BAA Indianapolis

Planned basketball team in Indianapolis

BAA Indianapolis was a planned basketball team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), a forerunner of the modern National Basketball Association (NBA), based in Indianapolis. They essentially ceased operations before the start of the 1946–47 BAA season,[1] though it wouldn't be officially cancelled as a franchise until May 10, 1948 following the news of the Indianapolis Kautskys looking to move from the rivaling NBL to the BAA alongside a few other NBL teams. The Kautskys would rebrand themselves into the Indianapolis Jets for one season before folding operations once the Basketball Association of America and the rivaling National Basketball League (NBL) merged together to become the modern-day National Basketball Association (NBA), though the Jets would be replaced by the Indianapolis Olympians expansion franchise that was initially planned to play for the NBL before it ended up as a part of the NBA instead. The Olympians would continue operations until 1953 due in part to controversy relating to a few of their players that were involved in a college scandal at the time. The state of Indiana would later have a new team created for a new rivaling league in the American Basketball Association called the Indiana Pacers in 1967, which eventually joined the NBA properly in 1976 and still exist in Indiana to this day.

## See also

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* Basketball Association of America
* Indianapolis Jets
* Indianapolis Olympians
* Indiana Pacers

## References

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1. ^ Bradley, Robert. "BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA LEAGUE MINUTES 1946-1949". APBR. Retrieved January 16, 2010.

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* Anderson Packers
* Baltimore Bullets
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* Chicago Stags
* Cleveland Rebels
* Denver Nuggets
* Detroit Falcons
* Indianapolis Jets
* Indianapolis Olympians
* Pittsburgh Ironmen
* Providence Steamrollers
* Sheboygan Red Skins
* St. Louis Bombers
* Toronto Huskies
* Washington Capitols
* Waterloo Hawks

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