DENVER — Gone, but never forgotten, the ABA is enjoying a curtain call this season — all thanks to the Denver Nuggets. “The new NBA is like the old ABA,” David Thompson, ‘The Skywalker,’ told The Associated Press in a phone interview from his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Some say “The Joker” — a mold-breaking big man who loves …
As Vince Carter walked off the Barclays Center floor on Jan. 12, a chant from the Brooklyn Brigade — a Nets’ supporter club — began to catch on around the arena. That was a kid’s dream watching Vince Carter and Jason Kidd with the New Jersey Nets. During his five-year tenure in New Jersey, Carter never averaged fewer than 20 …
