Brown was a professional basketball player, an ABA-All-Star for the Indiana Pacers ... "He was a thinking man all the time," McGinnis said. "Roger wanted to be more than a basketball player ...

Roger Brown, a 1950s New York City schoolboy legend, robbed of his prime playing years at age 19 by a baseless NBA blacklist, led the Indiana Pacers of the fledgling ABA, to three titles and five ...

It's NBA All-Star week in Indianapolis; home of the Indiana Pacers, the flagship franchise of the old American Basketball ... of ABA greats such as George McGinnis and Roger Brown.