The Harlem Globetrotters are a Basketball team that has been in existence since the 1920s, as an exhibition group rather than as a professional team.
Some of their highly intricate manuevers would be illegal in official play, but do demonstrate the extent to which the skills of the sport can be developed.
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The New York Nationals (once known as the Washington Generals) are a group of talented basketball players, not quite up to NBA standards, that travel with the Harlem Globetrotters, playing several games (scripted according to popular belief) alongside their travelling companions.
Over their history, they played the Washington Generals the most.
The majority of its games would be played against teams, which were variously known as the Washington Generals, Boston Shamrocks, Baltimore Rockets, New York Nationals, Atlantic City Seagulls, and New Jersey Reds.