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San Diego Rockets and Seattle SuperSonics join league as an expansion teams (12 teams, 2 divisions). |
| 1968 |
Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns join league as an expansion teams (14 teams, 2 divisions). St Louis Hawks move to Atlanta. |
| 1970 |
Buffalo Braves, Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers join league as an expansion teams (17 teams, 4 divisions). |
| 1971 |
San Diego Rockets move to Houston; San Francisco Warriors move to Oakland and become Golden State Warriors |
| 1972 |
Cincinnati Royals move to The Midwest, divide home games between Kansas City (MO) and Omaha (NE), and become Kings |
| 1973 |
Baltimore Bullets move to Landover (MD) and become Capital Bullets |
| 1974 |
New Orleans Jazz join league as an expansion team (18 teams, 4 divisions). Capital Bullets renamed Washington Bullets. |
| 1975 |
KC-Omaha Kings settle in Kansas City |
| 1976 |
Four teams from the ABA merge with the NBA: Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs (22 teams, 4 divisions). |
| 1977 |
New York Nets move from Uniondale (NY) to Piscataway (NJ) (later East Rutherford) and become New Jersey Nets |
| 1978 |
Buffalo Braves move to San Diego and become Clippers |
| 1979 |
New Orleans Jazz move to Salt Lake City and become Utah Jazz. |
| 1980 |
Dallas Mavericks join the NBA as an expansion team (23 teams, 4 divisions). |
| 1984 |
San Diego Clippers move to Los Angeles |
| 1985 |
Kansas City Kings move to Sacramento |
| 1988 |
Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat join the NBA as an expansion teams (25 teams, 4 divisions). |
| 1989 |
Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic join the NBA as an expansion teams (27 teams, 4 divisions). |
| 1995 |
Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies join the NBA as an expansion teams (29 teams, 4 divisions). |
| 1997 |
Washington Bullets become Washington Wizards. |