Talk:World Professional Basketball Tournament

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We say, "The tournament dispanded in 1949 when the BAA and NBL merged to form the NBA as we know it today." But we show the final rendition was in 1948,

• 1948 Minneapolis Lakers 75-71 New York Rens

After 1947–48 four NBL teams including the Minneapolis Lakers moved to the BAA. After 1948–49 the NBL and BAA merged to create the NBA. See:

Basketball Association of America#1948–49 season

National Basketball League (United States)#Later years.

BTW, in the latter article we say the all-black New York Rens were a replacement team in NBL 1948–49, as the Dayton Rens. The NBA did not include them. --P64 (talk) 02:35, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]