ABA to name division after Gervin
Published on July 13, 2005 under American Basketball Association (ABA) News Release
Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association today announced that the ninth of its ten divisions would be named the George Gervin Division after the former ABA/NBA legend. Joe Newman, ABA CEO, stated, "It's fitting that the George Gervin Division will include San Antonio, where the Iceman dazzled fans for so many years and where he now resides. There were few better players than George Gervin - and we were even fortunate to have him as a coach in the ABA in the first season."
George Gervin was described as smooth, graceful, creative and unstopable. He was one of basketball's most electrifhying and scintillating players, a talent that doesn't often grace the hardwood. Gervin played professionally with the ABA Virginia Squires in 1972-74, with the ABA/NBA San Antonio Spurs from 74-85 and with the Chicago Bulls in 85-86. He was a 12-time consecutive ABA/NBA All Star, an NBA All-Star MVP, and joined Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players to win four or more NBA scoring titles with a career average of 26.2 points per game, scoring 26,595 points. His college career at Eastern Michigan was equally illustrious; his #24 jersey there was retired as was his #44 San Antonio Spurs jersey. George was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame. He founded the George Gervin Youth Center, Inc, a non-profit organization focusing on the development of disadvantaged "at-risk" youth in 1989 and it is going strong still today.
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