A team that competed in the American Basketball Association. The Squires played home games in Norfolk, Hampton, Richmond, and also a few in Roanoke in their first few years. Hall of Fame players Julius Erving (also known as Dr. J) and George Gervin (also known as the Iceman) played for the Virginia Squires.
The Squires' best seasons were in 1970-1971, when they won the Eastern Division with a 55-29 record and defeated the New York Nets in the Eastern Division Semifinals before losing the Eastern Division Finals 4 games to 2 to the Kentucky Colonels, and 1971-1972, when they finished second in the Eastern Division to the Kentucky Colonels, defeated The Floridians in the Eastern Division Semifinals and then lost the Eastern Division Finals 4 games to 3 to the New York Nets.
When the ABA merged with the NBA in 1976, the Squires, along with other teams like the Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis, did not continue in the NBA, even though the Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs, New York Nets and Indiana Pacers did.
The Squires' best seasons were in 1970-1971, when they won the Eastern Division with a 55-29 record and defeated the New York Nets in the Eastern Division Semifinals before losing the Eastern Division Finals 4 games to 2 to the Kentucky Colonels, and 1971-1972, when they finished second in the Eastern Division to the Kentucky Colonels, defeated The Floridians in the Eastern Division Semifinals and then lost the Eastern Division Finals 4 games to 3 to the New York Nets.
When the ABA merged with the NBA in 1976, the Squires, along with other teams like the Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis, did not continue in the NBA, even though the Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs, New York Nets and Indiana Pacers did.
The Virginia Squires were a great basketball team to watch in the 1970s, especially when they had future Hall of Famers Dr. J and the Iceman on the court.
by PMax March 09, 2008
1. A videogame popular in the 1980s that involved moving a chef around the board while he built big hamburgers.
2. A nickname or epithet for a fat person, making fun of their supposed proclivity for eating.
2. A nickname or epithet for a fat person, making fun of their supposed proclivity for eating.
1. I love to play arcade games from the 1980s such as Dig Dug, Mr. Do!, Rally X and Donkey Kong.
2. Oh, great, my airline seat is next to a damn Burgertime. He'll probably spill over into my seat.
2. Oh, great, my airline seat is next to a damn Burgertime. He'll probably spill over into my seat.
by PMax February 12, 2008
Duct tape. People in Tennessee use it to decorate and fix their cars and trucks the way other people use chrome to decorate their cars.
Cletus drives an old Ford pick up truck with plenty of Tennessee chrome on the outside . . . and on the inside, too. He uses it on his sofa, too.
by PMax March 11, 2008
Julius Erving, a Hall of Fame basketball player. Dr. J played college basketball at UMass and then went to the American Basketball Association where he played for the Virginia Squires and New York Nets. When the ABA and NBA merged, onerous financial conditions placed on the Nets forced them to sell the rights to Dr. J to the Philadelphia 76ers, with whom he had a fantastic career until his retirement in 1987.
Among other feats, in the 1976 ABA All Star Game during the first slam dunk contest Dr. J dunked the ball after leaping from the free throw line.
Among other feats, in the 1976 ABA All Star Game during the first slam dunk contest Dr. J dunked the ball after leaping from the free throw line.
Dr. J was one of the great players from the American Basketball Association who also dominated in the NBA.
by PMax March 09, 2008
by PMax February 10, 2008
Cletus got Marybelle's phone number, and put it in his Tennessee palm pilot: he wrote it on his hand with ball point pen, yup.
by PMax March 11, 2008
by PMax March 18, 2008