| NBA Growth Timetable |
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| Year |
Expansions, Changes and Mergers |
| 1946 |
The Basketball Association of America (BAA) is comprised of 11 teams in two divisions: Boston Celtics, Chicago Stags, Cleveland Rebels, Detroit Falcons, New York Knickerbockers, Philadelphia Warriors, Pittsburgh Ironmen, Providence Steamrollers, St Louis Bombers, Toronto and Washington Capitols |
| 1947 |
Baltimore Bullets join the BAA; Four teams drop out: Cleveland Rebels, Detroit Falcons, Pittsburgh Ironmen and Toronto Huskies (8-teams, 2 divisions). |
| 1948 |
Four teams from the more established National Basketball League (NBL) are added to the BAA: Ft Wayne Pistons, Indianapolis Jets, Minneapolis Lakers and Rochester Royals (12-teams, 2 divisions). |
| 1949 |
The six remaining NBL franchises—Anderson (IN) Packers, Denver Nuggets, Indianapolis Olympians, Sheboygan (WI) Redskins, Syracuse Nationals, Tri-Cities Blackhawks and Waterloo (IA) Hawks—join along with the new Indianapolis Olympians; the BAA becomes the National Basketball Association; Providence Steamrollers and Indianapolis Jets drop out (17-teams, 3 divisions). |
| 1950 |
Six teams drop out: Anderson Packers, Chicago Stags, Denver Nuggets, Sheboygan Redskins, St Louis Bombers and Waterloo Hawks (11 teams, 2 divisions) |
| 1951 |
Tri-Cities Blackhawks, who divided home games between Moline and Rock Island (IL), and Davenport (IA) move to Milwaukee and become the Hawks. Washington Capitols disband before end of 1950-51 season (10 teams, 2 divisions). |
| 1953 |
Indianapolis Olympians drop out (9 teams, 2 divisions). |
| 1954 |
Baltimore Bullets drop out (8 teams, 2 divisions). |
| 1955 |
Milwaukee Hawks move to St Louis |
| 1957 |
Ft Wayne Pistons move to Detroit; Rochester Royals move to Cincinnati. |
| 1960 |
Minneapolis Lakers move to Los Angeles |
| 1961 |
Chicago Packers join the NBA as an expansion team (9 teams, 2 divisions) |
| 1962 |
Chicago Packers renamed Zephyrs; Philadelphia Warriors move to San Francisco. |
| 1963 |
Chicago Zephyrs move to Baltimore and become Bullets; Syracuse Nationals move to Philadelphia and become 76ers. |
| 1966 |
Chicago Bulls join league as an expansion team (10 teams, 2 divisions) |
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