The Pittsburgh Ironmen played in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in the 1946-47 season. Since the BAA merged with the National Basketball League in 1949 to create the NBA, there has not been an NBA team in Pittsburgh.
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There is no Pittsburgh NBA team.
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there is no NBA team in the state of Connecticut
Wisconsin actually does have a NBA team, which is the Milwaukee Bucks.
Art Rooney Sr. paid a $2,500 entrance fee to the NFL for a team in Pittsburgh. He named the team the Pittsburgh Pirates. Their name was changed to the Steelers in 1940-42 and then again from 1945 to the present.