Washington Caps

Oakland Oaks 1967-1969 Washington Caps 1969-1970 Virginia Squires 1970-1976

The Washington Caps ( or Washington Capitols ) was an American basketball franchise from Washington, DC, who played from 1969 to 1970 in the American Basketball Association. Previously, the team played under the name Oakland Oaks. From 1970 to 1976 she worked as a Virginia Squires in the league.

Origins

With the founding of the ABA in February 1967 a team to Oakland, California was awarded for $ 30,000 to the singer Pat Boone as principal owner. The team was originally named Oakland Americans, but the name was eventually changed to Oakland Oaks. NBA star Rick Barry played exactly like Steve Jones and Levern Tart for the Oaks. Barry, however, was hampered at play in the NBA by a process that was initiated by his former NBA team (in terms of the replacement clause in his contract ), so he spent the season as a radio announcer instead of as a player of the Oaks. The Oaks won the very first game of the ABA in 1967, a 132:129 win against the Anaheim Amigos on October 3, 1967 and swept through the playoffs in 1969, until they won the championship in the same year against the Indiana Pacers. However, the Bank of America threatened to terminate a loan in the amount of 1.2 million dollars, and so a group of investors bought led from Washington led by Earl Foreman the team and brought them for the next season to Washington.

The season 1969/70

The move also came a new identity as a green and golden gekleidetet Washington Caps. Al Bianchi was the head coach of the team. A federal appeals court ruled regarding Rick Barry's contract for the Caps. Barry and Warren Armstrong played in the ABA All Star game, but injuries limited her playing time during the season.

In March 1970, the association between ABA and NBA seemed bevozustehen, conditional that the Washington Caps would have to move, but a subsequent litigation hindered the association until June 1976.

The Caps were in the Western Division despite their move to the East Coast. This meant the team that she was constantly traveling to distant venues, and so affected the travel and the time differences their game. At the home games were an average of 2992 fans. Because of the large distances within the division, the Caps played some home games in places like Wichita, Kansas, and even Mexico City, but had little success in these replacement home games. They had good results in their real home games at the Washington Coliseum.

They finished the season with 44 wins and 40 defeats, which finished third in the Western Division meant seven games behind the Denver Rockets and one game behind the Dallas Chaparrals. In the playoffs, the Caps in 1970 met the Denver Rockets in the Division semi-finals where they were eliminated eventually lost in the seventh game in Denver with 119:143 and.

Virginia Squires

After the end of the season 1969/70 the Caps moved south and became the Virginia Squires. They played all seasons in the ABA until 1976. At the end of the 1975/76 season, the Squires were not able to meet the financial requirements of the league. They parted before the unification of ABA and NBA in June 1976.