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Basketball teams established in 1946
- Philadelphia 76ersIn 1946, Italian immigrant Danny Biasone established the Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball League for $5,000.
- Boston CelticsThe Boston Celtics were formed on the 6th of June 1946, by Walter A. Brown, president of the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation.
- Chicago StagsOn the 31st of March 1947, a tiebreaker game between two teams ended in overtime with a score of 73 to 66. The Chicago Stags defeated the St.
- Golden State WarriorsIn 1946, a basketball team named the Philadelphia Warriors became one of the eight charter members of the Basketball Association of America. Peter A.
- New York KnicksOn the 6th of June 1946, seventeen men gathered at the Commodore Hotel in New York City to establish the Basketball Association of America.
- Los Angeles LakersThe Detroit Gems finished last in the 1946, 47 season with only four wins and forty-four losses. Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen purchased the franchise for…
- Washington CapitolsThe Washington Capitols entered the Basketball Association of America in 1946 as one of seven original charter teams. Their inaugural season produced a…
- Atlanta HawksThe franchise began as the Buffalo Bisons in 1946, playing their first game on November 8 of that year against the Syracuse Nationals.
- Toronto HuskiesIn 1946, a group of arena owners gathered in New York to establish the Basketball Association of America. The majority of these potential basketball owners…