After convincing the Pistons to join, Chen Qiang's new league already has five teams.

The Pistons have joined the NBL League, which can be regarded as Chen Qiang's digging of the corner of the NBL League, since they have begun to dig other people's corners, Chen Qiang doesn't mind coming again, so he went straight to Baltimore City, Maryland, Chen Qiang's next target is the Baltimore Bullets.

Fans who are familiar with the NBA should know that the original name of the Washington Wizards was the Washington Bullets, and before that, the Washington Bullets were relocated from Baltimore to Washington, that is to say, the Baltimore Bullets were the predecessor of the Washington Wizards.

It's just that the Baltimore Bullets team, the predecessor of the Wizards, was founded in 1961 and has nothing to do with the Baltimore Bullets in the forties. The Baltimore Bullets in the forties disbanded in 1954, and when Baltimore formed a new team, the name of the Bullets was used in honor of the former Bullets. And the reason why the Bullets team in the forties is because the Bullets team once won the NBA championship, and it is also the only team in the NBA that won the championship and then disbanded.

Similar situations are not uncommon in the United States, such as today's Charlotte Hornets are not the original Charlotte Hornets. The original generation of the Charlotte Hornets was the current New Orleans Pelicans, and the first generation of the Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans and became the New Orleans Hornets, and then changed their name to the Pelicans. The name "Hornets" was taken away by the original Charlotte Bobcats and became the current Charlotte Hornets.

Chen Qiang knew that the Baltimore Bullets were the predecessor of the Washington Wizards, but he didn't know that the Baltimore Bullets in the forties and the Baltimore Bullets in the sixties were not the same team.

In the '40s, the Baltimore Bullets played in the ABL league, the league with the most fluid teams and the most chaotic management. And there is no big money behind the Baltimore Bullets, so it is easy for Chen Qiang to convince the Baltimore Bullets, and when Chen Qiang expressed his willingness to invest in the team, the Baltimore Bullets agreed to join without hesitation.

At this point, Chen Qiang's new league finally has six teams.

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On the train back to New York, Chen Qiang kept thinking about the new alliance.

"Six teams is still a bit less, if you have to make at least eight teams! If it doesn't work, find two teams around New York to make up the numbers, and give them the right to use Madison Square Garden. ”

New York has a very developed sports industry, and there have been many New York teams in the ABL and NBL leagues, but most of them have only played for a year or two before disbanding.

If Chen Qiang wants to find two teams in New York to make up the numbers, it is actually not difficult, as long as Chen Qiang is willing to use Madison Square Garden as their home stadium, many New York City teams are happy to come, after all, everyone wants to play on the big field.

This kind of team to make up the number, the strength is not guaranteed, they are likely to only be amateur, or semi-professional level, such a team appears on the field, will affect the quality of the game, but also affect the enjoyment of the game.

So if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't find another team, Chen Qiang wouldn't be looking for a bad team to make up the numbers.

"Edward Ireland has been a basketball promoter for almost two decades, and he's certainly more familiar with this than I am, so I'll hear what he has to offer when I get back to New York." Chen Qiang decided to ask a professional in this area.

What Chen Qiang didn't expect was that he met Edward Ireland as soon as he got off the train.

I saw Edward Ireland carrying a briefcase and hailing a taxi, which looked like he had gotten off the train after a long journey.

"Mr. Ireland." Chen Qiang stopped Edward Ireland.

"Mr. Chen, I really didn't expect to meet you at the train station." Edward Ireland said with a delighted face.

"Are you on a business trip? Did you go to inspect the players? Chen Qiang asked.

