Soul Power

Soul Power – Growing Pains

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  • Title: Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association – Growing Pains
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Moving into the 1970s, the aptly-titled second episode of the series focuses on the ups and downs of the struggling league starting with the dominance of Spencer Haywood, the first underclassman drafted to play professional basketball, who led the league in both scoring and rebounding, but who left the league after discovering most the money in his contract was smoke and mirrors and not actually guaranteed. Life in the NBA for the young player, whose teams took out their aggressions for the ABA, and their drafting of the young star on Haywood, was little better with the Seattle SuperSonics forcing legal action by Haywood leading eventually to a landmark Supreme Court decision.

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Soul Power – Change is Coming

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  • Title: Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association – Change is Coming
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The new docuseries Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association examines the cultural and historical context of the American Basketball Association. Featuring interviews from former players, historians, coaches, and pundits, (including George Gervin, Larry Brown, Willie Wise, Tom Hoover, Bobby Jones, Spencer Haywood, George Karl, Dan Issel, Bob Costas, Jim Eakins, Bob Ryan, Pat Boone, Theresa Runstedtler, Julius Erving and so many more). The first episode of the series looks at the launch of of the ABA in 1967, seeing the success of the AFL, and the league’s drive to innovate and to breathe new life in a dying sport that was a distant third behind baseball and football for the American audience.

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