National Basketball League (1937-1949)
November 5, 2025
Formed: October, 1937 Ceased: August 3, 1949 (Basketball Association of America and National Basketball League merge to form the National Basketball Association) First Game: December
Sport: Basketball (Men's)
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Kentucky Colonels (ABA)
April 4, 2025
The Kentucky Colonels were the 11th and final team to join the ABA in 1967. They, along the Indiana Pacers, were the only team to play in the same city with the same name for all nine ABA seasons.
Spirits of St. Louis
March 1, 2025
The Spirits of St. Louis originated as the Houston Mavericks, a charter member of the ABA in 1967. In 1969, they became the Carolina Cougars. In 1974 they moved to St. Louis. They folded when four fellow ABA members were accepted into the NBA in the summer of 1976.
Battle Creek Knights
December 31, 2023
The Battle Creek Knights were a low-level minor league basketball team that played in Southwestern Michigan from 2005 to 2013. The Knights won the inaugural championship of the International Basketball League with a perfect 21-0 record during their debut season in 2005. Later seasons saw the Knights bouncing between various unstable leagues and unable to return to the championship form of their first season. The team appears to have played its final games in January 2013.
Spirits of St. Louis (1974-1976)
December 10, 2023
The Spirits of St. Louis played just two losing seasons in the defunct American Basketball Association during the mid-1970’s. The team was never particularly successful in the standings or popular at the box office. Nevertheless, the Spirits retain a dedicated cult following thanks to a fantastically talented collection of players and an outrageous deathbed settlement with the NBA that may just be the greatest financial deal in the history of professional sports.