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[7] [26] Prior to the merge, the league held the 1949 college draft on March 21, which was the last event held under the name BAA. [21] The NBA later adopted the BAA's history and statistics as its own but did not do the same for NBL records and statistics. [4] [5] [27]
The league was formed as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946 and took its current name in 1949. The histories of NBA franchises that were also members of the American Basketball League (ABL), National Basketball League (NBL), National Pro Basketball League (NPBL), and American Basketball Association (ABA) are also included.
The BAA played its games in larger cities and venues. However, NBL tended to have the bigger stars. [2] NBL teams dominated the World Professional Basketball Tournament, an annual invitational tournament held in Chicago and sponsored by the Chicago Herald American. NBL teams won seven out of ten editions of the tournament.
During its early years, the quality of play in the BAA was not significantly better than in competing leagues or among leading independent clubs such as the Harlem Globetrotters. For instance, the 1947 ABL finalist Baltimore Bullets moved to the BAA and won that league's 1948 title, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] and the 1948 NBL champion Minneapolis Lakers won ...
Sure, there are still little toys for kids in today’s Happy Meals (often tied to popular movies and programs), but the excitement of yesteryear’s freebies seems to have waned.
The first selection of the draft, Clifton McNeely from Texas Wesleyan University, did not play in the BAA. Instead, McNeely opted for a high school coaching career in Texas. [3] The fourth pick, Walt Dropo, also did not play in the BAA and opted for a professional baseball career instead, eventually playing 13 seasons in the Major League ...
The 1949–50 NBA season was the fourth season of the National Basketball Association.It was the first season after the merger of the 3-year-old BAA and 12-year-old NBL. [1] [2] The 1950 NBA playoffs ended with the Minneapolis Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the Syracuse Nationals in 6 games in the NBA Finals.
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