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Utah Rockies was the name under which the Spirits of St. Louis were to play during the ultimately aborted 1976–77 American Basketball Association (ABA) season. The Spirits of St. Louis had some earlier connections to Utah. On November 29, 1975, the Spirits of St. Louis and the Utah Stars had discussed a merger of the two franchises. On December 1, 1975, the Spirits announced that they would remain in St. Louis after word leaked out that they were contemplating a merger with the Stars, with the resulting team playing in Utah. The Stars folded and on December 2, 1975, the Spirits of St. Louis obtained some of Utah's best players: Moses Malone, Ron Boone, Randy Denton and Steve Green.

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  • Utah Rockies fue el nombre que recibieron los Spirits of St. Louis en la última y abortada temporada de la American Basketball Association de 1976-77. Los Spirits of St. Louis tuvieron establecieron ciertas conexiones con Utah. El 29 de noviembre de 1975, los Spirits of St. Louis y los Utah Stars negociaron sobre la fusión de las dos franquicias. El 1 de diciembre de 1975 los Spirits anunciaron que permanecerían en St. Louis pero no descartaban un acuerdo con los Stars, en los que estos pedían que se jugase finalmente en Utah. Los Stars cerraron la franquicia el 2 de diciembre de 1975 y los Spirits of St. Louis obtuvieron algunos de los jugadores de Utah entre ellos: Moses Malone, Ron Boone, Randy Denton y Steve Green. Al final de la temporada 1975-76 de la ABA, los Virginia Squires cerraron la franquicia debido a que no era capaces de conseguir la suficiente financiación que requería la liga. Debido a que los Baltimore Claws cerraron en pretemporada y los San Diego Sails y los Utah Stars hicieron los mismo durante la temporada regular, la ABA pasó de tener 10 equipos en pretemporada a 6 al final de ésta. Los seis restantes equipos fueron los Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, New York Nets, Kentucky Colonels y los Spirits of St. Louis. El 19 de mayo de 1976 los Spirits of St. Louis anunciaron que planeaban recolocarse en Salt Lake City, Utah como los Utah Rockies durante la temporada 1976-77, y las negociaciones continuaron para poder jugar en el Salt Palace. Mientras tanto, las negociaciones entre la ABA y la NBA estaban cerca de finalizar. Como parte de todas estas transacciones, los propietarios de los Spirits Daniel Silna y Ozzie Silna propusieron vender el equipo a un grupo en Utah, y comprar a los Kentucky Colonels con la intención de trasladar la franquicia a Buffalo, New York, casa de los Buffalo Braves, un equipo de la NBA que por aquel entonces contemplaba la opción de trasladarse a Florida. El propietario de los Colonels, John Y. Brown Junior, finalmente aceptó un pago cuando surgió la fusión de la ABA y la NBA, y utilizó este dinero para comprar el 50% de los intereses de los Braves, que, después de una compleja transacción, se moviería a San Diego en 1978 para jugar como los San Diego Clippers. El 17 de junio de 1976 la ABA y la NBA anunciaron que en la nueva fusión se aceptarían sólo cuatro equipos entre los cuales se encontraban los Spurs, Pacers, Nets y Nuggets dejando fuera a los Colonels y a los Spirits/Rockies. Brown recibió una compensación de 3 millones de dólares en metálico por los Colonels y los propietarios recibieron una compensación de 2.2 millones de dólares también en metálico y derechos televisivos sobre algunos de los equipos de la ABA que permaneciesen en la NBA. Este trato les reportó grandes beneficios y los propietarios de los Utah Rockies, los hermanos Silna (Daniel y Ozzie) llegaron a ser multimillonarios. Por otra parte los jugadores de los Spirits/Rockies fueron relegados a un draft de dispersión, al igual que los jugadores de los Colonels. Marvin Barnes fue a los Detroit Pistons, Moses Malone fue a los Portland Trail Blazers, Randy Denton fichó por los New York Knicks y Ron Boone y Mike Barr fueron a los Kansas City Kings. (es)
