WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BUFFALO BRAVES? // RELOCATED: A BUFFALO BRAVES HIGHLIGHTS & HISTORY DOCUMENTARY

[@davidalexander8996]

Buffalo would have gotten an MLB team around the same time as the Braves and Sabres if the Montreal Expos (now Washington Nationals) had not been so resilient in getting Jarry Park ready in time for 1969. Buffalo only had an MLB team on a temporary basis when the Toronto Blue Jays had to relocate during the pandemic. The Bills future should be rock solid for at least a generation with their new stadium under construction. Moving to the west coast has not broken the Braves turned Clippers curse; they are the oldest NBA franchise to never win a title, or even play in the finals for that matter.

[@David-yw2lv]

@@davidalexander8996 I never was much of a basketball fan.Both the NBA & NHL have seasons that are ridiculously long.

[@toddstevens13]

And a well earned Curse it is. I saw the Braves from 3 seasons before they had the Big 4 + their bench until the team moved and it was a disaster. Just sad, what could of been.

[@waynesolomon9313]

I hope the curse continues!! They should not have taken our team away from us!!

[@precool]

So I have a pretty parallel connection here. My family is from upstate NY. I was born in Rochester, and my father was a HUGE basketball fan. We moved to San Diego in the mid-seventies, and my dad jumped on the opportunity to have season tickets for the Clippers. I lucked out and became a ball boy for the first three years of the Clippers existence in SD. Talk about joy and pain. My dad loved every second of NBA action in San Diego. When Sterling moved them to LA (and ripped off the Laker logo the year before) it completely broke my dad's heart. I was pissed too. I'll always feel something special for the Clippers, but nothing can beat the days when San Diego was home. Great video!

[@jkmaster345]

So glad he’s back i was watching all this dude’s old videos lets go

[@AllSportsHistory]

haha thank you for watching!

[@waynesolomon9313]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. The Buffalo Braves started playing the same year I was born..1970!! Funny thing, I was at The Jefferson Avenue Family Festival at the beginning of this summer and there was a gentleman selling Buffalo Braves Gear!! It is STILL Extremely popular. Especially in The African American Community. A Brotha walked up and we both started checking out Braves merch to buy and both said this...."We Miss Our Team"!! This is tragic and DID NOT have to be. Short sightedness, bad planning and selfishness caused something that did not have to occur!! Downtown Buffalo died after The Braves left Buffalo. My older sister used to take me and my older brother to the games all the time. Because my Mom and Sister both worked for Twin Fair (Target Today), the owners would give my Mom the hookup on good tickets!! My Dad who wasn't really into sports even enjoyed The Braves. I remember them coming out of the locker room and speaking to me once as a little kid!! We always had Gold Seats in the Aud. Great Times. Long Live The Buffalo Braves!!!!

[@Whitesox_joey]

You're finally back 😀

[@AllSportsHistory]

I am!

[@vinceniederman]

@@AllSportsHistoryWelcome Back My Man and Glad U Have Done Another Sports Relocation Video!

[@vincentlospinuso7232]

@@AllSportsHistoryso happy to see you again

[@JUVI9596]

@@AllSportsHistorycan you please to a What happened to the original Winnipeg Jets ?

[@ChristopherHagee]

@@JUVI9596 Original Winn. Jets transplanted to Phnx. metro. area, Ariz. here in U.S. 🇺🇸 following N.H.L.'s 1995-1996 season/that was when they were re-branded as Coyotes

[@anthony_rivera4735]

We miss your content, good to have you back again

[@AllSportsHistory]

Thank you!

[@clydereid2976]

I loved the Buffalo Braves growing. They were a good team. Exciting to watch.

