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With the original 1970 ABA-NBA merger at hand, in addition to the merger still having the league be called the National Basketball Association combining the 17 NBA teams at the time (with the San Diego Rockets moving to Houston, Texas to become the Houston Rockets and the San Francisco Warriors moving to Oakland, California to become the Golden State Warriors not long after the initial ...
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976, resulting in four ABA teams joining the NBA and the introduction of the NBA 3-point shot in 1979.
Former teams of the American Basketball Association (2000–present) include the following, reflecting teams that are either defunct or left the ABA for other leagues: Contents A
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men's basketball league, consisting of thirty teams in North America (twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada). The NBA was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
The NBA welcomed the four ABA teams whose rabid fan bases made them legitimate NBA cities: the Denver Nuggets, the Indiana Pacers, the New Jersey Nets and the San Antonio Spurs.
The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association (ABA) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA–NBA merger, [7] [8] one of two former ABA teams to have won an NBA championship (the other being the Denver Nuggets), and the only former ABA team to have won multiple championships. [9]
About 115 former American Basketball Association players are eligible for payments from the NBA, ending a years-long battle for recognition. NBA to create $24.5 million program for former ABA ...
The following are teams that were members of the American Basketball Association in the time from its founding in 1967 until the ABA-NBA merger in 1976. Subcategories This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total.