"I went to Buffalo first, and then I went to Washington." Edward-Irish paused before saying, "Mr. Chen, I have good news for you. ”

At this time, a taxi stopped, Chen Qiang pointed to the door, and said, "Let's get in the car and talk." ”

After the two got into the taxi, Edward Ireland said, "I went on a business trip and found two new teams that they were willing to join a new basketball league. ”

Chen Qiang's face was also happy, what he lacked now was the team, so Chen Qiang hurriedly asked, "What team is it?" ”

"I went to Washington and met with Bill Reinhardt, a basketball coach at the University of Washington, who introduced me to Mr. Miguel Yulin, president of Capitol Garden, Inc., who was interested in our new league and they were going to start a new team." Edward Ireland paused before explaining, "The Ulin Stadium in Washington, D.C., belongs to Mr. Miguel Yulin, who is interested in hosting basketball games in large stadiums. ”

"I see, I see!" Chen Qiang nodded, he knew that this Miguel Yulin was another money-losing stadium owner, and he planned to use the basketball game to turn his losses into profits.

Yulin Stadium, later renamed Washington Stadium, was the largest stadium in Washington at the time, and although Yulin Stadium was not as large as Madison Square Garden, it could seat 7,500 spectators, and in the future of China, there were not many indoor stadiums that could seat 7,500 spectators.

After all, Washington is the capital of the United States, so Yulin Stadium often hosts some government activities, such as Roosevelt's 60th birthday, there was a celebration at Youlin Stadium, Roosevelt's wife personally cut a 650-pound birthday cake at Youlin Stadium, and after Roosevelt ate the cake, it is estimated that cerebral thrombosis is a little more in his eyes.

The inaugural ball of future President Eisenhower and the first concert of the Beatles in the United States were also held at Yulin Stadium.

Due to the frequent government events, the operation of the Yulin Stadium is quite good, but as a capitalist, it is natural to pursue profit maximization, and the owner of the Yulin Stadium, Miguel Yulin, wishes that his stadium can operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, so as to bring him the maximum profit.

So when Miguel Yulin learned that Chen Qiang was planning to establish a new basketball league and that it would all be played in a big arena, he decided to join it, hoping to make more money through basketball.

"Since there is a team willing to join, I can't ask for it, I don't know what the name of this team in Washington is going to be?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Miguel Yulin is the president of the Capitol Garden Corporation, so this team is going to be called the Capitol Building in Washington!" Edward-Ireland replied.

"The Capitol in Washington, D.C." Chen Qiang nodded, he had an impression of the name, it was one of the first teams in the NBA, but it was disbanded in the early fifties.

Historically, the Washington Capitol team has achieved the highest NBA win rate of 81.7%, a record that was not broken until 1967 by the Philadelphia 76ers led by Chamberlain. And the reason why Washington Guohua Building is so powerful is because their head coach is a legendary coach, that "Cardinal" Arnold Auerbach!

After talking about the Washington Capitol, Chen Qiang then asked: "You just said that there are two teams that want to join, where is the other team?" ”

"Didn't I just say I went to Buffalo first, the other team is Buffalo." Edward Ireland continued: "There is a Buffalo Memorial in Buffalo, which is a public facility built by the local government, and the day-to-day operating expenses of this Buffalo Memorial are currently taking up a large part of the Erie County finances, so when the Erie County government learned that it could make money from basketball games, it planned to form a team to participate. ”

"It's not very common in the United States for the government to form teams to participate in professional sports leagues." Chen Qiang said with a smile.

"The Erie County government is mainly responsible for providing the venue and some of the funding, and the team also has two shareholders, one named Ferris and the other called Kona." Edward-Ireland replied.

"Ferris? I think I've heard the name. Chen Qiang frowned and began to recall.

"He's the owner of a sporting goods company." Edward Ireland introduced.

"I remembered!" Chen Qiang nodded suddenly in realization: "I once saw him at a dance party, and I didn't expect him to invest in the team." So what's the name of this team? ”

"I guess it's called the Buffalo Bison!" Edward-Ireland replied.

"It's pretty much in line with Buffalo." Chen Qiang said with a smile.

Buffalo is the second largest city in New York State, after New York City. There used to be herds of bison here, and it was a hunting place for the Indians. The bison is popularly known as "Buffalo", which is also the origin of the city's name.

