The NBA is a professional men's basketball league of 30 teams in North America, with the remaining 29 teams in the United States except the Canadian team.
On June 6, 1946, the predecessor of the NBA, the American Basketball Association, was established in New York, and at the beginning of the 1949-50 NBA season, the association merged with the National Basketball League and changed its name to the National Basketball Association, or NBA for short.
The NBA has not always been maintained by these 30 teams, and a total of 19 teams have disbanded so far, 9 of which have only participated in the NBA season once. Anderson Packers, Denver Nuggets, Indianapolis Jets, Sheboygan Reds and Waterloo Hawks played in the National Basketball League before joining the NBA. The Baltimore Bullets withdrew in the 1954–55 NBA season, being the last team to disband after quitting the NBA and the only disbanded team to win an NBA championship.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Anderson packer</h1>
City: Anderson, Indiana
Active years: 1949–1950
NBA season: 1 time (1 playoff)
Anderson Packers, also known as Anderson Duff Packers, were Anderson packers in Anderson, Indiana, whose team appeared in the 1940s and 1950s. The Packers belonged to the NBA league from 1946 to 1949, and then joined the National Professional Basketball League NPBL in the 1949–50 season.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > Baltimore bullet</h1>
City: Baltimore, Maryland
Active years: 1947–1954
NBA season: 8 times (3 in the playoffs)
Baltimore Bullets was a team in the National Basketball League (1944–1947) before moving to the American Basketball Association (1947–1949) and becoming a member of the National Basketball Association with the BAA, home in Baltimore, Maryland. The team won the 1948 BAA Finals and disbanded after playing 14 games in the 1954-55 NBA season.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > the American Basketball Association Buffalo</h1>
City: Buffalo, NY
Year of team activity: None
NBA season: 0 times (0 in the playoffs)
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > Chicago Stag</h1>
City: Chicago, Illinois
Active years: 1946–1950
NBA season: 4 times (4 in the playoffs)
Chicago Stags, founded in 1946, disbanded in 1950. In the NBA's start-up season, the Chicago Stags finished first in the regular season Western Conference and made it all the way to the Finals, but lost 1-4 to the Philadelphia Warriors, relegated to second place. The team also secured the right to sign bob Cousy, one of the NBA's top 50 superstars, in a deal with the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, who did not sign with the Chicago Stags until the team disbanded.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="35" > Cleveland rebels</h1>
City: Cleveland, Ohio
Active years: 1946–1947
The Cleveland Rebels, a team in the American Basketball Association (the predecessor of the current National Basketball Association), played in Cleveland, Ohio, and disbanded after one season.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="42" > Denver Nuggets</h1>
City: Denver, Colorado
NBA season: 1 time (0 in the playoffs)
Denver Nuggets was a team of the National Basketball League (NBL) (1948–49) that was later merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member, home in Denver, Colorado, and disbanded in 1950.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="49" > Detroit Falcon</h1>
City: Detroit, Michigan
The Detroit Falcons were one of the founding teams of the BBA American Basketball Association (the predecessor of the NBA League). Based in Detroit, Michigan, the team appeared in only one season in the BAA League (1946-47), a season of 20 wins and 40 losses, ranking fourth in the West Side and missing the playoffs.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="57" > the American Basketball Association Indianapolis team</h1>
City: Indianapolis, Indiana
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="63" > Indianapolis jet</h1>
Active years: 1948–1949
The Indianapolis Jets, formerly known as Indianapolis Kautskys, were a team of the National Basketball League (NBL) (1937-1948) and a BAA team from 1948 to 1949.
