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Irving H. Levin (September 8, 1921 – March 20, 1996 [1]) was an American film producer and business executive with the National General Corporation. He was also the owner of the National Basketball Association 's Boston Celtics and San Diego Clippers .
May 10, 2014 · The story of how an N.B.A. franchise thought that Donald Sterling was the man to save it centers on Irv Levin, who quickly regretted selling the team.
Dec 9, 2021 · Irv Levin (right) started NBP 46 years ago, then his son Alan took over before he retired on November 30. In the weeks after retirement, Alan is spending time in North Carolina with his wife, mother and father-in-law.
- The Irv Levin Era in The Celtics
- From Kentucky to San Diego
- The Swap
- The Larry Bird Effect
- Are The Clippers 13 Times NBA Champions?
1976, on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, the Celtics won their 13th championship. They did it eliminating the Braves in the conference semifinals before beating the Suns 4-2 in the finals, including the famous and bizarre fifth game and the triple-overtime. Boston was the best team in the conference and the ruthless dominator of the NBA since its i...
The same year, a few miles west. In 1976, the ABA shut down for good. Pacers, Nuggets, Nets and Spurs moved their franchises to the NBA and the other teams folded after brushing the bankruptcy or sell their participation. The Kentucky Colonels were from the second group, mainly because their owner was John Y. Brown, the tycoon owner of KFC, future ...
Levin, as we explained, sought to move the team to Hollywood, but the NBA would never allow the transfer of the best franchise in the league, the only with roots among the Boston fans (with Red Sox and Patriots being mediocre and losing finals). The Boston Garden was the birthplace of basketball in the States and Red Auerbach the universal heir of ...
“I absolutely could have had Larry Bird if I wanted. No question about it. But I knew Red was very high on the kid, Red would in some way make sure that he never signed with me’’ said Levin a few years later. Larry was drafted just some days before the swap so the rights of the best white player in the history could have been part of the exchange. ...
Legal and technically, yes. Just like the Lakers, when they moved from Minneapolis to LA, they adopted their history and titles, the situation is the same: two franchises that change their name, location and absorb the past in the same season. In this case, the Clippers with the 13 rings of the Celtics, and Boston with the short track record of the...
May 4, 2021 · Irv Levin couldn’t wait until the Washington Monument fell. Donald T. Sterling now owns the san Diego Clippers and says he does not plan to move the franchise. Levin told a news conference...
May 22, 2012 · That year, the owner of the Celtics was a Hollywood guy by the name of Irv Levin. He wanted to move the team to southern California, but he knew the N.B.A. would never allow that to happen....
Jun 22, 2021 · In 1978, Braves owner John Y. Brown Jr. and Celtics owner Irv Levin traded teams. Levin, a California businessman, then moved the Braves to San Diego and renamed them the Clippers. Levin was...
