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As kids, we used to love using the ABA ball, on the outdoor courts! Condor games were exciting, too. A typical Condor game: Brisker would drop 25-30 pts; then get ejected late in the game for fighting
George Thompson recently passed away.
RIP George! He was a scoring machine with the Condors!George Thompson recently passed away.
Former Marquette star Thompson dies at 74
George Thompson, who starred for Marquette during the late 1960s and remains one of the program's leading career scorers, has died at the age of 74.www.espn.com
I actually think that if the Pipers/Condors would have kept winning (perhaps if they never left for Minnesota in the first place they would continued their success), while the Penguins mired in mediocrity for the first few decades, basketball would have won out and the Penguins would be playing somewhere else.I wonder how they would’ve fared had they never moved to Minnesota. Wasn’t alive at the time but I recall hearing the city gave them a lot of support that first season.
Perhaps the Pipers are playing in the NBA today? Ok, maybe not…
Yep had a red white and blue ball and net. The playground we played at had no nets so you had to bring your own and put it up and take it down.As kids, we used to love using the ABA ball, on the outdoor courts! Condor games were exciting, too. A typical Condor game: Brisker would drop 25-30 pts; then get ejected late in the game for fighting
I had that basketball as well. Vividly recall getting a Sports Illustrated that had Dr. J. On the cover in his Nets 32 uniform going up for a dunk with that ball…I had an ABA ball too, probabl not "official" but red, white and blue. But I seriously don't remember the Pipers or Condors being on TV? At the time i was really into basketball, I definitely would of watched.
I don't know. As a kid growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1960's and early 70's, nobody really cared about basketball in general. Everybody played street hockey in my neighborhood. In fact, the fenced in basketball courts often were used more often for hockey than basketball.I actually think that if the Pipers/Condors would have kept winning (perhaps if they never left for Minnesota in the first place they would continued their success), while the Penguins mired in mediocrity for the first few decades, basketball would have won out and the Penguins would be playing somewhere else.
That's interesting to me, in the area I grew up, nobody played, watched or thought about hockey of any kind at all ever, we all wished that Pittsburgh had an NBA team instead of the Penguins at least until the late 80s.I don't know. As a kid growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1960's and early 70's, nobody really cared about basketball in general. Everybody played street hockey in my neighborhood. In fact, the fenced in basketball courts often were used more often for hockey than basketball.