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==Attempts to bring the Steamrollers back== In 1980 entrepreneur Robert "Skip" Chernov attempted to bring the Steamrollers back to the NBA. Chernov had purchased the rights to the Steamrollers from Lou Pieri's estate and believed that the NBA bylaws at the time would allow him to resurrect the franchise. The NBA led by Chief Counsel David Stern disagreed, but Chernov, undeterred, sued the NBA. Chernov asked the courts to allow the Steamrollers return to the NBA and to grant them to first overall draft pick in the 1980 draft. Ultimately, the court ruled in the NBA's favor and the short-lived attempt to resurrect the Providence Steamrollers failed.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nbahoopsonline.com/teams/Xdefunct/ProvidenceSteamrollers/SteamrollersResurrection.html | title=The failed resurrection of the Providence Steamrollers }}</ref>
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