Oakland Oaks (ABA)

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For the professional baseball team, see Oakland Oaks (PCL). For the American Basketball League team, see Oakland Oaks (ABL).

The Oakland Oaks were a charter member of the original American Basketball Association. Formed in February 1967 as the Oakland Americans, the team changed its name to the Oaks prior to play that fall. Playing in the ABA during the 1967-68 and 1968-69 seasons at the Oakland Arena, the team colors were green and gold.

The Oaks were owned in part by pop singer Pat Boone. They were probably noted more for a major contract dispute with the cross-bay San Francisco Warriors of the established National Basketball Association over the rights to star player Rick Barry than for any on-court accomplishments. Barry, a former NBA Rookie of the Year who led the Warriors to the NBA finals in 1966–67, was so angered by management's failure to pay him certain incentive awards he felt he was due that he sat out the 1967–68 season. He joined the Oaks in the following year, leading the franchise to the ABA championship in 1968-69.^[1]

With or without Barry, the team proved to be a very poor investment for Boone and his co-owners. Despite winning the ABA championship, the Oaks were an abysmal failure at the box office, due in large part to the proximity of the NBA Warriors. The team was sold and moved to Washington, D.C. for the 1969–70 season, where it was renamed the Washington Caps. After one season in the nation's capital, the team moved to Norfolk, Virginia for the 1970–71 season and became the Virginia Squires. The team disbanded after the 1975-76 season, keeping it out of the ABA–NBA merger which occurred just weeks later. ^[2]

An earlier Oakland Oaks basketball team played in the American Basketball League in 1962.

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v t e American Basketball Association seasons

Seasons	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76

Playoffs	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

All-Star Games	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976

Champions Awards and honors ABA–NBA merger (1976 ABA Dispersal Draft)

v t e American Basketball Association teams

Anaheim Amigos (1967–1968) Baltimore Claws (1975) Carolina Cougars (1969–1974) Dallas Chaparrals/Texas Chaparrals (1967–1973) Denver Rockets/Denver Nuggets (1967–1976) Houston Mavericks (1967–1969) Indiana Pacers (1967–1976) Kentucky Colonels (1967–1976) Los Angeles Stars (1969-1970) Memphis Pros/Memphis Tams/Memphis Sounds (1970–1975) Miami Floridians/The Floridians (1968–1972) Minnesota Muskies (1967–1968) Minnesota Pipers (1968–1969) New Jersey Americans/New York Nets (1967–1976) New Orleans Buccaneers (1967–1970) Oakland Oaks (1967–1969) Pittsburgh Pipers/Condors (1967–1968; 1969–1972) San Antonio Spurs (1973–1976) San Diego Conquistadors/Sails (1972–1975) Spirits of St. Louis (1974–1976) Utah Stars (1970–1975) Virginia Squires (1970–1976) Washington Caps (1969–1970)

ABA All-Time Team

v t e American Basketball Association champions

1967–68 Pittsburgh Pipers 1968–69 Oakland Oaks 1969–70 Indiana Pacers 1970–71 Utah Stars 1971–72 Indiana Pacers 1972–73 Indiana Pacers 1973–74 New York Nets 1974–75 Kentucky Colonels 1975–76 New York Nets

v t e Oakland Oaks 1968–69 ABA Champions

11 Larry Brown 12 Henry Logan 14 Russ Critchfield 24 Rick Barry 30 Gary Bradds 31 Warren Jabali (Playoffs MVP) 32 John Clawson 33 Ira Harge 34 Doug Moe 40 Mel Peterson 42 Jim Eakins Head Coach Alex Hannum

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