Angelo Drossos

It was the efforts of Angelo Drossos that brought professional basketball to San Antonio. In 1973 he was Secretary-Treasurer of Professional Sports, Inc., a group of businessmen which leased the Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association, moved them into the HemisFair Arena and, at season’s end, purchased the team outright. Drossos was the majority owner and served as team President until he sold the club to Red McCombs in 1988.​

Drossos pushed innovative projects for both the Spurs and the league, foremost of which was the 1976 merger in which the Spurs and three other ABA teams joined the National Basketball Association. Other notable items were the three-point basket, revenue sharing, salary cap, player contract bonus incentives, computerized ticketing, and raising the Arena roof for additional seating. He was NBA Executive of the Year in 1978 and served on the league’s prestigious Advisory Committee.​

He is responsible for bringing two franchise players to San Antonio, purchasing George Gervin’s contract from the ABA Virginia Squires in 1974 and signing the U.S. Naval Academy’s David Robinson in 1987. Drossos is a native of San Antonio and a graduate of St. Mary’s University.