1971–72 Dallas Chaparrals season

ABA basketball team season August 2023 Dallas Chaparrals ABA 1972 42 42 Western 3rd Tom Nissalke Moody ColiseumDallas Memorial Auditorium Division Semifinals(lost to the Stars 0–4) Texas Chaparrals The 1971–72 Dallas Chaparrals season was the fifth season of the Chaparrals franchise in the American Basketball Association. This season saw them return to their original name of the Dallas Chaparrals that they had for their first three seasons of existence to just represent the city of Dallas after they had originally played their previous season under the short-lived Texas Chaparrals name in what turned out to be a failed experiment for the Chaparrals franchise to exist as a regional franchise for the entire state of Texas (trying to work similarly to the Carolina Cougars, Virginia Squires, and "The Floridians" franchises for the states of North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida, respectively). For their third straight season in a row, the Chaps lost to the Utah Stars in the Western Division Semifinals, being swept by the Stars once again after previously being swept by Utah while representing the entire state of Texas instead of just the city of Dallas. This later turned out to be the final playoff appearance for the team for their time out in Dallas, as one season after that happened (which also became the only season they would miss the ABA Playoffs altogether while playing in the ABA), the Chaparrals would move to San Antonio to become the San Antonio Spurs in the 1973–74 ABA season and continue to exist under that name to this day. ABA Draft 1971 ABA draft This draft was the first ABA draft to have a properly recorded historical note of every round in their draft available. Round Pick Player Position(s) Nationality College 1 9 Stan Love PF USA United States Oregon 2 11 Sidney Wicks PF USA United States UCLA 2 20 Roger Brown C USA United States Kansas 3 28 Walt Szczerbiak SF USA United StatesFRG West Germany George Washington 4 33 Gene Phillips SG USA United States Southern Methodist 5 44 Collis Jones SF/PF USA United States Notre Dame 6 55 George Trapp PF/C USA United States Cal State Long Beach College 7 66 Sterling Quant PF BAH The Bahamashttp://www.allbahamian.com/hall-of-fame-sterling-quant.html Hall of Fame Sterling Quant The All Bahamian Brand Dec 23, 2024 April 24, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240424015704/http://www.allbahamian.com/hall-of-fame-sterling-quant.html live Central State 8 77 Curtis Rowe PF USA United States UCLA 9 88 Jimmie Guymon G USA United States Eastern New Mexico 10 99 Gene Knoll G USA United States Texas Tech 11 110 Al Shumate SF USA United States North Texas State University 12 120 Willie Hart C USA United States Grambling College 13 130 Goo Kennedy PF USA United States Texas Christian University 14 139 Bill Brickhouse G USA United States Montana State 15 148 William Chatmon F USA United States Baylor 16 157 Harry Taylor SG/SF USA United States Los Angeles Baptist 17 165 Dan McGhee PF/C USA United States Howard Payne College This draft would become the only ABA draft the Chaparrals would officially participate in as the Texas Chaparrals instead of their usual Dallas Chaparrals name. This draft would have also had them hold the #1 pick in that year's draft (which became ABA All-Star power forward/center Jim McDaniels from Western Kentucky University) due to them having the worst record by the time the draft first began (which officially started on January 22 and then concluded properly on March 15, 1971) had they not swapped around first round draft picks alongside various other players with the team that eventually won the 1971 ABA Finals Championship by the end of the season, the Utah Stars. Jet [Sports] Staff February 1971 College Star Denies He Signed $350,000 Pro Pact Jet 39 21 50 https://books.google.com/books?id=ujcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50 7 March 2024 7 March 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240307201644/https://books.google.com/books?id=ujcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50 live The Chaparrals would also gain a second round pick from the Utah Stars through a different trade they did during the season.https://prosportstransactions.com/basketball/DraftTrades/Years/1971-aba.htm 1971 ABA Draft Pick Transactions Pro Sports Transactions December 23, 2024 Roster Dallas Chaparrals 1971–72 44 John Beasley basketball PF 6 9 225 February 5, 1944 Texas A&M 40 Len Chappell PF 6 8 240 January 31, 1941 Wake Forest 4, 21 Jeff Congdon PG 6 1 180 October 17, 1943 BYU 20 Donnie Freeman basketball, born 1944 SG 6 3 185 July 18, 1944 Illinois 15 Shaler Halimon SF 6 5 199 March 30, 1945 Utah State University 11 Joe Hamilton basketball PG 5 10 160 July 5, 1948 University of North Texas 54 Simmie Hill SF 6 7 233 November 14, 1946 West Texas A&M University 25 George E. Johnson basketball C 6 11 245 June 19, 1947 Stephen F. Austin 43 Collis Jones PF 6 7 203 July 3, 1949 Notre Dame 33 Rich Jones basketball SF 6 6 220 December 27, 1946 Memphis 23 Steve Jones basketball SG 6 5 205 October 17, 1942 Oregon 50 Goo Kennedy PF 6 5 205 August 23, 1949 TCU 55 Gene Moore basketball C 6 9 225 July 29, 1945 Saint Louis 52 Rich Niemann C 7 0 245 July 2, 1946 Saint Louis 15 George Peeples C 6 7 190 October 30, 1943 Iowa 13 Gene Phillips basketball G 6 4 175 October 25, 1948 SMU Bob Quick basketball SF 6 5 215 March 5, 1946 Xavier 15 Ron Sanford F 6 9 215 June 11, 1946 New Mexico Tom Nissalke Final standings Western Division + Team W L % GB Utah Stars 60 24 .714 - Indiana Pacers 47 37 .560 13 Dallas Chaparrals 42 42 .500 18 Denver Rockets 34 50 .405 26 Memphis Pros 26 58 .310 34 ABA Playoffs Dallas Chaparrals 1972 yes #0032A0 #FFFFFF Dallas Chaparrals ABA Western Division Semifinals yes no yes #D50032 #FFFFFF 0 2 0 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 1 | @ Utah | L 96–106 | Steve "Snapper" Jones (22) | George Johnson (11) | George Johnson (5) | Salt Palace8,783 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 3 |@ Utah | L 107–113 | Donnie Freeman (36) | Collis Jones (12) | Joe Hamilton (5) | Salt Palace9,121 | 0–2 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 5 | Utah | L 89–96 | Donnie Freeman (21) | Rich Jones (12) | Rich Jones (5) | Moody Coliseum4,076 | 0–3 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 7 | Utah | L 99–103 | Donnie Freeman (30) | S. Jones, R. Jones (7) |Joe Hamilton (5) | Moody Coliseum3,918 | 0–4 |- TEX 1972 yes Awards and honors 1972 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 29, 1972) Donnie Freeman Steve Jones References 2 Chaparrals on Basketball Reference External links RememberTheABA.com 1971-72 regular season and playoff results RememberTheABA.com Dallas Chaparrals page Category:Dallas Chaparrals Dallas Dallas Chaparrals, 1971-72 Dallas Chaparrals, 1971-72