1949–50 Anderson Packers Season

The 1949–50 NBA season was the only season for the Anderson Packers in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as their fourth professional season of existence when including the seasons they played in the preceding National Basketball League. Following the conclusion of this season, they would withdraw their operations from participating in the NBA altogether due to pressure against big-market areas like New York, Boston, and Philadelphia voicing their dismay against playing in places like Anderson during the season, which led to the Packers, Sheboygan Red Skins, Waterloo Hawks, and the original Denver Nuggets (who would later rebrand themselves as the Denver Refiners at first) creating the short-lived rivaling National Professional Basketball League as a failed effort to survive beyond the NBA.

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

''Neutral Games:''

November 8 vs St. Louis was played in Richmond, Indiana

November 9 vs Tri-Cities was played in Chicago, Illinois

March 11 vs New York was played in Chicago, Illinois

Playoffs

Western Division Semifinals

(2) Anderson Packers vs. (3) Tri-Cities Blackhawks: ''Packers win series 2-1''
*Game 1 @ Anderson (March 21): Anderson 89, Tri-Cities 77
*Game 2 @ Tri-Cities (March 23): Tri-Cities 76, Anderson 75
*Game 3 @ Anderson (March 24): Anderson 94, Tri-Cities 71

This was the and only first playoff meeting between the Packers and Blackhawks.

Western Division Finals

(1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (2) Anderson Packers: ''Packers win series 2-1''
*Game 1 @ Indianapolis (March 28): Indianapolis 77, Anderson 74
*Game 2 @ Anderson (March 30): Anderson 84, Indianapolis 67
*Game 3 @ Indianapolis (April 1): Anderson 67, Indianapolis 65

This was the first and only playoff meeting between the Olympians and Packers.

NBA Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (2) Anderson Packers: ''Lakers win series 2-0''
*Game 1 @ Minneapolis (April 5): Minneapolis 75, Anderson 50
*Game 2 @ Anderson (April 6): Minneapolis 90, Anderson 71

This was the first and only playoff meeting between the Lakers and Packers.

Dispersal Draft

After the Packers withdrew their operations from the NBA on April 10, 1950 in order to later create the short-lived rivaling National Professional Basketball League alongside the Sheboygan Red Skins, Waterloo Hawks, and original Denver Nuggets franchise, only Anderson from the original four teams that withdrew from the NBA into the newly-formed NPBL would officially have their players enter a dispersal draft for NBA teams to acquire their players from. The former Packers players would also be drafted alongside players that previously played for the St. Louis Bombers, who officially disbanded as a franchise two weeks after the Packers withdrew as a franchise in the NBA on April 24 that same year (which coincidentally was also the same day the other former NBA teams left to help create the NPBL), with the dispersal draft involving former Packers and Bombers players being the first official dispersal draft of the 1950–51 NBA season period occurring on August 25, 1950. The following teams acquired these players from the Packers during the dispersal draft period.

* Baltimore Bullets: Red Owens
*Boston Celtics: Ed Stanczak
*Chicago Stags: Frank Brian
* Fort Wayne Pistons: John Hargis
*Philadelphia Warriors: Bill Closs, Frank Gates, & Milo Komenich
*Rochester Royals: Charles B. Black
* Tri-Cities Blackhawks: Richie Niemiera

References

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