Philadelphia Warriors To Move to San Francisco
May 23, 1962 - The Philadelphia Warriors’ franchise in the NBA was sold today for a record $850,000 and was transferred to San Francisco. Eddie Gottlieb sold the club, and the transfer was approved at a meeting of the NBA board of governors. However, in San Francisco, the Saints of the American Basketball League said they would file a $3 million anti-trust suit against the NBA within five days. Kevin O’Shea, the Saints’ general manager, told The A.P.: “We’re going to go out a