Nba Expansion Teams Since 1984

Heading into the 2020 nba season there have been 74 champions crowned with 20 different franchises being able to claim that they ran through the nba playoffs and won at least one title one of which doesn t exist anymore that being the original baltimore bullets franchise that folded during the 1954 1955 season.

Nba expansion teams since 1984. National basketball association nba eight charter franchises of the nba founded in 1950 via merger of the baa and nbl are still active. Since this trend has continued for. The 1988 nba expansion draft was the eighth expansion draft of the national basketball association nba.

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James harden houston rockets c. The most recent examples of the expansion of the nba are the charlotte hornets and miami heat in 1988 minnesota timberwolves and orlando magic in 1989 toronto raptors and vancouver grizzlies in 1995 who relocated to memphis in 2001 and new orleans pelicans in 2002. The national basketball association nba finals is the championship series for the nba and the conclusion of its postseason all finals have been played in a best of seven format and are contested between the winners of the eastern conference and the western conference formerly divisions before 1970 except in 1950 when the eastern division champion faced the winner between the western and.

There are plenty of cities that deserve nba teams. 1984 85 nba season league national basketball association sport basketball duration oct 26 1984 apr 14 1985 apr 17 may 22 1985 playoffs may 27 jun 9 1985 finals number of teams 23 tv partner s. Giannis antetokounmpo milwaukee bucks f.

New jersey nets now brooklyn nets denver nuggets indiana pacers and san antonio spurs join nba after merger with american basketball association aba. If the nba is ever serious about expansion these eight cities should be at the top of the list. Statistics leaders and more for the 1984 85 nba season.

The list goes all the way back to 1984 when center greg kite was a member of the boston celtics. Kite was a mentor to shaq during o neal s first two nba seasons. The expansion of the national basketball association has happened several times in the league s history since it began play in 1946.