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The Buffalo Braves played their first game on the 12th of October 1970 at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. This opening night marked the start of their tenure as one of three expansion franchises entering the National Basketball Association that season.
Hall of Famer Dolph Schayes served as the first head coach for the Buffalo Braves. He led the team through their initial years before other coaches like Dr. Jack Ramsay and Tates Locke took over later.
Paul Snyder sold fifty percent of the franchise to John Y. Brown Jr. during the 1976, 77 season due to severe scheduling conflicts with the Buffalo Sabres and Canisius College. These disputes forced the entire NBA schedule into limbo until hockey and college schedules were finalized.
The league voted twenty-one to one to allow the move of the Buffalo Braves to San Diego after the 1977, 78 season. David Stern brokered the transaction where Irv Levin acquired the Boston Celtics while the Braves relocated to become the San Diego Clippers.
Bob McAdoo was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000 following his tenure from 1972 to 1976. Moses Malone joined him in 2001 after a brief stint with the team in 1976, and Adrian Dantley earned Hall of Fame status in 2008 after playing for Buffalo between 1976 and 1977.