TheAmericanBasketballAssociation(ABA)isaprofessionalbasketballleaguethatexistedfrom1946to6、ItwasthefirstprofessionalbasketballleagueintheUnitedStatesandwascreatedbyagroupofbasketballplayerswhowerefromtheJewishy、
TheABAwasknownforitsstrong保护措施，whichmeantthatplayerswerenotallowedtousedrugsandwererequiredtobeingoodphysicale、Thishelpedtocreateamorecompetitiveleague,asplayerswhocouldnotmeetthesestandardswerenotwantedonthem、
OneofthemostnotableplayerstocomefromtheABAwasMagicJohnson,whoplayedfortheteamfrom1961to6、HeiswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestbasketballplayersofalltimeandwasnamedtotheAllNBAteamfives、Johnson'sskillsasapointguardhelpedtheABAtowinthreechampionshipsinfouryears,in1961,1962,and3、
However,theABA'shistorycanalsobetracedbacktoitsrootsintheJewishy、Manyoftheleague'splayerswereJewishplayerswhowerelookingforawaytoplaybasketballwhilealsocomingfromadifficultd、TheABAwasawayforthemtoplaytheirsportandmakealiving,whilealsofeelingsafeandsecureintheiry、
Today,theABAisnolongerexists,andtheNBAhasbecomethemostpopularprofessionalbasketballleagueinthed、Butitshistorycanstillbeproudof,asitwasauniqueandimportantpartofthebasketballworldduringitse、
