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Although they won their first two games in franchise history, the Grizzlies finished with the worst win–loss record in the 1995–96 NBA season, as is typical for an expansion team, and lost 23 straight games from February to April (setting an NBA single-season record now held by the Philadelphia 76ers with 27.)
The 1995 NBA expansion draft was the tenth expansion draft in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 24, 1995, so that the newly founded Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies could acquire players for the upcoming 1995–96 season .
The expansion draft (which was held on June 24) and the NBA draft (which was held on June 28) were allowed to take place, but all other league business, including trades, free-agent signings, contract extensions, and summer leagues were suspended [1] from July 1 until September 12; no games were lost due to the lockout, as a new collective ...
The National Basketball Association has undergone several rounds of expansion in the league's history, since it began play in 1946, to reach 30 teams. The most recent examples are the additions of the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat in 1988; the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic in 1989; the Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995 (who relocated to Memphis in 2001); and the ...
The 1995–96 NBA season was the Toronto Raptors' first season in the National Basketball Association. [1] The Raptors, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, became expansion teams in the NBA during the 1995–96 season, and were the first teams in the league (or its predecessor the Basketball Association of America) to play in Canada since the 1946–47 Toronto Huskies.
April 13 — Mal McMullen, American NBA player (Indianapolis Olympians) (born 1927) April 17 — Jay McCreary, American college coach (born 1918) April 28 — Walter Devlin, American NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Minneapolis Lakers) (born 1931) May 25 — Krešimir Ćosić, Hall of Fame Croatian player.
Atlanta Hawks' Dyson Daniels (5) defends as Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots during a semifinal game in the NBA Cup basketball tournament Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas.
The 1995–96 NBA season was the Magic's seventh season in the National Basketball Association. [1] During the off-season, the Magic signed free agent Jon Koncak. [2] [3] Coming off their trip to the NBA Finals, where they were swept in four games by the Houston Rockets, the Magic started the regular season without Shaquille O'Neal, who missed the first 22 games due to a preseason thumb injury.