Nba Expansion Teams History

The 1988 nba expansion draft was the eighth expansion draft of the national basketball association nba.

Nba expansion teams history. Index of nba aba teams active and defunct. The nba was founded in new york city on june 6 1946 as the basketball association of america baa. The expansion of the national basketball association has happened several times in the league s history since it began play in 1946.

Nba g league expansion the nba g league will feature all time high 28 teams during the 2019 20 season each singly affiliated with an nba parent club. The new league had seventeen franchises. Formerly the best there ever was it s no surprise that the 1995 96 chicago bulls with 72 regular season.

In 1946 and took its current name in 1949. The draft was held on june 23 1988 so that the newly founded charlotte hornets and miami heat could acquire players for the upcoming 1988 89 season. Nba aba team index visit our league index for year by year results for the baa nba 1946 47 through 2020 21 and aba 1967 68 through 1975 76.

The following is a timeline of the expansion and evolution of franchises in the national basketball association nba. On june 6 1946 the baa or the basketball association of america was born and 11 franchises comprised the new professional basketball league. To this day the nba claims the baa s history as its own.

It now reckons the arrival of the nbl teams as an expansion not a merger and does not recognize nbl records and statistics. Boston providence new york philadelphia pittsburgh. The league was formed as the basketball association of america in 1946 and took its current name in 1949.

Charlotte and miami had been awarded the expansion teams on april 22 1987 1 in an. Expansion teams begin with a 1300 rating select a team above and zoom in to explore its history.