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Atlanta Hawks' Dyson Daniels (5) defends as Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots during a semifinal game in the NBA Cup basketball tournament Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas.
There was a lot of expansion and moving of organizations in the early years of the NBA. During this 20-year time period is when notable franchises entered the NBA like the Syracuse Nationals (now the Philadelphia 76ers), the Philadelphia Warriors (now the Golden State Warriors), Minneapolis Lakers (now the Los Angeles Lakers), and Rochester Royals (now the Sacramento Kings).
NBA commissioner Adam Silver, as recently as last week, has said the league won’t have serious expansion talks until after its next media rights deal is negotiated. The NBA has one year left on ...
A four-year effort to bring an NBA franchise into Louisville from group NBA2Lou is cooling down. At least temporarily. Why Louisville group's latest efforts for NBA expansion have cooled
Put it this way: In a city where no wager is a sure thing, betting on Vegas to join the NBA would come pretty close. “Nothing’s been set, and we haven’t even determined whether to expand yet,” Silver said in November, the last time he spoke at a news conference on the expansion topic.
The following is a timeline of the organizational changes in the National Basketball Association (NBA), including contractions, expansions, relocations, and divisional realignment. The league was formed as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946 and took its current name in 1949.
The possibility of NBA expansion also complicates things for the Celtics. Fenway Sports Group has been a popular hypothetical buyer, but is reportedly more interested in an eventual team in Las Vegas.
On February 14, 1994, the NBA's Expansion Committee gave a preliminary approval for Vancouver, with full approval being granted by the Board of Governors on 27 April. Both franchises paid a fee of US$125 million, up from $32.5 million paid during the 1988–89 expansion. The Grizzlies became the NBA's 29th franchise. [5]