[1] With the formation of the ABA in February 1967 a team was awarded to Oakland, California for $30,000 with singer Pat Boone as primary owner.

Barry, however, was prevented from playing in the ABA due to a lawsuit brought by his former NBA team (regarding enforcement of the reserve clause in his contract), so he spent the season as an Oaks radio announcer instead of as a player.

Barry and Warren Armstrong participated in the ABA All Star game, but injuries limited their playing time for the season.

In defiance of all geographic reality, the Caps assumed the Oaks' place in the Western Division despite their move to the Eastern Seaboard.

This kept them constantly on the road at faraway venues (their nearest divisional rivals, the New Orleans Buccaneers, were over 1,000 miles away) and the travel and time differential took its toll on their play.

(However, the Caps name would be somewhat revived, this time for a National Hockey League expansion team called the Washington Capitals — also owned by Pollin — in 1974.

The Squires were disbanded after the regular season, but just prior to the conclusion of the 1976 ABA Playoffs in May 1976 and the eventual ABA-NBA merger a month later in June 1976.