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Basketball Association of America

Index Basketball Association of America

The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. [1]

94 relations: American Basketball League (1925–55), American Hockey League, Arnie Risen, BAA Buffalo, BAA Indianapolis, Baltimore, Baltimore Bullets (1944–54), Basketball positions, Bob Davies, Bob Feerick, Bones McKinney, Boston, Boston Celtics, Boston Garden, Buddy Jeannette, Buffalo, New York, Bye (sports), Carl Braun (basketball), Chicago, Chicago Stags, Chick Halbert, Cleveland, Cleveland Rebels, Commissioner of the NBA, Detroit, Detroit Falcons (basketball), Detroit Pistons, Eastern Conference (NBA), Ed Sadowski (basketball), Ernie Calverley, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Frank Baumholtz, Fred Scolari, George Mikan, Golden State Warriors, Harlem Globetrotters, Howie Dallmar, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Jets, Indianapolis Olympians, Jim Pollard, Joe Fulks, Johnny Logan (basketball), Joseph Carr, Ken Sailors, List of NBA champions, List of players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Los Angeles Lakers, Madison Square Garden (1925), ..., Maple Leaf Gardens, Maurice Podoloff, Max Zaslofsky, Michigan, Minneapolis, National Basketball Association, National Basketball League (United States), National Football League, National Hockey League, NBA Conference Finals, NBA draft, NBA Finals, NBA playoffs, New York City, New York Knicks, Ossie Schectman, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Ironmen, Providence Steamrollers, Providence, Rhode Island, Rochester, New York, Sacramento Kings, St. Louis, St. Louis Bombers, Stan Miasek, Toronto, Toronto Huskies, University of Minnesota Press, Walter A. Brown, Washington Capitals, Washington Capitols, Washington Wizards, Washington, D.C., Western Conference (NBA), 1946–47 BAA season, 1947 BAA Finals, 1947 BAA playoffs, 1948 BAA Finals, 1948 BAA playoffs, 1949 BAA draft, 1949 BAA Finals, 1949 BAA playoffs, 2012–13 NBA season. Expand index (44 more) »

American Basketball League (1925–55)

The American Basketball League (ABL) was an early professional basketball league.

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American Hockey League

The American Hockey League (AHL) is a 31-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Arnie Risen

Arnold Denny "Stilts" Risen (October 9, 1924 – August 4, 2012) was an American professional basketball player.

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BAA Buffalo

BAA Buffalo was a planned basketball team in the Basketball Association of America (a forerunner of the modern National Basketball Association) based in Buffalo, New York.

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BAA Indianapolis

BAA Indianapolis was a planned basketball team in the Basketball Association of America (a forerunner of the modern National Basketball Association) based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Baltimore Bullets (1944–54)

The Baltimore Bullets were an American Basketball League (1944–47) team, and later, a Basketball Association of America (1947–49), and (beginning in 1949, following the BAA's absorption of the National Basketball League) a National Basketball Association team based in Baltimore.

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Basketball positions

The five basketball positions normally employed by organized basketball teams are the point guard (PG), the shooting guard (SG), the small forward (SF), the power forward (PF), and the center (C).

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Bob Davies

Robert Edris Davies (January 15, 1920 – April 22, 1990) was an American professional basketball player.

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Bob Feerick

Robert Joseph Feerick (January 2, 1920 – June 8, 1976) was an American professional basketball player, coach and general manager.

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Bones McKinney

Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney (January 1, 1919 – May 16, 1997) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Boston Garden

Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, United States.

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Buddy Jeannette

Harry Edward "Buddy" Jeannette (September 15, 1917 – March 11, 1998) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st most populous city in the United States.

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Bye (sports)

A bye in sports (and certain other competitions), refers to organizers scheduling a competitor to not participate in a given round of competition, due to one of several circumstances.

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Carl Braun (basketball)

Carl August Braun Jr. (September 25, 1927 – February 10, 2010) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Stags

The Chicago Stags were a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Chick Halbert

Charles Pinkney "Chick" Halbert IV (February 27, 1919 – March 4, 2013) was an American professional basketball player.

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Cleveland Rebels

The Cleveland Rebels were a Basketball Association of America (a forerunner of the modern National Basketball Association) team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Commissioner of the NBA

The Commissioner of the NBA is the chief executive of the National Basketball Association.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Detroit Falcons (basketball)

The Detroit Falcons were a professional basketball team based in Detroit.

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Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit, Michigan.

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Eastern Conference (NBA)

The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Ed Sadowski (basketball)

Edward Anthony Sadowski (July 11, 1917 – September 18, 1990) was an American professional basketball player.

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Ernie Calverley

Ernest A. Calverley (January 30, 1924 – October 20, 2003) was an American professional basketball player.

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Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Allen County, United States.

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Frank Baumholtz

Frank Conrad Baumholtz (October 7, 1918 – December 14, 1997) was an American professional baseball and basketball player.

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Fred Scolari

Fred Joseph Scolari (March 1, 1922 – October 17, 2002) was an American professional basketball player.

