Former teams ;Notes • denotes an
expansion team. • denotes a team that
merged from the
American Basketball Association (ABA).
Team timeline DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:25 Period = from:1970 till:2026 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:60 left:20 bottom:20 top:0 Colors = id:barcolor value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7) id:line value:black id:bg value:white PlotData = width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:tan1 from:1970 till:end text:
Atlanta Hawks (1970–present) bar:2 color:tan1 from:1970 till:end text:
Boston Celtics (1970–present) bar:3 color:tan2 from:1970 till:1978 text:
Buffalo Braves (1970–1978) bar:4 color:tan2 from:1970 till:1972 text:
Cincinnati Royals (1970–1972) bar:5 color:tan1 from:1970 till:end text:
Cleveland Cavaliers (1970–present) bar:6 color:tan1 from:1970 till:end text:
New York Knicks (1970–present) bar:7 color:tan1 from:1970 till:end text:
Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers (1970–present) bar:8 color:tan1 from:1970 till:end text:
Baltimore Bullets / Capital Bullets / Washington Bullets / Washington Wizards (1970–present) bar:9 color:tan2 from:1972 till:1980 text:
Houston Rockets (1972–1980) bar:10 color:tan2 from:1974 till:1979 text:
New Orleans Jazz (1974–1979) bar:11 color:tan1 from:1976 till:end text:
New York Nets / New Jersey Nets / Brooklyn Nets (1976–present) bar:12 color:tan2 from:1976 till:1980 text:
San Antonio Spurs (1976–1980) bar:13 color:tan1 from:1978 till:end text:
Detroit Pistons (1978–present) bar:14 color:tan1 from:1979 till:end text:
Indiana Pacers (1979–present) bar:15 color:tan1 from:1980 till:end text:
Chicago Bulls (1980–present) bar:16 color:tan1 from:1980 till:end text:
Milwaukee Bucks (1980–present) bar:17 color:tan1 from:1988 till:1989 text:
Charlotte Hornets / Bobcats / Hornets (1988–2002, 2004–2014, 2014–present) bar:17 color:tan1 from:1990 till:2002 bar:17 color:tan1 from:2004 till:end bar:18 color:tan1 from:1989 till:end text:
Miami Heat (1989–present) bar:19 color:tan1 from:1989 till:1990 text:
Orlando Magic (1989–1990, 1991–present) bar:19 color:tan1 from:1991 till:end bar:20 color:tan1 from:1995 till:end text:
Toronto Raptors (1995–present) bar:21 color:tan2 from:2002 till:2004 text:
New Orleans Hornets (2002–2004) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:3 start:1970 ==Conference champions==