Chuck the Writer
09-26-2007, 07:09 PM
Yes I did. Well, it happened a year or two ago, when he was in the middle of one of his blathers about how great the ABA was.
Little did he know that when he made a statement about the ABA inventing the 3-point shot, I caught him in his mistake.
http://www.abalive.com/news/releases/?newsid=2005101106007
ASK THE CEO - A CORRECTION
11-Oct-2005
Following a recent "Ask the CEO" answer regarding the ABA's part in the 3-point shot, the slam dunk, and the 3-D play, I received an email from Chuck Miller who differed with the answer. He said:
1. Long before the original ABA used a 3-point line, the CBA instituted a three-point arc in the 1964-65 season, back when the league was the Eastern Pro Basketball League. And before then, the ABL (1961-63) offered a 25-foot 3 point arc.
2. Kids were dunking back at Rucker Park in New York City long before the ABA ever dunked a basketball. So too did the Globetrotters and Eastern League (pre-CBA) players. Did the ABA have a slam-dunk contest before the NBA? Yes they did. But that doesn't mean that dunks were born in the ABA.
3. As for the 3-D play, while doing research on an unrelated project in the Basketball Hall of Fame, I cam across documents that in 1981, CBA commissioner Jim Drucker tested a 3-D rule with a high school basketball tournament with plans of making that rule standard in the CBA (this is not unusual, Drucker instituted several rule changes that had varying degrees of success, including a "no foul out" rule and a "no blocking in the box" rule that lasted about half a season). While the ABA did indeed popularize the 3-D play (the ABA named it 3-D), they neither were the first or even the second league to use a 3-point line and the slam dunk took place long before the league existed.
Chuck. Thank you for this information. I stand corrected. And your interest is appreciated.
If you have a question, e-mail joenewman@abalive.com.
Now what do you think about that?
Little did he know that when he made a statement about the ABA inventing the 3-point shot, I caught him in his mistake.
http://www.abalive.com/news/releases/?newsid=2005101106007
ASK THE CEO - A CORRECTION
11-Oct-2005
Following a recent "Ask the CEO" answer regarding the ABA's part in the 3-point shot, the slam dunk, and the 3-D play, I received an email from Chuck Miller who differed with the answer. He said:
1. Long before the original ABA used a 3-point line, the CBA instituted a three-point arc in the 1964-65 season, back when the league was the Eastern Pro Basketball League. And before then, the ABL (1961-63) offered a 25-foot 3 point arc.
2. Kids were dunking back at Rucker Park in New York City long before the ABA ever dunked a basketball. So too did the Globetrotters and Eastern League (pre-CBA) players. Did the ABA have a slam-dunk contest before the NBA? Yes they did. But that doesn't mean that dunks were born in the ABA.
3. As for the 3-D play, while doing research on an unrelated project in the Basketball Hall of Fame, I cam across documents that in 1981, CBA commissioner Jim Drucker tested a 3-D rule with a high school basketball tournament with plans of making that rule standard in the CBA (this is not unusual, Drucker instituted several rule changes that had varying degrees of success, including a "no foul out" rule and a "no blocking in the box" rule that lasted about half a season). While the ABA did indeed popularize the 3-D play (the ABA named it 3-D), they neither were the first or even the second league to use a 3-point line and the slam dunk took place long before the league existed.
Chuck. Thank you for this information. I stand corrected. And your interest is appreciated.
If you have a question, e-mail joenewman@abalive.com.
Now what do you think about that?