[@ChristopherHagee]

You know what l'd like to see, N.B.A. team in Pgh. (Pittsburgh), Penna. g'vng "Keystone State" (where l reside in) llnd N.B.A. team. I feel that just one lone Penna.-based N.B.A. team in '76ers from Phila. isn't enough, l think it's time for cross-state Pgh. (Pittsburgh), "Iron City" to get llnd Penna.-based N.B.A. team, although it's doubtful right now that that'll happen soon

[@kjorlaug1]

Great video. Buffalo Braves are a sad tale. I think you should do a mega video on the MLB moves of the 1950s.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Thank you! Yeah there were quite a number of teams that moved during the 50's, would be a good topic to cover :)

[@rexpresto]

I got a subscription alert for a new video from All Sports History…You helped take my mind off the Seahawks’ loss today. Great to see you back.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Haha tough loss to the Rams! Glad my video helped in some way :)

[@glennm.garcia6964]

@All Sports History: I enjoyed this video on the Buffalo Braves. I truly hope that you find the time to make a similar video to the following former NBA teams: San Diego Rockets, Syracuse Nationals, Rochester Royals, Minneapolis Lakers, Baltimore Bullets, St. Louis Hawks, Fort Wayne Pistons, Philadelphia Warriors.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Thank you, yeah many of these are on my future to do list!

[@vinceniederman]

⁠@@AllSportsHistoryThe Philadelphia Warriors Had Wilt Chamberlain on Their Roster and The Baltimore Bullets Became The Washington Bullets Before Switching The Name To The Wizards!

[@WDI2008]

Definitely need to do a video about what happened to California Golden Seals!

[@vinceniederman]

I Hope That Video Happens Of The California Golden Seals!

[@wyattburns2467]

Would love to see an episode about the original Winnipeg Jets and also some MLS teams such as the Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah I definitely want to start doing MLS/soccer videos in the future!

[@renatocosta8315]

Great to have you back with another Defuncted Sports Teams video especially before the Clippers identity in San Diego and LA came to be, even though each of them take a long process to complete to perfection, I’m already excited and curious for what other teams are you planning to release in the near future 👍🏻

[@vinceniederman]

Bill Walton Played in His Hometown Even Though He Was Already Injured After His Playing Days in Portland Were Done!

[@AllSportsHistory]

Thank you! Yeah unfortunately these do take a long time to put together, I’m hoping to maybe make some shorter videos that I can get out sooner in the near future.

[@vinceniederman]

@@AllSportsHistory No Problem and U have the best Sports videos Ever bar None!

[@renatocosta8315]

@@AllSportsHistory Actually the way you set up each of these videos with some funny commentary makes up for some of the best sports history videos ever found around KZbin, Don't change a thing man

[@markpage9886]

I had no idea about any of this. Thank you.

[@AllSportsHistory]

You’re welcome!

[@Captain_Commenter]

Similar thing happened in Vancouver, arguing over arena time, sad in both cases.

[@michaelalsbrooks7305]

I remember when All-Star guard Randy Smith had a novelty record called McAdoo

[@vinceniederman]

@All Sports History Welcome Back and U Should Do a Video of The San Diego Clippers Before They Moved To Los Angeles and Bill Walton Played in His Hometown Even Though He Was Always Injured!

[@AllSportsHistory]

I'd love to do a deeper dive into the SD Clippers and their move to LA in another video at some point, a lot more to cover there.

[@vinceniederman]

@@AllSportsHistory Good Idea and It’s Crazy That The Buffalo Braves Moved!

[@CoyoteIslander]

Glad you're back!

[@AllSportsHistory]

Thank you!

[@9ine7even3hree]

Buffalo should get a expansion team and use the Braves name

[@CutterHistorical]

Wish u dug in more about Buffalos home games up North in Toronto

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah I can see that, the Toronto games might be a good topic for a short video on the NBA in Toronto before the Raptors came…

[@Covercover5050]

On September 25, 1974, the Braves played the Pistons at Maple Leaf Gardens.. I was at that game with a ticket from my middle school gym teacher who got tickets somehow. It was great fun and would try to get to more games but tickets were scarce.

[@carljustinenuestro8771]

I’m a Laker fan but I love the Buffalo Braves jerseys during the Bob McAdoo era but it is a shame that they moved the team to San Diego then later on in Los Angeles. Btw Welcome back😊😊

[@AllSportsHistory]

Thank you!

[@bornyesterday21]

The Buffalo Braves fans got screwed just like us Hartford Whalers fans.

