1933 NPBL2 Season
League Note
The league, suffering under the financial pressures of the Great Depression, folded at the end of its only season.
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National Professional Basketball League II (NPBL2)
1932-33 NPBL2 Season Overview
The National Professional Basketball League was created during this season in an another attempt to bring the professional game to the Midwest. The company-sponsored Akron Firestones dominated the circuit, losing only once in regular season play before polishing off second-place Toledo in three straight games in the playoffs. The Firestones combined ABL veterans Cookie Cunningham and Shang Chadwick with talented young players like Merle Alexander and Ray Dickerson. The league’s leading scorer was former Purdue All-American John Wooden, who took time off from his high school teaching and coaching duties to perform on weekends. Depression realities doomed the new circuit to just one year of existence.