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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).
1974–75 NBA teams Eastern Western; Atlantic: Central: Midwest: Pacific: Boston Celtics: Atlanta Hawks: Chicago Bulls: Golden State Warriors: Buffalo Braves: Cleveland Cavaliers: Detroit Pistons: Los Angeles Lakers: New York Knicks: Houston Rockets: Kansas City–Omaha Kings: Phoenix Suns: Philadelphia 76ers: New Orleans Jazz* Milwaukee Bucks ...
2 expansion teams joined [27] 1969–70: New York Knicks: 60–22 (.732) 1970 — — 1970: New York Knicks: 14 82 Named as one of the Top 10 Teams in NBA History [28] 1970–71: Milwaukee Bucks: 66–16 (.805) 1971: Baltimore Bullets: Milwaukee Bucks: 1971: Milwaukee Bucks: 17 82 3 expansion teams joined; 25th anniversary season [29] 1971–72 ...
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.
Each of the four remaining ABA teams had to pay a $3.2 million expansion fee to the NBA by September 15, 1976. The NBA also refused to recognize ABA records. The New York Nets were to pay an additional $4.8 million indemnity directly to their in-town rival, the New York Knicks , as compensation for "invading" the New York area.
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 ...
The NBA approved the move and as part of the deal, as well as to avoid a Browns-like lawsuit, the NBA promised that Charlotte would get a new expansion franchise, although unlike the arrangement agreed to in 1996 by the NFL for Cleveland, the NBA also agreed at the time to allow Shinn to relocate the extant Hornets' franchise and history to New ...
Las Vegas, the home of NBA Summer League and prospective home of an expansion team, serves as ground zero for the NBA Cup semifinals and final on Dec. 14 and Dec. 17, respectively.