[@christopherdonaldson8231]

Love the first head coach Dolph Schayes! DeWitt Clinton High School alum in the Bronx! At the time an all-boys high school until it became co-ed in the early 1980s

[@christopherdonaldson8231]

13:20 Swen Nater (2nd in rebounds in Braves/Clippers history)

[@toddstevens13]

Too bad you didn't spend 30 seconds on what could of been perhaps the First Big 4 Lineup of Moses Malone, Bob McAdoo, Adrian Dantley, Randy Smith, and Ernie D, if they were not on purpose dismantled as you did state correctly.

[@stevenyates4535]

With Marvin Barnes, Swen Nater, and John Shumate along with others they would have been a dynasty!!

[@kevinhartman7465]

Big 5 if they’d kept Moses. Gar Heard and McMillian coming off bench. Nobody can tell me they don’t win a title or two if they don’t keep this group together.

[@toddstevens13]

@@stevenyates4535 With Captain Jack staying in Buffalo if all were kept, Portland never wins a Championship and the 80's would of looked very different. No Celtics/LA dynasty matches.

[@toddstevens13]

@@kevinhartman7465 Agreed. I watched the Braves for a few years before that year, and with all those guys, Captain Jack stays, Portland never wins a Chip, and the Boston/LA drama of the 80's never happens.

[@vinceniederman]

@All Sports History Here’s Another Idea “What Happened To The California Golden Seals” Since U Have Done a Few NHL Teams!

[@kevinhartman7465]

Thanks for hitting on the owners swapping franchises. I’ve heard some people say legally it could be interpreted as the Braves became the Celtics and Celtics the Braves. Depends who’s reading the legal documents from back then of course…

[@sjdrifter72]

Finally! a new video. Why took you so long? You were missed.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Haha yeah, these take a while to make unfortunately and also my day job gets busy sometimes for me.

[@johnperrigo6474]

Amazing that a city the size of Buffalo had an NFL, NBA and NHL team for several years.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah pretty crazy!

[@kevinhover461]

Buffalo was the 8th. largest city in the U.S. at one time.

[@johnperrigo6474]

@@kevinhover461 Milwaukee, where I'm from, was always once one of the bigger cities. However, the metro area never was among the same group. I suspect Buffalo was similar.

[@mbry1]

So in layman’s terms Buffalo lost their basketball team for the same reason every city loses their team greed and an unwillingness to improve the situation

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yep pretty much!

[@erikriggs4954]

Very interesting on how they sabotaging their roster just to move to San Diego just to be worse. I'm hoping you can do one on "What happened to the Original Ottawa Senators or What happened to the Philadelphia Warriors?"

[@AllSportsHistory]

Both great ideas!

[@ChristopherHagee]

After 1977-1978 season franchise transplanted to So. Calif. where they were re-branded as Clippers

[@xp7575]

We know, we watched the video bro 😂

[@Whitesox_joey]

Video suggestions: What happened to the Chicago Cardinals NFL team?

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah the cardinals would be a good one!

[@jamesmoss3424]

The NBA should come back to Buffalo one day. 😀👍🏀

[@AllSportsHistory]

Agreed!

[@mauricemagiq]

I joined the Navy the year the Braves left Buffalo; it was heartbreaking when they left. The weird part is, they followed me to San Diego lol, where I was stationed. Still, it wasn't the same, but I did get to see them up close as they practiced a few times on base.

[@jamesmoss3424]

@@mauricemagiq cool 😎. 😀👍🏀

[@PorkyJohnson328]

The narrator forgot to mention that the Atlanta Hawks were in St Louis from 1955-68.

[@White_sox_fan]

Yes next one do San Diego clippers

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah, I’d love to do a deeper dive on the clippers time in San Diego :)

[@vinceniederman]

@@AllSportsHistoryBill Walton Played in His Hometown But Didn’t Play As Much Which U Should Mention If U Do a Video About The Clippers in San Diego!

[@White_sox_fan]

@@AllSportsHistory while around the terms of basketball how about an all-sports history on the previous home in the Sacramento Kings like Rochester Cincy Kansas City Omaha

[@adamrmattock1]

Please do one on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays?

[@AllSportsHistory]

Just like a history of the Rays?

