1976–77 Denver Nuggets season
- 1976–77 Denver Nuggets season
NBA season
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The 1976-77 season was Denver's first season in the NBA, after nine seasons in the ABA.
Offseason
ABA-NBA merger
With the conclusion of the 1975-76 season, the American Basketball Association came to an end with the ABA-NBA merger. Four ABA teams entered the NBA: the Nuggets, the Indiana Pacers, the New York Nets and the San Antonio Spurs. The other ABA teams were folded prior to the merger except for the Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis, both of which were folded as part of the league merger.
The Nuggets and the other ABA teams were given harsh obstacles as part of their entry to the NBA. Each team had to pay an entry fee; for the Nuggets it was $3.2 million. [ [http://www.remembertheaba.com/TeamMaterial/DenverMaterial/RocketsRosters2.html Remember the ABA: Denver Rockets/Nuggets Year-to-Year Rosters ] ] The Denver and the other four ABA team also received no television money for their first three NBA seasons in the NBA, were not allowed to participate in the 1976 NBA draft, had to be classified as "expansion franchises" (despite longer histories and more success than many NBA teams) and had to go for two years without any vote regarding the distribution of NBA gate receipts or the realignment of NBA divisions. [ [http://www.remembertheaba.com/TeamMaterial/DenverMaterial/RocketsNuggetsYearly.html Remember the ABA: Denver Rockets/Nuggets Year-by-Year Notes ] ]
The Nuggets moved from the ABA to the NBA's Midwest Division. [ [http://www.remembertheaba.com/Denver-Nuggets.html Remember the ABA: Denver Nuggets ] ]
NBA Draft
As part of the terms of the ABA-NBA merger the Nuggets were prohibited from participating in both the 1976 NBA draft of college players and in the dispersal draft of ABA players from teams that did not enter the NBA.
Transactions
References
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DEN/1977.html Nuggets on Basketball Reference]
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