Oakland Oaks (ABA)

Oakland Oaks
Conference	None
Division	Western Division
Founded	1967
History	Oakland Oaks 1967–1969 Washington Caps 1969–1970 Virginia Squires 1970–1976
Arena	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Location	Oakland, California
Team colors	Green and Yellow
Head coach	Bruce Hale (1967–1968) Alex Hannum (1968–1969)
Ownership	Pat Boone S. Kenneth Davidson Dennis A. Murphy
Championships	1 (1969)
Division titles	1 (1969)

The Oakland Oaks were a charter member of the original American Basketball Association and the first West Coast basketball team to win a major professional championship. Formed in February 1967, the team played in the ABA during the 1967–68 and 1968–69 seasons at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena. The team colors were green and gold.

On February 2, 1967, longtime entertainer and business entrepreneur Pat Boone, S. Kenneth Davidson and Dennis A. Murphy (who would later co-found the World Hockey Association) were awarded a team in exchange for $30,000. Initially, Boone received a 10 percent share of the franchise to serve as president, but he had limited involvement in team operations and rarely attended home games because of his outside interests.

An earlier Oakland Oaks basketball team played in the American Basketball League in 1962, along with a baseball team that had played for nearly a half century in Oakland, with the latter and the ABA Oaks both using the oak tree and the acorn on its logos.