Remember the ABA: Bob Netolicky (original) (raw)

Bob Netolicky

Nickname: "Neto"

Ht. 6-9
Wt. 225
College - Drake
ABA Teams: Indiana (1967-68 to 1971-72), Dallas (1972-73), San Antonio (1973-74), Indiana (1973-74 to 1975-76)

All-American at Drake University; Member of 1967-68 ABA All-Rookie Team; Member of 1969-70 ABA All-Pro Team; 4-Time ABA All-Star; Played on two Indiana Pacers ABA Championship Teams; While with the ABA Pacers Neto owned a lion, an ocelot, and a boa constrictor

From Jim O'Brien's 1972-73 Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball:

Delight of the mod fans of the ABA . . . Likes animals so well that his last two pets have been a young lioness and an ocelot, which he could almost outrun . . . Smoothest shooting big man in the ABA . . . Quick release, excellent eye . . . Take-charge offensive player, stand-around-and-gape defensive player as often as not . . . Best move is juke toward baseline and cut for the foul line for a fine, floating jump shot . . . Unstoppable hook shot going to his right . . . Looks like choirboy, but hits offensive boards like a demon . . . No. 2 draft pick of San Diego Rockets of NBA . . . Only player to make ABA's All-Flake team four years running . . . "If you're single," he says, "and you don't wear a gray flannel suit, they say you're different. I wear mod clothes, enjoy good times, and I like to party. If that's a flake, then I'm a flake." . . . Owns bar called "Neto's' in Indianapolis . . . Close friend of Artie Heyman, that tells it all . . . One lady fan said of him: 'He's got the sexiest teeth in the ABA" (whatever that means).