St. Paul Lights
The St. Paul Lights were a franchise for the one season (1950) of the National Professional Basketball League (1950–51), National Professional Basketball League, based in St. Paul, Minnesota. History The National Basketball Association contracted after the 1949–1950 season, losing six teams: The Anderson Packers, Sheboygan Red Skins and Waterloo Hawks, all former National Basketball League (United States), NBL teams, jumped to the National Professional Basketball League (1950–1951), NPBL, while the Chicago Stags, Denver Nuggets (original), Denver Nuggets and St. Louis Bombers (NBA), St. Louis Bombers folded. The league went from 17 teams to 11 before 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/NBL teams, with teams added in new larger markets. The charter teams were the Sheboyg ...
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National Professional Basketball League (1950-1951)
There have been two professional basketball leagues known as the National Professional Basketball League. *National Professional Basketball League (1950–51) *National Professional Basketball League (2007–08) The National Professional Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NPBL, was an American men's professional basketball minor league featuring teams from the East Coast of the United States which played for two seasons. A few of the teams in t ...