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, playing in the ABA during the 1967-1968 and 1968-1969 seasons. 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 1966-1967, was so angered by management's failure to pay him certain incentive awards he felt he was due that he sat out the 1967-1968 season. He joined the Oaks in the following year, leading the franchise to its one and only ABA championship in 1968-1969. The American Basketball Association consists of two distinct professional basketball leagues. ... Pat Boone (born June 1, 1934) is a singer whose smooth style made him one of the most popular performers of the 1950s and 1960s. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944 in Elizabeth, New Jersey), was a professional basketball player. ...

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 1969-1970 season, where it was renamed the Washington Capitals. After one season in the nation's capital, the team moved to Norfolk, Virginia for the 1970-1971 season and became the Virginia Squires. The team disbanded after the 1975-1976 season. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Virginia Squires was a basketball franchise in the former American Basketball Association that existed from 1970 through 1976. ... Norfolk, Virginia, viewed from Portsmouth, across the Elizabeth River Norfolk is a city in the U.S. state of Virginia in the United States of America. ... Virginia Squires was a basketball franchise in the former American Basketball Association that existed from 1970 through 1976. ...

An earlier Oakland Oaks basketball team played in the American Basketball League in 1962. The American Basketball League played one full season, 1961_1962, and part of 1962_1963. ...