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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 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 ...
BAA merged with NBL and was renamed NBA; 2 teams folded prior to the season; 6 NBL teams joined; 1 expansion team joined [8] 1950–51: Minneapolis Lakers: 44–24 (.647) 1951 — — 1951: Rochester Royals: 11 66–69 3 teams left the NBA for the NPBL; 3 teams folded prior to the season; 1 team folded during the season; the first All-Star Game ...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world. [3]
Most of these leagues were formed in the 1920s and early 1930s after the tournament was started, which is why quite a few lack a definitive starting date at this point in time. Many of the conferences listed in this section were decimated by massive school consolidation between the 1940s and early 1970s.
The first NBA in-season tournament continues with group play and concludes Dec. 9 with the championship game. All 30 teams will participate in the group stage in three groups of five teams within ...
The records and statistics of the BAA and NBL prior to the merger in 1949 are considered in official NBA history only if a player, coach or team participated in the newly formed NBA after 1949 for one or more seasons. [2] [3] The NBA generally claims the BAA's history as its own. For example, at NBA History online its table of one-line "NBA ...
a 1 2 Because of a lockout, the season did not start until February 5, 1999, and all 29 teams played a shortened 50-game regular season schedule. [ 4 ] b 1 2 Because of a lockout , the season did not start until December 25, 2011, and all 30 teams played a shortened 66-game regular season schedule.