10 out of 10 would definitely watch again

I do not own this content, I just reuploaded it because the original was no longer on YouTube. No copyright infrengement is intended. Major credit to Ted Green Films, Bankers Life, PBS, the family of Roger Brown, The Indiana Pacers' Organization, Bobby "Slick" Leonard, and to everyone else who was involved with the production of this great documentary. The documentary was originally released on February 28th, 2013, for context.

Update: I did not expect this video to blow up like it has, especially for something that's not even my own content, but I appreciate all of the viewership, support, and subscriptions. Let's keep the memory of Roger Brown alive

RIP to George McGinnis

Five Fun Facts (Not Mentioned in the Documentary):

Fun Fact #1: Roger Brown had the earliest known triple double in ABA history. He logged 26 PTS/15 REB/11 AST on October 26th, 1967, against the Oakland Oaks. It is possible that another player may have had one before this, but we may never know due to missing game log data. He also has the first known playoff triple double in ABA history, with 17 PTS/11 REB/10 AST on March 27th, 1968, against the Pittsburgh Pipers.

Fun Fact #2: For his career, Roger Brown had a total of 6 known triple doubles (including the one in the 1968 playoffs), which puts him in 5th place for the known ABA career triple doubles leaderboard (regular season + playoffs). Excluding playoff games, his 5 regular season triple doubles also places him 5th all-time, only behind Julius Erving (x7), Artis GIlmore (x7), Billy Cunningham (x7), and George McGinnis (x9). It should be noted that there are some ABA triple doubles that have not yet been discovered, and sadly may never be found, due to poor record-keeping.

Fun Fact #3: Roger Brown recorded the first known 40+ point triple double in ABA history. 45 PTS/11 REB/10 AST (18/28 FG, 9/12 FT) in a victory over the Los Angeles Stars on March 25th, 1969. Julius Erving and George McGinnis (x3) are the only other known ABA players to record a 40+ point triple double.

Fun Fact #4: A Mind-Blowing Stat (I didn't discover this stat, all credit goes to 2 RAW 4 TV): Until Nikola Jokić in the 2023 Playoffs, Roger Brown was the only player in NBA/ABA history to average 28.0+ PTS, 10.0+ REB, and 5.0+ AST in a single playoff run and win the championship in that playoff run. Source:    • MY TOP TEN ABA PLAYERS OF ALL-TIME: N...  

Brown: 28.5 PTS/10.1 REB/5.6 AST in the 1970 ABA Playoffs (15 games)
Jokić: 30.0 PTS/13.5 REB/9.5 AST in the 2023 NBA Playoffs (20 games)

It should be noted that Julius Erving was just a hair away from also achieving this feat for both the 1974 and especially the 1976 New York Nets' ABA championship runs.

- 1974 ABA Playoffs: 27.9 PTS/9.6 REB/4.8 AST in 14 games - Missed it by just 2 total points, 5 total rebounds, and 3 total assists.

- 1976 ABA Playoffs: 34.7 PTS/12.6 REB/4.9 AST - If he literally had just one more total assist, he would have averaged 5.0 assists per game (65 AST/13 games = 5.00 per game) instead of 4.9 assists (64 AST/13 games = 4.92 per game).

Fun Fact #5 Roger Brown is 2nd all-time in career Win Shares for the Pacers with 63.5, only behind Reggie Miller, who is in a class by himself (due to his crazy longevity) with 174.4 Win Shares. Shows just how impactful Brown was during his peak, and it is even more impressive considering how short his career was.

Bonus Fact #1: In the 1972 West Semifinals, Pacers vs. Rockets (a classic seven-game series, which I wish there was footage of), Roger Brown led the Pacers in scoring (18.1 points), assists (4.3), FT% (90.5%), and he also finished second on the team in blocked shots, with a total of 9 blocks (1.3 per game). Mel Daniels led both teams with a total of 25 blocked shots (3.6 per game), including an incredible 18 blocks in the final three games (4, 7, and 7, respectively). Julius Keye led Denver with 19 blocks

Bonus Fact #2: In the championship-clinching Game 6 win over the Los Angeles Stars in the 1970 ABA Finals, on May 25th, 1970, Roger Brown made 7 out of 12 (58.3%) three-pointers (while also scoring 45 points and grabbing 11 rebounds). Keep in mind that this was in 1970. This was not only the ABA Finals record, but it also stood as the all-time ABA/NBA Finals record for 40 years until Ray Allen made 8 three-pointers in a Game 2 win over the Lakers in the 2010 NBA Finals on June 6th, 2010. Talk about being ahead of your time. Stephen Curry eventually broke Ray Allen's record with 9 made three-pointers in a Game 2 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals on June 3rd, 2018.

Note: Bill Cosby was edited out of this version of the documentary, which is a bit disappointing because those were some of my favorite parts out of the whole documentary. One of the parts can still be viewed at:    • Bill Cosby talks about Roger Brown  

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