1932 Nuggets in 1932 Team Formation The Denver Nuggets trace their roots back to 1932 when the original amateur Nuggets were formed as a member of the Amateur Athletic Union. Led by player/coach “Jumping Jack” McCracken, the Nuggets were one of the most powerful amateur athletic basketball teams in the country, winning the 1939 AAU championship and losing the 1940 …
Baltimore Bullets (1949) Team History
1946 Bullets Team Formation The Baltimore Bullets accepted an invitation to join the Basketball Association of America. The league which was attempting to become the first major professional basketball league had four teams fold following its first season and we’re looking for an eighth member. After losing to the Washington Capitols 63-55 in their first game on November 12th. The …
Toronto Huskies Team History
1946 Huskies Team Formation On November 1, 1946, they hosted the first game in BAA league history losing 68–66 to the New York Knickerbockers before an opening night crowd of 7,090. Ossie Schectman scored the opening basket for the New York Knickerbockers against the Toronto Huskies. On that night, anyone taller than George Nostrand, the tallest Husky at 6’8″, was …
Detroit Falcons (Basketball) Team History
1946 1946-1947 1947 1947 Falcons Team Formation The Falcons played only in the inaugural season of the BAA and finished 4th in the Western Division with a 20–40 record, 18½ games out of first place. Center–forward Stan Miasek was the team’s star, scoring 895 points (14.9 points per game) and making the BAA’s First Team that year. See Full Story …
Providence Steamrollers Team History
1946 Steamrollers Team Formation The Steamrollers were one of the original eleven NBA franchises (when the league was called the Basketball Association of America). The franchise posted an all-time record of 46–122 (.274) before folding after three seasons. The Steamrollers still hold the dubious NBA record for the fewest games won in a season with six, in the 1947 – …
Cleveland Rebels Team History
1946 1946 1947 1947 Rebels Team Formation The Cleveland Rebels were among the 11 teams in the newly established Basketball Association of America. The new basketball league had a distinct advantage over two other established professional basketball leagues, in that it had the backing of major arena owners looking to fill their buildings. Playing at the Cleveland Arena, the Rebels …
Pittsburgh Ironmen Team History
1946 Pittsburgh Ironmen Team Formation They ended their only season in the BAA in 1946 – 1947 with a record of 15–45, finishing in fifth and last place in the Western Division and worst overall in the league. According to Nate Silver and Reuben Fischer-Baum, applying the Elo rating system, this was, through 2017, the worst season ever by a …
St. Louis Bombers Team History
1946 St. Louis Bombers Team Formation Coached by Ken Loeffler the St. Louis Bombers faced the Pittsburgh Ironmen on November 2nd in their first game at the St. Louis Arena on November 2nd, winning 56-51. The Bombers were able to get off to a fast start winning 11 of their first 14 games. Leading the way for the Bombers one …
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