The NBA stands for National Basketball Association.
The NBA was founded on 6/6/1946. It was called the BAA, or Basketball Association of America, and was founded by eleven hockey arena and stadium owners in order to keep their stadiums from sitting idle outside of hockey games.
The BAA was founded with 11 teams: the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Washington Capitols, Chicago Stags, Cleveland Renegades, Detroit Falcons, Philadelphia Samurai, Pittsburgh Pilots, Providence Steamers, St. Louis Bombers, and Toronto Eskimos.
In 1949, the BAA was annexed by another league (the NBL). another league at the time (the NBL) and changed its name to the NBA .In the 1949-50 season, the NBA **** 17 teams.
In 1976 the NBA annexed the American Basketball Association (ABA), increasing the number of teams to 22.
In 1980 the Dallas Mavericks joined the NBA.
In 1988 the Charlotte Hornets and the Miami Heat joined the NBA.
In 1990 the Orlando Magic and the Minnesota Timberwolves joined the NBA.
In 1995 two Canadian teams joined the NBA, the Toronto Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies, bringing the number of NBA teams to 29 teams.
The addition of the Bobcats in 2004 brought the number of teams to 30.
EASTERN - Eastern Conference
Atlantic - Atlantic Division
New Jersey Nets: New Jersey
Nets - The New Jersey Nets were founded in 1967 as the New Jersey Americans. The Nets were founded in 1967 as the New Jersey Americans, then known as the New Jersey Americans.
The team was part of another league, the American Basketball Association (ABA), and was one of the first 11 teams in the ABA.
The team was owned by Arthur Brown and played in six different arenas in the New York metropolitan area, and in 1968 the New Jersey Americans finally settled in New York City and changed their name to the New York Nets.
The choice of the Nets was a comical one, as Brown took a reporter's advice that the name Nets sounded like the name of the team. The Nets' name was changed from Americans to Nets after Brown took the advice of a reporter who thought the Nets sounded like the New York Mets and the New York Jets.
With the NBA's annexation of the ABA in 1976, the New York Nets joined the NBA, and with the NBA already symbolized by the New York Knicks,
the Nets had a hard time commercially competing with the Knicks. It was difficult to compete with the Knicks in the same city, so they chose to move to New Jersey, 40 miles and a river away from New York City, and renamed themselves the New Jersey Nets.
Philadelphia 76ers: Pennsylvania
76ers - The Philadelphia 76ers were founded in 1949 and were originally known as the Syracuse Nationals Team. That year the Nationals and five other Midwestern teams joined the NBA, bringing the league to 17 teams.
In 1963 the Nationals were bought by two Philadelphians, Irv Kosloff and Ike Richman, and moved to Philadelphia that same year.On August 6, 1963, the Nationals were officially renamed the 76ers. The name commemorates the signing and proclamation of the U.S. Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, similar to the 49ers in the NFL, and commemorates the era of the discovery of gold in San Francisco.
Boston Celtics: Massachusetts
The Celtics - The Celtics were founded in the summer of 1946 by then-owner Walter Brown, and the origin of the team's name came from Brown and team employee McHale. from discussions between Brown and team staffer McHugh.
Initial suggestions for the name included Whirlwinds, Unicorns and Olympics. But it was Brown who came up with, proposed and finalized the name Celtics. Because Boston's population at the time was almost entirely Irish, Celtics honors the fact that the first Irish immigrants to the North American continent landed in Boston.
New York Knicks (New York Knicks): New York (New York )
Knicks - Knicks is an abbreviation of Knickerbockers. The Knicks were founded in 1946 under the ownership of Ned Irish.
The team's name came about during an office discussion between Irish and Knicks executive Fred Podesta and several other staff members.
They each wrote down their preferred name in a hat, and when the votes were counted and a majority of them suggested Knickerbockers, a reference to a type of lantern pants worn by Dutch immigrants at the time that came just above the knee, it was settled. Thus, Knickerbockers was also chosen to honor the Dutch, who were the first to arrive in the new world of New York in the 17th century.
The Dutch Knickerbockers have been a symbol of New York throughout the city's history, and in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the city's symbol was the "Father Knickerbockers. Their typical attire consisted of cotton wigs, tricorn hats, buckled shoes and Knickerbockers pants! Their image can be seen inside the movie Gangs of New York. But interestingly enough, it wasn't the current basketball team that was first called the New York Knickerbockers, but a baseball team in 1845.
Toronto Raptors: Canada
Raptors - Raptors should be correctly translated as velociraptors, not raptors. This is because raptors refers to the fastest tachycephalosaurus within the dinosaur class, the little dinosaurs that ended up messing with the store Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park.
The Dragons, founded in 1995, and the Grizzlies were both products of the NBA's expansion into Canada, and in 1994 the then-PBF (Professional Basketball Franchise Inc.) launched a national contest for the new team's name, logo, and colors called the "Name Game". Name Game". Most of the final 10 teams were named after animals, including Beavers, Bobcats, Dragons, Grizzlies, Hogs (the city of Toronto's nickname is Hogtown), Raptors, Scorpions, T-Rex, Tarantulas, and Tarantulas. Tarantulas, and Terriers.
Finally, on May 15, 1994, the PBF made the decision to go with the Raptors. With the popularity of the movie "Jurassic Park" and the dinosaur craze being a trend amongst young people at the time,
The PBF chose the Raptors as the team's nickname in order to target young fans as a commercial market for the team.
Central - Central Division
Detroit Pistons: Michigan
The Pistons - The Detroit Pistons originated in the city of Fort Wayne and were founded by local automobile piston magnate Fred Piston in 1941. automotive piston magnate Fred Zollner.
The original name was the Fort Wayne Zollner Piston, which was supposed to be an advertisement for the owner himself. The Pistons joined the National Basketball League (NBL) when it was founded,
In 1948, the Pistons jumped to the league's rival, the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
The Pistons became a member of the NBA's Central Division in 1949, when the NBL and BAA merged to form the NBA. Central Division.
In 1957, the Pistons moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Detroit Pistons, which happens to be the Motor City of America.
Cleveland Cavaliers: Ohio
The Cavaliers - The Cleveland Cavaliers joined the NBA in 1970, along with the Portland Trail Blazers and Buffalo Braves, as a result of NBA expansion.
Indiana Pacers: Indiana )
Walking Horses (Pacers) - The Pacers were founded in Indianapolis Indianapolis in 1967 when the franchise joined the ABL.
The Pacers joined the NBA in 1976 along with three other ABL teams.
The Pacers should more appropriately be translated as the Walking Horses or the Pacers because, according to Indianapolis city attorney Tinkham,
The Pacers' name was a result of discussions between several of the investors who had been involved in the team's construction at the time, including Tinkham and Chucks Barnes, a horse racing fan. According to Tinkham's explanation, the name Pacers was a combination of the racing history of the Harness Racing Pacers, Indiana's rich light-driving stable, and the racing history of the Indianapolis 500.
Tinkham recalls that when the name was being discussed Pacers was decided at once and was not a point of contention.
It was about arguing whether it should be called the Indianapolis Pacers or the Indiana Pacers, which resulted in the final decision being the Indiana Pacers.
Milwaukee Bucks: Wisconsin (Wisconsin)
The Bucks -- After losing Milwaukee was the first team, the Milwaukee Hawks, the city of Milwaukee finally established an NBA team of their own, the Milwaukee Bucks, in 1968.
Milwaukee has a history of many reindeer sightings. According to the 1969-70 Milwaukee Bucks yearbook, Trebilcox of Whitefish, Wisconsin, was one of 45 suggestors of the name Bucks at the time.
Mr. Trebilcox explained the choice of Bucks by saying that a stag is a brave, agile, fast and good bouncer, and that the name would help the city of Milwaukee break well into the realm of professional sports.
Milwaukee also produces wine, which is how the Milwaukee Brewers, a North American professional baseball team, came to be.
Chicago Bulls: Illinois )
The Bulls - The Chicago Bulls were added to the NBA in 1966, but were not the first NBA team in Chicago's history.
The name Bulls is supposed to refer to the fact that Chicago was once the largest trading location for cattle and livestock between the east and west of the United States, with cowboys from the west traveling thousands of miles each year to sell large numbers of cattle in Chicago to traders in the east.
Southeast - Southeast Division
Miami Heat: Florida
Heat - The Miami Heat were founded in 1988, one year before the Orlando Magic in the same state, but also in time for the 88, 89 years of the NBA. , 89, the two-year wave of NBA expansion.
The newcomers formed at the time also included the Minnesota Timberwolves ('89) and Charlotte Hornets ('88).
Heat was chosen because Miami, another major Florida city connected to the Caribbean Sea, has a year-round summer heat wave!
