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It has been slightly more than 50 years since the inaugural season of the American Basketball League (ABL). The league was built by Abe Saperstein, the founder and owner of the Harlem Globtrotters, and it began its brief run during the 1961-1962 basketball season. It took on the National Basketball Association (NBA) head-to-head, caused players to jump leagues, introduced the three-point shot and wider foul lanes to professional basketball in the United States, and generally raised hell with the basketball establishment.
Although it lasted only a season and a half, it set the scene for the later competition from the better-financed American Basketball Association (ABA). But during that brief time period, Saperstein, owners like George Steinbrenner and Lenny Litman, coaches such as Bill Sharman and Andy Phillip and players Connie Hawkins and Bill Bridges, left a legacy that continues to affect the professional game to this day.
