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Where were the Harlem Globetrotters based during the 1939 tournament?
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During the 1939 World Professional Basketball Tournament, the Harlem Globetrotters were based in Chicago. Despite their name, which was adopted in 1930 to capitalize on the cultural notoriety of the Harlem neighborhood in New York, the team was organized in Chicago in 1926 and maintained its base there during that period.12