Editing American Basketball Association (section)

=== Commissioners ===
* [[George Mikan]] 1967–1969
* [[James Carson Gardner]] 1969 ([[Interim management|interim]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sportsecyclopedia.com/aba/carolina/cougars.html |title=Sports Encyclopedia |access-date=2012-07-19 |archive-date=2018-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003033121/http://sportsecyclopedia.com/aba/carolina/cougars.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Jack Dolph 1969–1972
* Bob Carlson 1972–1973
* [[Mike Storen]] 1973–74
* Tedd Munchak 1974–75
* [[Dave DeBusschere]] 1975–76

NBA great Mikan was the first commissioner of the ABA, where he introduced both the 3-point line and the league's [[trademark]] red, white, and blue basketball.<ref name=espn>{{cite web |title=ESPN Classic: Mikan was first pro to dominate the post |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/obit/s/2005/0602/2074322.html |access-date=2007-12-04 |archive-date=2017-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802025809/http://www.espn.com/classic/obit/s/2005/0602/2074322.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Mikan resigned in 1969. DeBusschere, one of the stars of the New York Knicks championship teams, moved from his job as vice president and GM of the ABA's New York Nets in 1975 to become the last commissioner of the ABA and facilitate the [[ABA–NBA merger]] in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/debusschere_bio.html |title=Dave DeBusschere Bio |access-date=2008-03-09 |work=[[National Basketball Association|NBA.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411151339/http://www.nba.com/history/players/debusschere_bio.html|archive-date=11 April 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>