The San Diego Conquistadors, nicknamed the "Q's", were an American Basketball Association team based in San Diego, California. They were the only expansion team in the history of the ABA. The team played from 1972 to 1975, first as the Conquistadors and later as the San Diego Sails. The American Basketball Association refers to two distinct professional basketball leagues. ... City nickname Americas Finest City City flower Carnation City urban tree Jacaranda City native tree Torrey Pine Mayor Dick Murphy* City Attorney Michael Aguirre City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Scott Peters Michael Zucchet Toni Atkins Tony... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

The franchise was founded by Leonard Bloom at the same time a modern facility opened in the city: the 14,400-seat San Diego Sports Arena. But a feud between Bloom and Peter Graham, proprietor of the city-owned arena, led Graham to lock the newborn team out of the facility for two years. By the time the conflict was resolved in the fall of 1974, it was too late for a weakened franchise that had been forced to play, in the interim, at such bandboxes as Peterson Gym (3,200 seats) and Golden Hall, a mere ballroom. The iPayOne Center(formerly San Diego Sports Arena) is an indoor arena located on Sports Arena Blvd in Point Loma, San Diego, California off of Interstate 8. ...

After reaching the playoffs in their inaugural season, the Q's seemingly pulled off a coup by paying the Hall of Fame center Wilt Chamberlain, late of the Los Angeles Lakers, $600,000 to play and coach in 1973-74. But the Lakers sued to block their former star from playing for his new team; relegated to a sideline role, Chamberlain was reduced to an indifferent, 7-foot-1-inch sideshow who once skipped a game in favor an autograph session for his recently published autobiography. (His fill-in, on that and other occasions, was Stan Albeck, who later skippered the Chicago Bulls and New Jersey Nets of the NBA.) Nonetheless, the team again reached the postseason, bowing out in the first round for the second year in a row. Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, though he only won two NBA championships. ... The Los Angeles Lakers is a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ... The Chicago Bulls are a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... The New Jersey Nets are a National Basketball Association team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ...

For their third season, 1974-75, the Q's lost Chamberlain and finally gained their place in the Sports Arena. But without the Big Dipper as a gate attraction, the team was roundly ignored by San Diegans and placed last in the Western Division.

Bloom sold the franchise during the summer of 1975 to Frank Goldberg, a former co-owner of the successful Denver Nuggets franchise. He renamed the team the San Diego Sails for 1975-1976, hired the former University of Minnesota coach Bill Musselman and overhauled the roster, hoping to repeat Denver's turnaround, in 1974-75, from mediocrity to championship contender. 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Denver Nuggets are a National Basketball Association team based in Denver, Colorado. ... The San Diego Conquistadors, nicknamed the Qs, were an American Basketball Association team based in San Diego, California. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Affectionately referred to by locals as the U or U of M, The University of Minnesota is a large university with several campuses spread throughout the U.S. state of Minnesota. ...

But the Sails attracted only 3,060 fans to their home opener on Oct. 24, 1975 - a loss to the Nuggets - and fan attendance rapidly dwindled further as the team limped to a 3-8 start. (A "crowd" of 1,670 showed up for San Diego's third and last home game, against the San Antonio Spurs.) Goldberg soon learned San Diego was to be shut out of any merger between the ABA and National Basketball Association, reportedly at the insistence of the Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke, who refused to share his Southern California fan base with a team to the south. The San Antonio Spurs are a National Basketball Association team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... NBA logo The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... Jack Kent Cooke (25 October 1912 - 6 April 1997) was a Canadian entrepreneur who became one of the most widely-known executives in North American professional sports. ...

With the team lacking fan support or a long-term future, Goldberg euthanized the franchise on Nov. 12.

The collapse of the San Diego team, combined with the failures of the Baltimore and Utah franchises, reduced the ABA to seven franchises and effectively signed the league's death warrant, though the NBA absorbed four of the surviving squads in the summer of 1976.

From 1967-1971, San Diego was the home of the NBA's expansion San Diego Rockets, founded at the same time as the aforementioned ABA. Although they were to draft University of Houston prodigy Elvin Hayes, who would later become a huge star for the Washington Bullets, the Rockets failed to garner wins or significant support in San Diego. Real estate broker Wayne Duddleston and banker Billy Goldberg bought the franchise for $5.6 million and brought the team to Houston, bringing Hayes home to his adoring UH fans. In 1978, the NBA's Buffalo Braves arrived in San Diego and became the Clippers; in 1984, they moved to Los Angeles to compete with the already-established Lakers. San Diego has not had another professional basketball team since 1984. The Houston Rockets are a National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas. ... Missing image University of Houston logo University of Houston The University of Houston, often called U of H or UH, is a nationally recognized doctoral degree-granting, comprehensive research university located in Houston, Texas. ... The Washington Wizards are a National Basketball Association team based in Washington, D.C.. Founded: 1961 Formerly known as: Chicago Packers (1961-1962), Chicago Zephyrs (1962-1963), Baltimore Bullets (1963-1972), Capital Bullets (1973-1974), Washington Bullets (1974-1997) Home Arena: MCI Center Uniform colors: Blue, White, Gold, and Black... A real estate broker operates a brokerage to assist people in transactions involving real estate. ... For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). ... The Los Angeles Clippers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ... The Los Angeles Clippers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ... The Los Angeles Lakers is a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ...