The National Professional Basketball League (NPBL) was a professional basketball league in the United States from 1950–51, serving as a successor league to the National Basketball League that operated from 1937 to 1949.
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12-573: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Professional Basketball League (1950%E2%80%931951) The National Basketball Association contracted after the 1949–1950 season, losing six teams: The Anderson Packers , Sheboygan Red Skins and Waterloo Hawks jumped to the NPBL, while the Chicago Stags , Denver Nuggets and St. Louis Bombers folded. The league went from 17 teams to 11 before
16-971: The 1950–1951 season started. Midway through the 1950–1951 season, the Washington Capitols folded as well, bringing the number of teams in the league down to ten. The National Professional Basketball League was formed around the former NBA teams, with teams added in new larger markets. The charter teams were the East Division: Sheboygan Redskins (Former NBA), Anderson Packers (Former NBA), Louisville Alumnites and Grand Rapids Hornets . West Division: Denver Refiners / Evansville Agogans , Saint Paul Lights , Kansas City Hi-Spots and Waterloo Hawks (Former NBA). The league played just one season, with no championship finals ever being staged. Doxie Moore served as commissioner. The Grand Rapids Hornets , Kansas City Hi-Spots , Louisville Alumnites and Saint Paul Lights franchised folded during
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