issel
Pierre Russell
Wendell Ladner
Walt Simon
Jimmy O’Brien
Claude Virden
Ron Thomas
Mike Gale
Louie Dampier
Rick Mount
The NBA acknowledging their statistics can make these names — who gave so much to basketball —even more permanent. @abathrowbacks @nba2lou @COLCOMEBACK
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I’m glad the NBA is celebrating the ABA’s. But it’s BS to recognize our league while many former ABA players struggle and their stats remain excluded from NBA records!
Honor the players. Honor the history. Honor the numbers. Honor the Legacy!
NBA, do the right thing!!
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In 2024, Major League Baseball incorporated the statistics of the Negro Leagues.
In 2025, the NFL incorporated the statistics of the All-America Football Conference.
In 2026, on the 50th anniversary of NBA-ABA merger, will the NBA incorporate the statistics of the ABA?
The NBA is selling ABA gear but ABA stats don’t count in NBA records, and no share of merchandise $$ has been publicly committed to former ABA players.
Honor the legacy, not just the logos
Reshare if you agree and support the Dropping Dimes Foundation: droppingdimes.org
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Here’s another one: BS!
Not one dime of ABA apparel sales are going to Indy based companies @lana_sports or @droppingdimes67
And DDF helps former ABA guys in need who are struggling with health or financial challenges! 😠