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George Mikan

George Lawrence Mikan Jr. (June 18, 1924 – June 1, 2005), nicknamed Mr.

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Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in the San Francisco Bay Area in Oakland, California.

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Harlem Globetrotters

The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team.

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Howie Dallmar

Howard Dallmar (May 24, 1922 – December 19, 1991) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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Indianapolis Jets

The Indianapolis Jets were a Basketball Association of America team based in Indianapolis.

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Indianapolis Olympians

The Indianapolis Olympians were a founding National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Jim Pollard

James Clifford Pollard (July 9, 1922 – January 22, 1993) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Joe Fulks

Joseph Franklin "Jumping Joe" Fulks (October 26, 1921 – March 21, 1976) was an American professional basketball player, sometimes called "the first of the high-scoring forwards".

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Johnny Logan (basketball)

John Arnold "Johnny" Logan (January 1, 1921 – September 16, 1977) was an American professional basketball player and coach born in Richmond, Indiana.

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Joseph Carr

Joseph Francis Carr (October 22, 1879 – May 20, 1939) was an American sports executive in American football, baseball, and basketball.

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Ken Sailors

Kenneth Lloyd Sailors (January 14, 1921 – January 30, 2016) was an American professional basketball player active in the 1940s and early 1950s.

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List of NBA champions

The National Basketball Association (NBA) (formerly Basketball Association of America (BAA) from 1946 to 1949) Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the NBA's postseason.

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List of players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great coaches, referees, and other major contributors to the sport.

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Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.

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Madison Square Garden (1925)

Madison Square Garden (MSG III) was an indoor arena in New York City, the third bearing that name.

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Maple Leaf Gardens

Maple Leaf Gardens is a historic building located at the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Maurice Podoloff

Maurice Podoloff (Моріс Подолоф; August 18, 1890 – November 24, 1985) was an American lawyer and basketball and ice hockey administrator.

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Max Zaslofsky

Max "Slats" Zaslofsky (December 7, 1925 – October 15, 1985) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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National Basketball League (United States)

The National Basketball League (NBL) was a professional men's basketball league in the United States established in 1937.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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National Hockey League

The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada.

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NBA Conference Finals

The National Basketball Association Conference Finals are the Eastern and Western championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA), a major professional basketball league in North America.

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NBA draft

The NBA draft is an annual event dating back to 1947 in which the (now thirty) teams from the National Basketball Association (NBA) can draft players who are eligible and wish to join the league.

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NBA Finals

The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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NBA playoffs

The NBA playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament annually held after the National Basketball Association's regular season to determine the league's champion.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Knicks

The New York Knickerbockers, commonly referred to as the Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City.

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Ossie Schectman

Oscar Benjamin "Ossie" Schectman (March 30, 1919 – July 30, 2013) was an American professional basketball player.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Pittsburgh Ironmen

The Pittsburgh Ironmen were a charter member of the Basketball Association of America (a forerunner of the National Basketball Association).

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Providence Steamrollers

The Providence Steamrollers were a Basketball Association of America team based in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is one of the oldest cities in the United States.

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Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York.

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Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California.

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St. Louis

St.

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St. Louis Bombers

The St.

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Stan Miasek

Stanley Miasek (August 8, 1924 – October 18, 1989) was an American professional basketball player.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Toronto Huskies

The Toronto Huskies were a team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which was a forerunner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), during the 1946–47 season.

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University of Minnesota Press

The University of Minnesota Press is a university press that is part of the University of Minnesota.

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Walter A. Brown

Walter A. Brown (February 10, 1905 – September 7, 1964) was the founder and original owner of the Boston Celtics as well as an important figure in the development of ice hockey in the United States.

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Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Washington Capitols

The Washington Capitols were a charter Basketball Association of America (forerunner of the National Basketball Association) team based in Washington, D.C. The team was coached from 1946 to 1949 by NBA Hall of Famer Red Auerbach.

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Washington Wizards

The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Western Conference (NBA)

The Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of two conferences that makes up the league, the other being the Eastern Conference.

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1946–47 BAA season

The 1946–47 BAA season was the inaugural season of the Basketball Association of America.

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1947 BAA Finals

The 1947 BAA Finals was the championship round of playoffs following the inaugural Basketball Association of America 1946–47 season.

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1947 BAA playoffs

The 1947 BAA Playoffs was the postseason tournament that followed the inaugural Basketball Association of America 1946–47 season.

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1948 BAA Finals

The 1948 BAA Finals was the championship round of the Basketball Association of America's 1947–48 season.

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1948 BAA playoffs

The 1948 BAA Playoffs was the postseason tournament following the Basketball Association of America 1947–48 season.

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1949 BAA draft

The 1949 BAA draft was the third annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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1949 BAA Finals

The 1949 BAA Finals was the championship round following the Basketball Association of America 1948–49 season, its third and last.

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1949 BAA playoffs

The 1949 BAA Playoffs was the postseason tournament following the Basketball Association of America 1948–49 season, its third and last.

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2012–13 NBA season

The 2012–13 NBA season was the 67th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_Association_of_America

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