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Question
#32426. tim
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Has Pittsburgh ever had a professional basketball team, and if so, what was their name?
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billfay
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Pittsburgh has had the Piranhas of the Continental Basketball Association ('94-'95 season) and the Pipers in the old ABA for the '67-'68 season.
Sat Apr 26 10:25:27 CDT 2003
(To fix typo - McG)
May 01 03, 9:01 AM
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bocoroth
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They currently have the Xplosion in the CBA (2006 to present.) In 2006, the team was with the current ABA. Before that, there was a team called the Pittsburgh Hardhats which played in the ABA from 2000-2004. The Pipers were known as the Condors during their last 2 seasons in the old ABA ('70-'72). Finally, there was an ABA team called the Pittsburgh Patriots which never played a game. As for the NBA, Pittsburgh had only one team, the Pittsburgh Ironmen, which played from 1946-47. The NBA was known as the BAA (Basketball Association of America) at the time, however.
Dec 18 07, 2:20 AM
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