After the 1949 season, the BAA and NBL merged to form the National Basketball Association (NBA), and in Indianapolis there was already Indianapolis Olympia becoming a member of the NBA, and in 1950 the Indianapolis Jets chose to disband.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="72" > Olympia, Indianapolis</h1>
Active years: 1949–1953
Indianapolis Olympians was founded in 1949 to replace the original Indianapolis Jet Fleet. The team was led by Alex Groza and Ralph Baird of the University of Kentucky, who were also the main teams on the U.S. team at the 1948 London Olympics. The other two members of the U.S. team, Wallace Jones and Cliff Barker, were also on the Indianapolis Olympia team. (Both are graduates of the University of Kentucky)
Olympia has a total of 132 wins and 137 losses in four NBA seasons. After the 1951 season, Grossa and Baird were sentenced to a lifetime ban by NBA executive Maurice Podoloff for being mired in a handicap scandal. As a result, Olympia achieved a poor record of only 28 wins and 43 losses in the 1953 season, and disbanded after this season.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="83" > Pittsburgh Ironman</h1>
City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Pittsburgh Ironmen were one of the founding teams of the BBA American Basketball Association (the predecessor of the NBA League). The team was located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the team only had one season in the 1946-47 season, with a record of 15 wins and 45 losses, ranking fifth in the West End and at the bottom, and the team's main stadium at that time was Duquesne Gardens, which belonged to the Western Conference team.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="90" > Providence steam roller fleet</h1>
City: Providence, Rhode Island
Active years: 1946–1949
NBA season: 3 times (0 in the playoffs)
The Providence Steamrollers are a team in the defunct NBA. With Providence, Rhode Island as the home venue. As of April 2013, the Steam Rollers are the only of the four major professional sports teams in North America that have ever featured Rhode Island as their home stadium. The Steam Rollers were one of the 11 founding teams of the BAA (the predecessor of the NBA), and the Steam Rollers still maintain the NBA's minimum number of wins in a single season (6 games) during the 1947–48 NBA season.
The Rollers had a number of key players, including:
Ernie Carferry – NBA first-year assists king and All-NBA second team
George Nostrand – the tallest player in the NBA for the first year
Howie Shannon – 1949 Draft Winner
Nate Hitch – The oldest player in NBA history
Ken Cerres – 1948 and 1949 team leading scorer
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="111" > Sheboygan reds</h1>
City: Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Sheboygan Red Skins was a national basketball league (NBL) (1938–49) team that was later merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member, playing at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, before disbanding in 1952.
< H1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="117" > St. Louis bomber</h1>
City: St. Louis, Missouri
Active years: 1946–1950
NBA season: 4 times (3 in the playoffs)
Saint Louis Bombers is a national basketball association team based in St. Louis, Missouri, founded on June 6, 1946 as BAA, the St. Louis Bombers were one of the eleven founding teams. In the 1946–47 season, he reached the top three in the Western Division, and in the 1948–1949 season, the St. Louis Bombers and Minneapolis Lakers, Rochester Royals, Fort Wayne Pistons, and Chicago Stags were divided into central divisions, and in the 1950–51 season, the Chicago Stags and St. Louis Bombers were declared closed due to operational problems
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="108" > Toronto Husky</h1>
City: Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Huskies were one of the 11 early members of the BAA and the only Canadian-based team at the time (after the Huskies disbanded and withdrew from the BAA in 1947, the NBA did not return until the 1995–96 season, 50 years later). On November 1, 1946, baa scheduled the league's first game to be played at Maple Leaf Garden, the home of the Huskies, against the New York Knicks. The game is considered the first game in NBA history. 7,090 spectators poured into the arena to watch the game, and the Knicks won 68-66.
The team later decided to allow free admission only to spectators taller than the team's tallest player, George Nostrand (6'8 inches), resulting in a sharp drop in attendance. The loss of the box office also became one of the reasons for the subsequent collapse of the team.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="132" > Congress in Washington</h1>
City: Washington, D.C
Active years: 1946–1951
NBA season: 5 times (4 in the playoffs)
Washington Capitols is a defunct NBA team. Founded in 1946, it was disbanded 5 years later (1951). The team is based in Washington, D.C. Its early years were led by legendary NBA coach Arnold Auerbach. Won the 2-year continental championship. The 81.7 percent winning percentage in the first season, the 1946-47 BAA season, is still one of the top ten in NBA history.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="140" > Waterloo Hawks</h1>
City: Waterloo, Iowa
The Waterloo Hawks were a team of the National Basketball League (NBL) (1948–49) before the NBL merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member, playing in Waterloo, Iowa, joining the National Professional Basketball League (1950–51) in 1950 and disbanding after 1951.