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Left the Premier Basketball League following the 2010–11 season. Filed for bankruptcy after the 2014–15 season in part of the 2015 NBL Canada Finals brawl: Montreal Jazz: Montreal, Quebec 2012–2013 0 Mississauga Power: Mississauga, Ontario 2011–2015 0 Displaced by the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. Moncton Miracles: Moncton, New Brunswick
NBL Canada presently operate 10 franchises throughout Canada. The league was the first fully domestic professional basketball league to operate in Canada since the National Basketball League, which operated from 1993 to 1994. The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) is a professional tier 1 basketball league which began play in 2019 season.
The Canada men's national basketball team (French: Équipe du Canada de basketball masculin) represents Canada in international basketball competitions since 1923. They are overseen by Canada Basketball, the governing body for basketball in Canada. In 10 Olympic appearances, Canada has won one medal in basketball – a silver at the 1936 Games ...
In doing so, the Raptors became the first team based outside the United States to win the NBA title (and the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy) and the first team based outside the United States to win a championship in any of the four major North American sports leagues since the Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series in 1993, ending a 25-year ...
All-NBA Team. Steve Nash, First Team 3 times (2005–2007), Second Team 2 times (2008, 2010), Third Team 2 times (2002–2003) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, First Team 2 times, (2023–2024) First overall draft pick. Anthony Bennett (Cleveland Cavaliers, UNLV, 2013) Andrew Wiggins (Cleveland Cavaliers, Kansas, 2014) Rookie of the Year Award
Expansion team that began play in 2022. Charlotte Hornets: Spectrum Center: NBA: 1988: As part of a collaboration between this franchise, the New Orleans Pelicans and the NBA, the history of the original Charlotte Hornets (1988–2002) and the history of the Charlotte Bobcats are considered part of the history of the current Hornets franchise. [5]
The following list contains all urban areas in the United States and Canada containing at least one team in any of the six major leagues. The number of teams in the Big Four leagues (B4) (NFL, [2] MLB, [3] NBA, [4] and NHL [5]) and the Big Six leagues (B6) (aforementioned leagues plus MLS [6] and CFL) [7] are included in the table below.
Canada has professional sports teams in eight sports across twenty leagues. Canadian teams compete in top-level American and Canadian-based leagues, including three of the four major professional sports leagues. Canada also has minor league teams competing in American and Canadian-based basketball, hockey, soccer, and baseball leagues.