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St. Louis was home to two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams, the St. Louis Bombers (1949–50) and the St. Louis Hawks (1955–1968), who won the NBA Title in 1958, and also to the American Basketball Association (ABA)'s Spirits of St. Louis (1974–76), before the ABA–NBA merger.
However, only a few players from the 1973–74 Cougars followed the team to St. Louis, so the Spirits were essentially an expansion team. By that time, St. Louis was six years removed from NBA basketball, having lost the Hawks to Atlanta after the 1967-68 season. The Spirits were a colorful team featuring a number of players, both on and off ...
The Packers, Red Skins, and Waterloo Hawks left the NBA for the National Professional Basketball League, and are the only defunct teams to have ceased to exist in a league other than the NBA. [7] The original Bullets were the last defunct team to leave the NBA, having folded during the 1954–55 season, and are the only defunct team to have won ...
St. Louis Bombers (NBA) (4 C, 1 P) H. ... Pages in category "Basketball teams in St. Louis" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
St. Louis Bombers (charter BAA franchise in 1946, joined the NBA when it formed in 1949; ceased operations in 1950) Basketball National Basketball Association: St. Louis Eagles (1934 relocation of the original Ottawa Senators, folded after the 1934–35 season) Ice hockey National Hockey League: St. Louis Gunners (independent team, joined the ...
Basketball teams in St. Louis (6 C, 3 P) ... Pages in category "Basketball teams in Missouri" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men's basketball league, consisting of 30 teams in North America—29 in the United States and one in Canada.The NBA was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
The St. Louis Bombers were originally part of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946. Ken Loeffler, head coach at the University of Denver, was the team's first head coach. He left the team in 1948 due to a disagreement with team president C. D. Hamilton Jr. over a bonus. [1]