[@dreamcage1801]

Buffalo deserves another shot of an NBA team again

[@bufnyfan1]

They were stiffed in the 70s by the Buffalo Sabres and Canisius College who got all the prime dates at the old Aud and the Braves were stuck with what was left over. Unless they can find a place of their own I doubt they will ever be another NBA team in Buffalo.

[@canada87699]

What happened to the cfl American expasion. there is an idea. and it grey cup night tonight

[@vinceniederman]

I Like That Idea of a Sports Video!

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yep, the CFL experiment in the US would definitely be a good video to do.

[@canada87699]

​@AllSportsHistory the grey cup was won by a former American team this year

[@Chudley716]

Great job. Population declines in Buffalo over many decades make it impossible for the city to add an NBA team.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Thank you, appreciate it!

[@agentgaming1850]

I can’t believe the clippers were moved to LA Illegally that could have stopped a rivalry between them and my team the Lakers.

[@AllSportsHistory]

I’m a Laker fan as well, but can we call it a rivalry when the Clippers do absolutely nothing every year? Lol

[@TheAspieGamer66]

I’m about to move to Buffalo and we need another NBA team

[@AllSportsHistory]

💯

[@volrath247]

Babe wake up All Sports History just mf dropped pop the champagne🎉🎉

[@AllSportsHistory]

🥳🍾

[@blackdawg7361]

The NBA initially recognized the Toronto Raptors in 1995 - '96, the first season of professional basketball in Canada, hence, it would be unlikely for the Association to grant an NBA franchise in the city of Buffalo, in Western New York. Unless the Raptors were to jump over Niagara Falls and were renamed the Buffalo Niagaras.

[@toddstevens13]

You are just a little bit off sir. The very first NBA game was played in Toronto between the Toronto Huskies and the Knicks, Nov. 1, 1946. The Huskies only lasted one year but they obviously were the first professional basketball team in Canada

[@xp7575]

Toronto is the same distance from Buffalo as Pittsburgh and Cleveland are and all 3 support much larger NFL franchises, ur logic is flawed

[@RalphBrighton]

@@xp7575 you sir or madam, need to look at a map.

[@de132]

Well, now I'm mad at Canisius

[@kevinhartman7465]

And the Knox brothers!

[@RalphBrighton]

@@kevinhartman7465 the Knox Brothers should have bought the team, they'd still be here today....maybe.

[@rngfootball759]

Bob McAdoo had some big games against my Celtics in the 70s

[@AllSportsHistory]

One of the best, not talked about enough honestly!

[@toddstevens13]

McAdoo was to the NBA what KD is today. Mc had all the skills KD had way back then.

[@toddstevens13]

And would of been a thorn in the side if ownership did not intentionally dismantle the team. For 2 games before the owner dismantled the team the Braves Line Up was Moses Malone at the 5, Bob McAdoo at the 4, Adrian Dantley at the 3, Randy Smith at the 2, and Ernie D at the 1, with Tom McMillian and John Schumate off the bench, and the next season added Gar Heard. Damn. First Big 4 perhaps?

[@triplennnoflaf]

You are so right........Braves might have won a championship if given 4 more years to mesh together. Moses at center McAdoo at PF and Dantley at small forward is a hell of a front line. Plus, coach Ramsay staying on to coach the team. I say they would have won something in Buffalo. @@toddstevens13

[@kevinhartman7465]

McAdoo was ahead of his time. He’d kill it today.

[@Harmonarealtor]

Unfortunately, the NBA will never return to Buffalo. The market is too small to support 3 fall/winter major sports. Once the population dropped when the steel mills closed, it was doomed anyway.

[@JamesJohnson-r9o]

The Braves forgot the Canisus Golden Griffins & Buffalo Sabres.

[@AllSportsHistory]

That they did.

[@VoltageValleyHornet2007]

I dont Think Buffalo is really a good expansion spot for The NBA as Seattle,Las Vegas,Pittsburgh,Louisville,etc But The Pelicans Might Relocate their

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah Seattle and Las Vegas seem like the obvious choices

[@sjdrifter72]

If the Pelicans do relocate, please don't make it Vegas. They've already stripped Oakland of both the Raiders and the A's. Pelicans should move to Seattle so that the SuperSonics can return.

