ABA All-Time Team
Coach ABA team ( s ) coached Overall ABA regular season coaching record ( winning percentage in parentheses ) League championships won as coach League award ( s ) won as coach Year of Hall of Fame induction as coach Votes accrued
Bobby Slick Leonard Indiana Pacers ( 1968 - 1976 ) 387 wins -270 losses ( .589 ) 1970 , 1972 , 1973 None 2014 34
Larry Brown Carolina Cougars ( 1972 - 73 - 1973 - 74 ) Denver Nuggets ( 1974 - 1976 ) 229 wins -107 losses ( .682 ) None 1973 , 1975 , 1976 ABA Coach of the Year Awards 2002 6
Hubie Brown Kentucky Colonels ( 1974 - 1976 ) 104 wins -64 losses ( .619 ) 1975 None None 4
Babe McCarthy New Orleans Buccaneers ( 1967 - 68 - 1969 - 70 ) Memphis Pros ( 1970 - 71 - 1971 - 72 ) Dallas Chaparrals ( 1972 - 73 ) Kentucky Colonels ( 1973-74 ) 280 wins -284 losses ( .496 ) None 1974 ABA Coach of the Year Award None 2
Bill Sharman Los Angeles/Utah Stars ( 1968 - 1971 ) 133 wins -113 losses ( .541 ) 1971 1970 ABA Coach of the Year Award 2004 2
Al Bianchi Washington Caps ( 1969 - 70 ) Virginia Squires ( 1970 - 71 - 1975 - 76 ) 230 wins -281 losses ( .450 ) None 1971 ABA Coach of the Year Award None 1
Bob Bass Denver Rockets ( 1967 - 1969 ) The Floridians ( 1970 - 71 - 1971 - 72 ) Memphis Tams ( 1972 - 73 ) San Antonio Spurs ( 1974 - 1976 ) 251 wins -249 losses ( .502 ) None None None 1
Coaches
Seven coaches received votes from the at least one of the 50 panelists ; having claimed 34 of the available votes , Bobby `` Slick '' Leonard was the clear winner of the all-time best head coach award . Larry Brown , having received 16 votes for the players team , also received six votes in view of his coaching . Each of four franchises was represented by two coaches : the Denver Nuggets ( having also competed as the Denver Rockets ) , the Kentucky Colonels , the Memphis Sounds ( having also competed as the Memphis Tams , Memphis Pros , and New Orleans Buccaneers ) , and the San Antonio Spurs ( having also competed as the Texas and Dallas Chaparrals ) . * Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
The ABA All-Time Team were chosen in 1997 on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the American Basketball Association (ABA). It comprised the thirty best and most influential players of the ABA during its ten years and nine full regular seasons of operation, with respect not only to performance at the professional level but in consideration of sportsmanship, team leadership, and contributions to the growth of the league basketball, and irrespective of positions played. Only players to have played at least a portion of their careers in the ABA were eligible for selection, although performance in other leagues, most notably the National Basketball Association was ostensibly considered. Selected and announced beside the all-time team were a most valuable player and top head coach. The team, announced in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 23, 1997, in conjunction with an ABA reunion, was compiled based upon unranked voting undertaken by fifty selected panelists, amongst whom were members of the print and broadcast news media to have reported on and announced games for the ABA, former referees (ten), former team owners (six), former league executives (including two former commissioners), and selected fans and statisticians; former players, even those to have held other positions within the league, were proscribed from voting.