Orlando Magic: Florida (FL)
Magic - As a result of the 1989 NBA expansion, several teams were formed including the Orlando Magic. Disney City USA is the best feature of Orlando, Florida,
Magic is the representation of Orlando's Fantasy Disney. The other big feature is Back Street, I guess, which is where the Backstreet Boys from Orlando got their name from.
Washington Wizards (Washington Wizards): Washington State (Washinton)
Wizards - The Washington Wizards were founded in 1961 called the Chicago Packers Chicago Packers. 62 renamed the Zephyrs Westwinds.
The team moved to Baltimore in '63 and was renamed the Baltimore Bullets.In 1974 the Baltimore Bullets moved to Washington, D.C., and were renamed the Washington Bullets. Due to subsequent allegations that the Bullets were violent, team owner Abe Pollin decided to change the name on May 15, 1997, in keeping with the team's anti-violence campaign.
After a fan vote from the final three choices the name Wizard won out.
Atlanta Hawks: Georgia
Hawks - The roots of the Atlanta Hawks originated in the Tri-Cities on the Mississippi River (Moline, Illinois, Rock Island, and Davenport, Iowa). Davenport, Iowa).
Originally called the Tri-City Blackhawks, it was one of the earliest members of the NBA at its founding, in honor of Blackhawk, a prominent Indian tribal chief in U.S. history.
After a brief two-year stint in Tri-City the Blackhawks The team moved to Milwaukee and shortened its name to the Hawks, and in 1955 the team moved to St. Louis, changing its name to the St. Louis Hawks. After a successful time in St. Louis, the broadcasters finally announced that the Hawks would be putting down roots in the city of Atlanta in 1968 during a game in Atlanta is baseball team, the Atlanta Braves.
Charlotte Bobcats (Charlotte Bobcats): North Carolina (Nouth Carolina )
Bobcats - Charlotte Bobcats was founded on December 29, 2002 (Beijing time) is another important NBA history to remember! day.
On this day, the Expansion Committee unanimously recommended and the Board of Governors approved an important decision to add a new team in Charlotte to the NBA's original 29 teams, bringing the total number of teams to 30. The Charlotte Bobcats, a new force in the expanded league, are owned by a number of shareholders***, the largest of which is Robert Johnson, who is also the main operator.
The team's first head coach is Bernie Bickerstaff, who also serves as the Bobcats' general manager.
WESTERN - Western Conference
Southwest - Southwest Division
San Antonio Spurs: Texas (Texas )
The Spurs - The San Antonio Spurs were founded in 1967 in Dallas and are part of the ABA league called the Dallas Chaparrals Dallas Coyotes.
In 1970 the team was renamed the Texas Chaparrals Texas Coyotes, still in Dallas.In 1973 a group of San Antonio businessmen bought the Dallas Chaparrals and relocated the team to the city of San Antonio, renaming it the San Antonio Spurs San Antonio Spurs.In 1976 the Spurs, along with three other ABA teams the New York Nets, Denver Nuggets, and Indiana Pacers.San Antonio is also a Texas city, and the spurs are the iron spurs on the heels of the cowboys' leather boots used to drive the horses and to honor the local cowboys.
New Orleans Hornets (New Orleans Hornets): Louisiana (Louisiana)
Hornets - The New Orleans Hornets, a product of the 1988 NBA expansion, were founded in Charlotte in '88 as the Charlotte Hornets. The Hornets were named because of the importance of the Hornets in Charlotte's sports history:
Charlotte's historic lower league baseball team and the World Football League both had Hornets as their team name.The WNBA team, the Charlotte Needles, went by the similar team name of Stings, which also refers to the Hornets' tailpins. .
In 2002 the Hornets moved to the city of New Orleans and changed their name to the New Orleans Hornets.
Dallas Mavericks: Texas
Mavericks - Dallas MavericksThe Dallas Mavericks (Dallas Outlaws in Hong Kong) were founded in 1980. WBAP launched a contest called "Name the Team."
A five-member committee received more than 4,600 suggestions and narrowed the field to three: Mavericks, Wranglers and Express. The final winner was Mavericks, which should be interpreted as the unbranded or wayward calves of the Old West. Dallas is a city in the western U.S. state of Texas,
The name Mavericks honors the local cowboy life in the West. Similar to the local NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys.