However, Chen Qiang has never heard of the name Buffalo, and he thinks that it should not be a team that can survive.

"Is the Buffalo Memorial huge?" Chen Qiang then asked.

"It's not small, and the operating costs are huge, and it's said that the Erie County Treasury Department has assessed that it needs to attract at least 3,000 spectators per game to keep the Buffalo Memorial balanced." Edward Ireland spoke.

"Buffalo is not a small city, but a new basketball league may not be able to attract too many viewers, if not 3,000 spectators? Will this team be disbanded? I don't want a season to be played before a team is disbanded. Chen Qiang said.

"I thought about that too, so I asked Ferris, one of the shareholders, and he secretly told me that he actually had a second plan, that if the Erie county government wasn't willing to keep the team going, he would move the team to Illinois, and the cities near the Mississippi River would welcome a new team." Edward-Ireland replied.

"Illinois? Isn't that going to be moved to the neighborhood of Chicago? It's a bit far from New York! Chen Qiang said.

Edward Ireland shook his head: "It certainly won't be Chicago, Ferris told me that if it does move, it could be one of the three groups of cities such as Morin, Rock Aylan, or Davenport, or it could be that these three cities share a team." ”

"Three cities sharing a team?" Chen Qiang was slightly stunned, and suddenly thought of a team.

"Why does this sound so much like the Tri-City Blackhawks? Could it be that this newly formed Buffalo Manatee is the predecessor of the Tri-City Black Hawks? Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

When the NBA was first established in 1949, there was a team called the Tri-City Blackhawks, which moved to Milwaukee in 1951 and changed its name to the Hawks, and in 1955, the Milwaukee Hawks moved to St. Louis and became the St. Louis Hawks, and in 1968, the St. Louis Hawks moved to Atlanta, which is today's Atlanta Hawks.

Much of the Eagles' history begins with the Tri-City Blackhawks, and there is very little information about the Bison team that moved from Buffalo. Historically, the Brallo Bisons have played in the BAA League and won the first game 50-39 against the Syracuse National Citizens. (Guess which team this Syracuse National Citizens team will be in the future?) ）

At this time, Chen Qiang had already guessed that the Buffalo Bison team was likely to be the future Atlanta Hawks based on the information provided by Edward Ireland.

"Looks like there's another team worth investing in!" Chen Qiang sighed lightly in his heart.

……

Chen Qiang finally gathered eight teams, and the new basketball league finally took shape.

The eight teams are the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Philadelphia Warriors, Rochester Royals (future Kings), Fort Wayne Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, Washington Capitol, and Buffalo Bison (future Hawks).

In order to discuss the rules and regulations of the new league and the schedule, Chen Qiang held the first meeting of the new league in New York.

In addition to Chen Qiang, Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown, Philadelphia Warriors owner Peter Tyrell, Rochester Royal general manager and coach Lester Harris, Fort Wayne Pistons owner Fred Zorner, Baltimore Bullets general manager and coach Ben Kramer, Washington Capitol owner Miguel Yulin, and Buffalo Bison general manager Ferris were all present.

In the conference room, Chen Qiang sent the documents that had been prepared to everyone.

"I'm going to name our new league the National Basketball Association, or NBA for short. I also designed a special logo for the new alliance, so that you can open the file in your hand, right in the middle of the first page. Chen Qiang asked.

Everyone opened the first page of the document, only to see a LOGO in the middle, this logo is composed of blue, white and red, the left is blue, the right is red, the white in the middle is a human figure who is dribbling, and there are three letters "NBA" in the lower left corner of the blue area.

Chen Qiang's LOGO logo is a direct copy of the future NBA's LOGO, such a classic logo, Chen Qiang naturally wants to use it directly.

At that time, the sports league was so particular, whether it was the ABL league or the NBL league, there was no special logo. As soon as Chen Qiang's classic NBA logo came out, he instantly conquered the buns present.

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