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  2. Basketball Association of America - Wikipedia

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    When the BAA was founded, there were two established professional leagues in the United States: the American Basketball League (ABL) in the East, founded 1925, and the National Basketball League (NBL) in Midwestern industrial cities, founded 1937. However, most of the ABL and NBL teams played in small arenas, and in some cases even ballrooms or ...

  3. Timeline of the National Basketball Association - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. American Basketball Association - Wikipedia

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    Cities/Names Years Fate Anaheim Amigos Los Angeles Stars Utah Stars: Anaheim Amigos 1967–1968: Folded, 1975 NBA relocated New Orleans Jazz to Utah as Utah Jazz in 1979. Los Angeles Stars 1968–1970 Utah Stars 1970–1976 Dallas Chaparrals Texas Chaparrals San Antonio Spurs: Dallas Chaparrals 1967–1970 Joined the NBA, 1976, as San Antonio Spurs

  5. National Basketball League (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Anderson, Sheboygan, and Waterloo joined the National Professional Basketball League in 1950. The NBL also created the Indianapolis Olympians for the 1949–50 NBL season. When the NBL and BAA merged, this team joined the NBA without playing a single NBL game. Also still surviving are the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, the initial NBL champion in ...

  6. 1949 BAA Finals - Wikipedia

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    The 1949 BAA Finals was the championship round following the Basketball Association of America (BAA)'s 1948–49 season, its third and last. Later that year, the BAA and National Basketball League merged to create the National Basketball Association (NBA). 6'10" George Mikan and the Minneapolis Lakers proved dominant.

  7. Category:1950s in Texas - Wikipedia

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  8. 1949–50 NBA season - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. 1947 BAA draft - Wikipedia

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    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 ...