Basketball Association of America

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defunct sports organization professional basketball league

The Basketball Association of America was a pioneering professional basketball league in North America that later merged with the National Basketball League to form the modern National Basketball Association (NBA).

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Basketball Association of America canonical 94
BAA playoffs 1
Basketball Association of America (BAA) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct sports organization ⓘ
professional basketball league ⓘ
abbreviation BAA ⓘ
champion1947 Philadelphia Warriors ⓘ
champion1948 Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
champion1949 Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
surface form: Minneapolis Lakers
championshipTrophy BAA championship ⓘ
commissioner Maurice Podoloff ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1949 ⓘ
firstSeason 1946–47 BAA season ⓘ
founded 1946 ⓘ
foundedBy owners of major ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped establish major-market professional basketball in large U.S. cities ⓘ
inception June 6, 1946 ⓘ
introducedFranchisesThatBecameNBAStaples Boston Celtics ⓘ
New York Knicks ⓘ
Philadelphia Warriors ⓘ
lastSeason 1948–49 BAA season ⓘ
leagueFormat regular season and playoffs ⓘ
legacy one of the two direct predecessors of the NBA ⓘ
mediaCoverage United States newspapers and radio ⓘ
mergedWith National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: National Basketball League
mostSuccessfulFranchiseByTitles Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
surface form: Minneapolis Lakers
notablePlayer Bob Cousy ⓘ
George Mikan ⓘ
Joe Fulks ⓘ
notableTeam Boston Celtics ⓘ
Chicago Stags ⓘ
New York Knicks ⓘ
Philadelphia Warriors ⓘ
St. Louis Bombers ⓘ
Toronto Huskies ⓘ
Washington Capitols ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 3 ⓘ
openedWithGame Toronto Huskies vs. New York Knicks ⓘ
openingGameCity Toronto ⓘ
openingGameDate November 1, 1946 ⓘ
openingGameVenue Maple Leaf Gardens ⓘ
playoffName Basketball Association of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BAA playoffs
predecessorOf modern NBA structure and branding ⓘ
reasonForMerger competition and overlapping markets with the National Basketball League ⓘ
ruleSet professional basketball rules similar to modern NBA rules ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
successor National Basketball Association ⓘ
teamCountAtPeak 12 ⓘ

Referenced by (99)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boston Celtics → originalLeague → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
New York Knicks → foundingLeague → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Basketball Association of America → playoffName → Basketball Association of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BAA playoffs
NYK → foundingLeague → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
subject surface form: New York Knicks
National Basketball Association → originalName → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
National Basketball Association → predecessor → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
BAA → standsFor → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
BAA → formedByMergerOf → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
subject surface form: National Basketball Association
1948–49 BAA season → sportsLeague → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
1948–49 BAA season → finalSeasonOf → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
1948–49 BAA season → governingBody → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Toronto Huskies → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
St. Louis Bombers → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Red Holzman → leaguePlayedIn → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Joe Fulks → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Washington Capitols → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Maurice Podoloff → employer → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Philadelphia Warriors → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Chicago Stags → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
George Mikan → leaguePlayedIn → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Baltimore Bullets → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954)
Baltimore Bullets → championshipLeague → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954)
National Basketball League (NBL) → mergedWith → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basketball Association of America (BAA)
1946–47 BAA season → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
1946–47 BAA season → governingBody → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Rochester Royals → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Eastern Division → partOf → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Eastern Division → governingBody → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Western Division → partOf → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Western Division → governingBody → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
George Nostrand → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
George Nostrand → draftLeague → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Providence Steamrollers → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Providence Steamrollers → foundedInCompetition → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Bones McKinney → leaguePlayedIn → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Tri-Cities Blackhawks → joinedLeague → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Syracuse Nationals → joinedNBAFrom → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Basketball League
Butch van Breda Kolff → leaguePlayedIn → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Max Zaslofsky → leaguePlayedIn → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Johnny Logan → playedInLeague → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basketball Association of America / NBA transition era
Western Division of BAA → partOf → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Division (BAA)
Bombers → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Louis Bombers
Indianapolis Jets → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Grady Lewis → leagueCoachedIn → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Fulks → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Joe Fulks
Jumping Joe → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Joseph → league → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Joe Fulks
Bob Feerick → leaguePlayedIn → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Bob Feerick → playedIn → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
Podoloff → employer → Basketball Association of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Maurice Podoloff