After an eight-year battle, Dropping Dimes convinced the NBA in 2022 to give recognition payments to former ABA players. Before that agreement, there was this 2021 story of George Carter. We go into the archives for an important but tragic life story.
Two-time ABA MVP Mel Daniels was remembered by friends with touching stories, humor, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015.This story was originally published in 2021. After an eight-year battle with the NBA, Dropping Dimes convinced the league at the end of 2022 toGeorge Carter was a limo driver in Las Vegas. He enjoyed a beer after a long day of work and it was even better if there was a game on at the bar. On the good days, he was funny and easygoing.
The Hall of Fame memorabilia was in that room, too. Relics from the days Carter was a superstar of the American Basketball Association. During his professional basketball career from 1967 to 1976, Carter averaged more than 18 points and nearly 7 rebounds per game. When he retired, he finished with more than 8,000 career points.
But as Carter became sicker and was worried about his health and financial security, he could be bitter. Dropping Dimes started paying some of Carter's medical bills and secured a law firm in Las Vegas to deal with his eviction. That bought them eight months. Dropping Dimes found him a senior living community, made his down payment and helped with rent.
"And what, are they just gong to auction this off? And nobody is really going to know who he was?" Stauffer said. "Honestly, I was frustrated and angry at the time that he was going through that," said Tarter, whose organization is working with the NBA to try to get the league to give ABA players a modest pension. So far, that hasn't happened.
"We just felt like it was the right thing to do," said Tom Missel, chief communications officer at the university."It's heartbreaking when you have someone who had such a storied legacy to fall on hard times at the end of life."Trying to make it through life
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