The History Of The San Antonio Spurs
The Spurs were originally a team from the American Basketball Association and are on of the four teams from that league to remain intact after the merger with the National Basketball Association that took place in 1976. They are the only former American Basketball Association team to win an NBA championship, and outside of the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls, have the most championships of any NBA team with four.
In their 33 years of NBA play the Spurs have won 17 division titles and have made the playoffs 19 out of the last 20 NBA seasons. The Spurs have not missed the playoffs since Tim Duncan joined the team in 1997. Since Tim Duncan joined the Spurs, they have won 4 NBA titles and were what some considered one of the premier sports teams of the 2000′s.
Many people don’t know that the San Antonio spurs started out in the ABA as the Dallas Chaparrals in 1967 before moving to San Antonio and becoming the Spurs in 1973. The Spurs would later be the team that NBA legend George Gervin would end up playing for, but it wasn’t until the Tim Duncan era that the team would start collecting NBA championships.