(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1923 – 1945 1951 1957 Rochester Team in Different Leagues The Royals defected to the NBL’s rival, the Basketball Association of America, in 1948. In 1949, as a result of that year’s absorption of the NBL by the BAA, the Royals became members of the newly formed NBA along with the Fort Wayne Pistons, Minneapolis …