Editing Providence Steamrollers (section)

==Franchise history==
The Steamrollers were one of the original eleven NBA franchises (when the league was called the Basketball Association of America).  The franchise posted an all-time record of 46–122 (.274) before folding after three seasons.

The Steamrollers still hold the dubious NBA record for the fewest games won in a season with six, in the [[1947-48 NBA season|1947–48 season]], paired with 42 losses. However, the [[2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats season|2011–2012 Charlotte Bobcats]] hold the record for the lowest winning percentage in NBA history, with .106, the result of a 7–59 record.  During that 1947–48 season, the Steamrollers' coach [[Nat Hickey]] activated himself as a player for two games, the second of which was two days before his 46th birthday, setting a still-standing record as the oldest player in NBA history.

On August 3, 1949, the Steamrollers would join the [[Indianapolis Jets]] as the only teams from the [[Basketball Association of America]] side of the BAA-[[National Basketball League (United States)|NBL]] merger in what's now known as the [[NBA]] to not join in on the merger and survive as a team. Nine days later, seven of the Steamrollers' players would be bought out and play for the [[Boston Celtics]] instead.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bradley|first=Robert D.|title=The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts|year=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810890695}}, pg. 423</ref>