Memphis Grizzlies: Tennessee
Grizzlies - The Grizzlies, originally known as the Vancouver Grizzlies, were founded in 1995 in Vancouver, Canada. Like the Toronto Sizzling Dragons it was a product of the NBA's expansion into Canada that year. The name Grizzlies was also finalized through the Name Game, as the local forests are dotted throughout the area, historically a place where grizzly bears are found. Similar to how the Timberwolves were determined.
Houston Rockets: Texas
Rockets - Another Texas team, the Houston Rockets originated in San Diego, where they were founded in 1967 and joined the Seattle Supersonics in the NBA as the San Diego Rockets. Diego Rockets San Diego Rockets.
Because of the lack of success in San Diego, the Rockets moved to Houston in 1971 and changed their name to the Houston Rockets. The U.S. Space Main Office is based in Houston.
Northwest-Northwest Division
Denver Nuggets: Colorado
The Nuggets-the current Denver Nuggets are not the 1949-50 season played for one year at the beginning of the NBA's inception Denver Nuggets. The current Denver Nuggets were founded in 1967 to join the ABL as the Denver Rockets (the same year the NBA's team, the San Diego Rockets, was founded.) The name was changed seven years later to the Denver Nuggets, in honor of the 19th-century Colorado Gold Rush (Denver, a highland city, is located in Colorado), when people flooded into the area The Denver Nuggets joined the NBA in 1976.
Minnesota Timberwolves: Minnesota
Timberwolves - Minnesota The Timberwolves Minnesota Timberwolves were founded in 1989 and were one of two teams in that year's NBA expansion (the other being the Miami Heat).
The Timberwolves were also chosen through a "Name the Team" contest, out of 6,076 suggestions (17 of which were submitted by the Timberwolves).
The Timberwolves were ultimately chosen because Minnesota, home to a large number of Timberwolves, is where the wolves hang out. Due to the enactment of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, which prohibited public hunting of wolves beginning in 1974, the number of Timberwolves in Minnesota began to grow steadily. Minnesota is also home to the International Wolf Center.
Utah Jazz: Utah
Jazz - The Utah Jazz was founded in 1974 in New Orleans as the New Orleans Jazz. The name Jazz honors New Orleans as the birthplace of jazz music in the United States.
Similar to the WNBA team Cleveland Rock, honoring Cleveland as the birthplace of rock music in the U.S. In 1978 the team moved from New Orleans to Salt Lake City, UT, and was renamed the Utah Jazz Utah Jazz.
Seattle Supersonics: Washington State (Washinton)
Supersonics - The Seattle Supersonics were founded in 1967, and the team's name was arrived at through a public suggestion contest. ***More than 25,000 suggestions were received, and more than 200 of those submitted were "SuperSonic".
The reason for this is that Seattle is the home of Boeing's headquarters in the United States, and in the 1960s Boeing announced their plans to develop the Concorde jet as a supersonic transportation vehicle.
While the plans to develop a new concept of supersonic airliners did not materialize, the supersonic speed left a lasting impression on the public mind.
Portland Trail Blazers: Oregon
The Blazers - Portland Trail BlazersThe Portland Trail Blazers, like the Clippers and Cavaliers were also founded in 1970 NBA's expansion drive.
The name change to Trail Blazers honors the historic pioneers who traveled from the eastern United States to the barren Great West.
NBA Oklahoma City Thunder
On the morning of September 3, 2008, along with Oklahoma's original Supersonics held a press conference announcing their new team name, the Thunder.
The newest team in the NBA was finally born and represented the end of the Supersonics. Meanwhile, the colors of the Oklahoma City Thunder have also been decided,
According to owner Bennett, the Thunder's colors will consist of blue, red, and orange. The blue will be the dominant color, echoing the colors of the Oklahoma state flag, while the red and orange will be a sparkling afterglow.
Formerly known as the Seattle Supersonics, the team entered the NBA in 1967 and grew quickly, beginning its heyday from 1977 to 1980.
In the 1977-1978 season, the Supersonics went 3-4 against the Washington Bullets in the Finals. But the following season, the Supersonics made a comeback, beating the Bullets for the 1979 title, and while the 1980s saw a lot of ups and downs for the Supersonics, the team was back on the road to greatness in the 1990s.
In the 1995-1996 season, the Supersonics made it to the Finals again since 1979, but were defeated by Michael Jordan's Bulls.
