Mike Storen, 84, Dies; Ran a Basketball League and Three Teams

But Mr. Hughes never met with them, and Alcindor signed with the N.B.A.’s Milwaukee Bucks.

Still, the Pacers improved under Mr. Storen and won the 1970 A.B.A. championship, but he left a week later for another A.B.A. team, the Kentucky Colonels, as their president and general manager. “I am not the least concerned about the ability of the A.B.A. to survive, no matter what,” he said confidently on joining the Colonels.

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