Logo of the Virginia Squires basketball team, a member of the old American Basketball Association. Like a lot of the old ABA teams, the Squires were nomadic, starting out as the Oakland Oaks in 1967 before moving to Washington, DC and becoming the Caps in 1969. At that time, the owner of the NBA’s Baltimore Bullets decided to move his team to Washington, so the Caps owner decided to make his team a regional franchise in the DC area, moving to Virginia and becoming the Squires. Former NBA star Rick Barry came with the team from Oakland, but was traded in 1970 when the team was strapped for cash. For a short period of time in the 1972-73 season, the Squires had the distinction of having 2 players on their roster who would go on to become superstars in the NBA – Julius “Dr. J” Erving and George “The Ice Man” Gervin.