2015-2016 ABA season (Colony Crisis Averted)

The 2014–15 ABA season was the 69th season of the American Basketball Association (ABA). The ABA draft took place on June 26, 2014, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where Andrew Wiggins was selected first overall. The regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, when the defending ABA champions Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the first game against the New York Knicks. Christmas games were played on Thursday, December 25, 2014. The 2015 ABA All-Star Game was played on Sunday, February 15, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with the West defeating the East 163-158. Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook won the ABA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award. The regular season ended on Wednesday April 15, 2015 and the playoffs began on Saturday, April 18, 2015 and ended with the 2015 ABA Finals on June 16, 2015, after the Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games to win their fourth ABA title.

ABA Draft
The 2014 ABA draft was held on June 26, 2014, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. American Basketball Association (ABA) teams took turns selecting amateur NAU college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The draft lottery took place on May 20, 2014. The New York Knicks won the draft lottery to earn the first overall pick in the draft; this is the fourth number-one pick for New York since 2011 and third number-one pick over a four-year span from 2011-2014. This draft would also be the first for the reborn Charlotte Hornets, who played as the Bobcats from 2004-2014, since 2001, when the original Charlotte Hornets last selected as the Charlotte Hornets before moving to New Orleans and eventually became the current New Orleans Pelicans.

Regular Season
The regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, with the defending ABA champions Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the first game against the New York Knicks. The regular season ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Christmas Day games were played on Thursday, December 25, 2014. The ABA is mulling a week-long All-Star break in February 2015, and the full schedule was released during a one-hour schedule release special on August 13, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. EDT on ABA TV