  • Utah Rockies was the name under which the Spirits of St. Louis were to play during the ultimately aborted 1976–77 American Basketball Association (ABA) season. The Spirits of St. Louis had some earlier connections to Utah. On November 29, 1975, the Spirits of St. Louis and the Utah Stars had discussed a merger of the two franchises. On December 1, 1975, the Spirits announced that they would remain in St. Louis after word leaked out that they were contemplating a merger with the Stars, with the resulting team playing in Utah. The Stars folded and on December 2, 1975, the Spirits of St. Louis obtained some of Utah's best players: Moses Malone, Ron Boone, Randy Denton and Steve Green. At the end of the 1975–76 ABA season, the Virginia Squires folded after being unable to make a league-mandated financial payment. Because the Baltimore Claws had folded in the preseason and the San Diego Sails and Utah Stars folded during the regular season, the ABA went from ten teams in the preseason to only six at the end of the season. The six remaining teams were the Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, New York Nets, Kentucky Colonels and the Spirits of St. Louis. On May 19, 1976, the Spirits of St. Louis announced that they planned to relocate to Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Rockies for the 1976–77 season, and that negotiations were underway for the team to play at the Salt Palace. Meanwhile, discussions that eventually resulted in the ABA-NBA merger were nearing completion. As part of the franchise shift, Spirits owners Daniel and Ozzie Silna proposed that they would sell the team to a group in Utah, and then purchase the Kentucky Colonels with the intention of moving the franchise to Buffalo, New York, home of the Buffalo Braves, an NBA team that was contemplating moving to Florida. Colonels owner John Y. Brown, Jr., ultimately took a cash payout when the ABA-NBA merger occurred, and used the money to purchase a 50% interest in the Braves himself. After a complex transaction which led to Brown becoming owner of the Boston Celtics, the Braves moved to San Diego in 1978 as the San Diego Clippers, who in turn became the Los Angeles Clippers in 1984. On June 17, 1976, the ABA and NBA announced the ABA-NBA merger that brought the Spurs, Pacers, Nets and Nuggets into the NBA but left out the Colonels and the Spirits/Rockies clubs. Brown received a flat $3 million in cash for the Colonels. The owners of the Spirits/Rockies received $2.2 million in cash and a one-seventh share of the four remaining ABA teams' television revenues in perpetuity. That deal has been reported as worth approximately $170 million in the years since; the Utah Rockies' owners were made multimillionaires through NBA television revenue even though the team never played a single NBA game. The Spirits/Rockies players were released to a dispersal draft, as were the Colonels' players. Marvin Barnes went to the Detroit Pistons. Moses Malone went to the Portland Trail Blazers. Randy Denton went to the New York Knicks. Ron Boone and Mike Barr went to the Kansas City Kings. Professional basketball returned to Salt Lake City when the New Orleans Jazz relocated in 1979 to become the Utah Jazz. (en)
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  • Utah Rockies fue el nombre que recibieron los Spirits of St. Louis en la última y abortada temporada de la American Basketball Association de 1976-77. Los Spirits of St. Louis tuvieron establecieron ciertas conexiones con Utah. El 29 de noviembre de 1975, los Spirits of St. Louis y los Utah Stars negociaron sobre la fusión de las dos franquicias. El 1 de diciembre de 1975 los Spirits anunciaron que permanecerían en St. Louis pero no descartaban un acuerdo con los Stars, en los que estos pedían que se jugase finalmente en Utah. Los Stars cerraron la franquicia el 2 de diciembre de 1975 y los Spirits of St. Louis obtuvieron algunos de los jugadores de Utah entre ellos: Moses Malone, Ron Boone, Randy Denton y Steve Green. (es)
  • Utah Rockies was the name under which the Spirits of St. Louis were to play during the ultimately aborted 1976–77 American Basketball Association (ABA) season. The Spirits of St. Louis had some earlier connections to Utah. On November 29, 1975, the Spirits of St. Louis and the Utah Stars had discussed a merger of the two franchises. On December 1, 1975, the Spirits announced that they would remain in St. Louis after word leaked out that they were contemplating a merger with the Stars, with the resulting team playing in Utah. The Stars folded and on December 2, 1975, the Spirits of St. Louis obtained some of Utah's best players: Moses Malone, Ron Boone, Randy Denton and Steve Green. (en)
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