Thought this was interesting and nostalgic
 

Here's a list of all the teams that ever played in the National Basketball League which, along with the Basketball Assn. of America, merged to eventually become the NBA.

Note: an * after the year denote the team is still playing in the NBA

* Akron Firestone Non-Skids (1937–41)
* Akron Goodyear Wingfoots (1937–42)
* Anderson Duffey Packers (1946–49)
* Buffalo Bisons (1937–38)*
* Chicago Bruins (1939–42)
* Chicago Studebaker Flyers (1942–43)
* Chicago American Gears (1944–47)
* Cincinnati Comellos (1937–38)
* Cleveland Chase Brassmen (1943–44)
* Cleveland Allmen Transfers (1944–46)
* Columbus Athletic Supply (1938–39)
* Dayton Metropolitans (1937–38)
* Denver Nuggets (1948–49)
* Detroit Eagles (1939–41)
* Detroit Gems (1946–47)*
* Detroit Vagabond Kings/Dayton Rens (1948–49)
* Flint Dow A.C.'s/Midland Dow A.C.'s (1947–48)
* Fort Wayne General Electrics (1937–38)
* Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1941–48)*
* Hammond Ciesar All-Americans (1938–41)
* Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (1948–49)
* Indianapolis Kautskys (1937–48)
* Kankakee Gallagher Trojans (1937–38)
* Minneapolis Lakers (1947–48)*
* Oshkosh All-Stars (1937–49)
* Pittsburgh Pirates (1937–39)
* Pittsburgh Raiders (1944–45)
* Richmond King Clothiers became Cincinnati Comellos (1937–38)
* Rochester Royals (1945–48)*
* Sheboygan Red Skins (1938–49)
* Syracuse Nationals (1946–49)*
* Toledo Jim White Chevrolets (1941–43)
* Toledo Jeeps (1946–48)
* Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1946–49)*
* Warren Penns (1937–38)
* Warren Penns/Cleveland White Horses (1938–39)
* Waterloo Hawks (1948–49)
* Whiting Ciesar All-Americans (1937–38)
* Youngstown Bears (1945–47)

Here's the BAA teams: (different indication of teams still playing in the NBA)
Baltimore Bullets [a] Baltimore, Maryland 1947–49
Boston Celtics Boston, Massachusetts 1946–49
Chicago Stags Chicago, Illinois 1946–49
Cleveland Rebels Cleveland, Ohio 1946–47
Detroit Falcons [b] Detroit, Michigan 1946–47
Fort Wayne Pistons Fort Wayne, Indiana 1948–49
Indianapolis Jets Indianapolis, Indiana 1948–49
Minneapolis Lakers [c] Minneapolis, Minnesota 1948–49
New York Knickerbockers New York, NY 1946–49
Philadelphia Warriors [d] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1946–49
Pittsburgh Ironmen Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1946–47
Providence Steamrollers Providence, Rhode Island 1946–49
Rochester Royals [e] Rochester, New York 1948–49
St. Louis Bombers St. Louis, Missouri 1946–49
Toronto Huskies Toronto, Ontario 1946–47
Washington Capitols Washington, D.C. 1946–49

* a Not affiliated with the present-day Washington Wizards, which were known as the Baltimore Bullets from 1963 to 1973
* b Currently known as the Detroit Pistons
* c Currently known as the Los Angeles Lakers
* d Currently known as the Golden State Warriors
* e Currently known as the Sacramento Kings

Gee, I wonder what ever happened to the Anderson Duffey Packers? What's a "Duffey" anyway - and how do you pack it? :D

Remember Wes Unseld, and Earl "The Pearl" Monroe ???
 

Somebody deemed that the Bullets name was too violent in a city with a high crime rate. Political correctness in the land of politics.

Thanks Mark Padgett. http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/...=0001562444867

Someone somewhere posted the old line from Jay Leno about how the Washington Bullets decided their name indicated a bad image so they were changing it - to just "The Bullets". :D

And they didn't improve that image by going from the Washington Bullets to the Washington Wizards. :p :D

great history lesson
 

Wow. I never knew that the Tri-Cities, St. Louis, Atlanta Hawks actually started off as the Buffalo Bisons.

The Detroit Falcons, however, did not become the Detroit Pistons, the Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons did. The Falcons folded after a single season

If you want to get technical, the original Boston Celtics franchise is now the L.A. Clippers and the present Celts are the former Buffalo Braves. Technically, John Y Brown moved his franchise to Boston, Irv Levin moved his franchise to San Diego and they swapped personnel and what we now call intellectual property. Bob McKinnon stayed with Brown and did not have to fill out a new W-4 when he became part of the Celtics, but Red Auerbach, a Celtic before and after the deal, did.

There was also a player - player trade as part of the deal, and Billy Knight has also noted that, for the IRS, he had no change in his employer as a result of going to the Celtics, since the team he joined was the former Braves franchise which owned him prior all the swapping.

I can tell you that Buffalo Braves fans would not use the term "intellectual property" and "John Y Brown" in the same discussion.