Wed Jan 28, 2009, 10:42pm
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We don't rent pigs
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
just another ref:
I agree with you but what were the Braves called when they moved to San Diego and before they moved to L.A. I know that they were the Clippers in San Diego, but I thought there was a name change to something else first when they moved from Buffalo to San Diego.
MTD, Sr.
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Apparently not.
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Originally Posted by some link found by google
Following a proposal by then-NBA attorney David Stern, the Braves were allowed to leave Buffalo after the 1977-78 season for San Diego. The deal was a complicated one, as Buffalo Braves owner John Y. Brown traded places with Boston Celtics owner Irv Levin. Levin, a California businessman, was unhappy in Boston and relished the opportunity to own a team in his home state. Levin immediately renamed the club the Clippers due to San Diego's bustling harbor and seaside locale.
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