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The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. Following its third season, 1948–49, the BAA merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) to form the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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.
Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that serves Detroit, Michigan, and high school students in Highland Park, Michigan. The district, which replaced the original Detroit Public Schools ( DPS ) in 2016, provides services to approximately 50,000 students, [ 6 ] making it the largest school district in the state.
The Authority began taking over Detroit schools in September 2012. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Covington resigned as chancellor on July 13, 2014, with an interim, Veronica Conforme, appointed the next day. [ 5 ] After the last remaining candidate dropped out on November 4, 2014, Conforme was named chancellor the next day.
State officials have notified Detroit Public Schools Community District that come March, it can't use a local tax levy to pay off debt.
Three teams joined the BAA in 1948: the Minneapolis Lakers (now the Los Angeles Lakers), the Rochester Royals (now the Sacramento Kings), and the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (now the Detroit Pistons). Two more teams were part of the merger that created the NBA in 1949: the Buffalo Bisons/ Tri-Cities Blackhawks (now the Atlanta Hawks ), and the ...
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The 1946–47 BAA season was the inaugural season of the Basketball Association of America.The league launched with 11 teams playing a 60-game schedule. The postseason tournament (the 1947 BAA Playoffs) at its conclusion, ended with the Philadelphia Warriors becoming the first BAA Champion, beating the Chicago Stags 4 games to 1 in the BAA Finals.