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The National Basketball Association has undergone several rounds of expansion in the league's history, since it began play in 1946, to reach 30 teams. The most recent examples are the additions of the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat in 1988; the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic in 1989; the Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995 (who relocated to Memphis in 2001); and the ...
1973–74 NBA teams Eastern Western; Atlantic: Central: Midwest: Pacific: Boston Celtics: Atlanta Hawks: Chicago Bulls: Golden State Warriors: Buffalo Braves: Capital Bullets: Detroit Pistons: Los Angeles Lakers: New York Knicks: Cleveland Cavaliers: Kansas City–Omaha Kings: Phoenix Suns: Philadelphia 76ers: Houston Rockets: Milwaukee Bucks ...
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
The city already hosts the league's annual Summer League extravaganza, has been an All-Star host, now has the NBA Cup final four and one of the WNBA's top franchises in the Las Vegas Aces.
The pandemic helped to squash the opportunity and expansion became an afterthought. NBA commissioner Adam Silver, as recently as last week, has said the league won’t have serious expansion talks ...
NBA commissioner Adam Silver says Las Vegas is on the league's short list of expansion cities. (AP photo/Jeff Chiu, archive) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) Las Vegas is the unquestioned belle of the ball ...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men's basketball league, consisting of 30 teams in North America—29 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]
Former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl was the long-time owner of the team, but on April 16, 2014, a group led by billionaire hedge fund managers Wes Edens and Marc Lasry agreed to purchase a majority interest in the team from Kohl, a sale which was approved by the owners of the NBA and its Board of Governors one month later on May 16. [10]