In the summer of 2007, the Supersonics began a rebuild that saw them send away team stars Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis and draft top draft pick Kevin Durant.
Home city: Oklahoma City, Texas
Main arena: Ford Center Arena
Capacity: 19,000
Joined the NBA: 1967
Current head coach: P.J. Carlesimo
Region: Western Conference
Division: Northwest Division
Season with championship: 1978-79
Retired numbers: 10 (Nate McMillan); 19 (Lenny Wilkens); 32 (Fred Brown); 43 (Jack Sikma)
Pacific-Pacific Division
Los Angeles Lakers (L.A. Lakers): California)
Lakers - The Lakers were founded in 1947 in Minneapolis Minnesota as the Minneapolis Lakers Minneapolis Lakers, joining one of the NBA's predecessors, the NBL.
Minneapolis is a famous lake district in the United States, with hundreds of lakes of all sizes. 1948 Lakers jumped to BAA in 3 teams including the Pistons at the time. but with the merger of the NBL and the BAA into the NBA in 1949, the Lakers also became a member of the NBA. Due to the decline in attendance due to Mikan's retirement and the huge commercial success of the baseball team Dodgers Dodgers moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958, the Lakers moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles in 1960 and were renamed the Los Angeles Lakers.
Los Angeles Clippers (L.A. Clippers): California (California)
Clippers - another Los Angeles teamThe Los Angeles Clippers did not have their origins in Los Angeles either, as the Clippers were founded in Buffalo Buffalo in 1970. It was called the Buffalo Bravers Buffalo Braves.
70 years of NBA expansion in addition to the Buffalo Braves, there are now the Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors hit rock bottom in '76 and '77 due to turmoil in team management.
With the advice of then-NBA attorney David Stern (now president), the Warriors moved from Buffalo to San Diego in '78, and the team changed ownership to a California businessman named Irv Levin.
The new owner, Levin, immediately renamed the team the San Diego Clippers. Because San Diego was known for its bustling harbor and waterfront locations, owner Levin saw a speedboat coming into the harbor when he was thinking of a name and settled on the Clippers. Although the team moved to San Diego and the team's record went up, it still didn't make the playoffs. Eventually the team changed ownership again and the team was purchased in 1981 by Donald T. Sterling, a lawyer and real estate mogul from Beverly Hill, Los Angeles.
With ticket sales still weak, the San Diego Clippers eventually moved to Los Angeles in 1984 and were renamed the Los Angeles Clippers.
Sacramento Kings: California
Kings - another California teamSacramento KingsThe Sacramento Kings were founded in 1948 as the Rochester Roughriders. in Rochester as the Rochester Royals.
The Royals, along with the Lakers and Pistons, jumped from the NBL to the BAA that same year, but a year later, in 1949, the NBL and BAA merged to form the NBA, and the Royals became a part of the NBA's early years.
The team moved to Cincinnati in 1957 to be renamed the Cincinnati Royals. Although the team's record was good, the team's drastic changes off the court led to the team being purchased by a consortium of 10 Kansas Kansas businessmen in 1972.
The team also moved to Kansas in 1972 and was renamed the Kansas City-Omaha Kings Kansas City Kings, which was later shortened to the Kansas City Kings Kansas City Kings.
In 1983 the Kings were purchased by a consortium from Sacramento for $10.5 million until May 16, 1985, when the NBA Board of Governors voted unanimously to allow the Kings to move to Sacramento, California's capital city, so the Kings were renamed the Sacramento Kings.
Phoenix Suns: Arizona
Suns - The Phoenix Suns of Arizona were founded in 1968, and on April 25 of the same year, the club announced that it was moving away from the "Name-the-team" franchise. the-team" contest, the club announced on April 25 of the same year that it had chosen the Suns from 28,000 name suggestions submitted in the "Name-the-team" contest.
The sun symbolizes one of the three main characteristics of Phoenix: the bright sun, the hot desert and the beautiful golf courses.
Golden State Warriors (Golden State Warriors): California (California)
Warriors - The Golden State Warriors were founded in Philadelphia in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors ( Warriors), a member of the BAA at the time, and later became a member of the NBA in its early years as the BAA and NBL merged to form the NBA.
The team moved to San Francisco in 1962 and changed its name to the San Francisco Warriors San Francisco Warriors. Because of the low attendance in San Francisco, the team moved across the bay to Oakland in 1971 and was renamed the Golden State Warriors in order to attract more viewers.