Basketball Association of America (BAA)
1948-49 BAA Season Overview

Leagues Basketball BAA 1949 Season Overview

The 1948–49 BAA season was the third and final season of the Basketball Association of America. (Following the season, the BAA and National Basketball League merged to create the National Basketball Association or NBA.) The postseason tournament (the 1949 BAA Playoffs) at its conclusion, ended with the Minneapolis Lakers winning the BAA Championship, beating the Washington Capitols 4 games to 2 in the BAA Finals. The NBA recognizes the three BAA seasons as part of its own history, sometimes without comment, so the 1948–49 BAA season is sometimes considered the third NBA season.

Other basketball leagues in 1949:
NBL

Following its third season, 1948–49, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) to create the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1950

1949 Minneapolis Lakers

1949 BAA Season
Minneapolis Lakers

12 teams competed during the regular season

Minneapolis Lakers defeated Washington Capitols for the championship

League President

Maurice Podoloff

1949 BAA Draft

Pick Player Team

0 Paul Gordon Bullets

0 Bill Evans Bullets

0 Tom Gallagher Bullets

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Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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