New York was to be the home of one of the first eleven teams to play in the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967, the year that league debuted. However, the franchise, awarded to trucking magnate Arthur J. Brown, had trouble finding a home in the Big Apple and wound up in New Jersey. Island and became the New York Nets. They eventually moved back to New Jersey,
Today’s Brooklyn Nets have a tangled, New York/New Jersey border-hopping history dating back to the formation of the ABA back in 1967.
Formed: June 6, 1946 Ceased: August 3, 1949 (Basketball Association of America and National Basketball League merge to form the National Basketball Association) First Game:
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
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.
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