Logo of the American Basketball Association Memphis Tams, who played in the old league under that name from 1972 until 1974. The franchise started out in New Orleans in 1968 as a charter member of the ABA, and moved to Memphis in 1971 and became the “Pros”. They were purchased in 1972 by the flamboyant owner of baseball’s Oakland A’s, Charlie Finley, and renamed the Tams. Some of the players from the “Tams” years include Larry Kenon, George Thompson, Johnny Neumann and Larry Finch.