[@VoltageValleyHornet2007]

@sjdrifter72 the Pelicans Are Definitely Not Considered Moving To Las Vegas

[@sjdrifter72]

@@VoltageValleyHornet2007 Good to hear.

[@David-yw2lv]

Buffalo is shrinking so rapidly I expect the Bills & Sabers will be leaving soon.

[@sjdrifter72]

The Bills will be getting a new stadium, so they're staying. The Sabres on the other hand, can't draw fans to their games and would be a perfect candidate to relocate to Quebec City and the return of the Nordiques.

[@David-yw2lv]

@@sjdrifter72 I would move the Sabres to Jacksonville or Houston personally.I also would've opposed taxpayers funding a plaything for a multi millionaire.

[@xp7575]

​​​​​@@David-yw2lv​​​the Sabres haven't spent a single dollar of tax money, Pegula invested MILLIONS revitalizing downtown around Canalside, also Buffalo's population has been growing for more than a decade now, the decline ended nearly 20 years ago, time to wake up Rip Van Winkle 😂😂

[@Davidjon1946]

​@@sjdrifter72sabres are never leaving buffalo trust me

[@christopherdonaldson8231]

Courtesy of the Pegulas ​@@sjdrifter72

[@BigDiscussions76Sports]

I think the move sucked. I was born in the mid-1970s and thus never got to see the Braves play😡

[@coreylevine8095]

So the Clippers is in Los Angeles because of Al Davis winning his lawsuit against the NFL and the NBA don't want to go to court

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah pretty much lol

[@coreylevine8095]

@@AllSportsHistory So that is why people keep saying Los Angeles have too many teams

[@coreylevine8095]

@@AllSportsHistory Hope you do a video on both Al Davis and Georgia Frontiere and what happened to the NFL in Los Angeles in the 1980's

[@KDMaster64]

The Sabres still popular than the NBA as of now.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Definitely a hockey town now!

[@trevinschaerr3732]

I bet the NBA never comes back to Buffalo. It’s a shrinking city and the Raptors, Cavs and Knicks all have territory there or near Buffalo.

[@AllSportsHistory]

Yeah agreed, there's too many other cities the NBA would go to first and you're right that the Raptors essentially have cornered that market.

[@RalphBrighton]

@@AllSportsHistory I live in Buffalo, the Raptors have no presence here. With Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter becoming minority owners of the Bills I'm hoping that changes but as of now Buffalo really has no NBA presence at all. Raptors games aren't even on TV here, the Knicks and Nets games are broadcast locally. (Same goes for baseball, it really makes no sense) Once in a while Ernie D or one of the other old Braves will come to town and have a luncheon with all the old timers in Buffalo and talk about the 70s but thats really it. We don't get preseason games any more like we did when I was a kid, heck even the Raptors put their G League team in Toronto, you'd think Buffalo would have been at least considered! I do enjoy driving to Toronto and attending the games and I root for them but I still feel like a man without a team.

[@christopherdonaldson8231]

The Braves/Clippers mediocrity before Kawhi, PG and Ty Lue

[@AllSportsHistory]

Pretty much haha

[@andrewburgess-linden9612]

Technically the Celtics and the Braves didn't swap teams because the NBA didn't allow it. What they did was they traded the Franchises, all the players and the coaching staff but the teams remained the same. This was done to bypass the cities of Boston and Buffalo's legal pushback and the NBA's oversight. So Legally speaking the Braves became the Celtics and the 13 time NBA Champion Boston Celtics became known as the Buffalo Braves which are now known as the LA Clippers.

[@AkiraleTorimaki]

No, that’s BS! All that happened was the owners swapped franchises. The Clippers don’t have a legal claim to 13 championships, that’s stupid!

[@DavidCornwell-p3h]

Buffalo is a football town. At least currently with Josh Allen. Sabres are not doing well. We don’t need or want an NBA team. The NBA is barely watchable now besides Seth.

[@melvinhouston6359]

U wished they had stayed in Buffalo it would have been a great NBA city

[@squidMB]

Glad you’re back!

[@AllSportsHistory]

Thank you!