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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).
In the BAA's inaugural year, the Chicago Stags were originally meant to start out as the Chicago Atomics, to the point of even playing an exhibition game against the New York Knicks under that moniker before playing as the Chicago Basketball Club, Inc. for one more exhibition game before officially becoming the Chicago Stags for the rest of their existence. [1]
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.
Chicago newspaper sports editor Leo Fischer acted as president of the NBL from 1940 to 1944. In 1946, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) incorporated resulting in a three-year battle with the NBL to win both players and fans. The BAA played its games in larger cities and venues. However, NBL tended to have the bigger stars. [2]
The 1948–49 BAA season was the third and final season of the Basketball Association of America. ... Illinois: Chicago Stadium: 17,000 Fort Wayne Pistons * Fort ...
The 1947 BAA Finals was the championship round of playoffs following the inaugural Basketball Association of America (BAA)'s 1946–47 season.The Philadelphia Warriors of the Eastern Division faced the Chicago Stags of the Western Division for the inaugural championship, with Philadelphia having home court advantage.
Chicago Stags: Northwestern: 2 19 Jack Tingle: F United States Washington Capitols: Kentucky: 3 23 Gene Stump: G/F United States Boston Celtics: DePaul: 3 28 Jimmy Darden: G United States Chicago Stags: Denver: 4 33 Johnny Ezersky: G/F United States Boston Celtics: Brooklyn Gothams (American Basketball League) 4 38 Gene Vance: G/F United States ...
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