Dan Pattison – From Way Downtown

Red Robbins Rides Again, 1973

Red Robbins is so vital to the interior clockwork of the Utah Stars that it would be virtually impossible to list the ways he contributes to the overall success of the ABA champions.

James Jones: Best Guard in the ABA? 1974

Jones is also a showman, not a showboat. His sense of the spectacular is controlled, not contrived, and Jones is perhaps the best clutch operator in the league. His style is reminiscent of the best big guards in the NBA, combining physical ability with brains and marked by a sense of always knowing what to do when it counts most.

Zelmo Beaty: The Butler Did It, 1973

Writer Jim O’Brien described Beaty as a “player who moves about the court like a snobbish butler, but works like a laborer under the boards.”