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Organized and established in 1949, the National Basketball Association (NBA) consisted of teams from the former Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball League (NBL). Several of the 17 NBA teams had home sites in cities of metropolitan areas with small to very small populations while others played their home games in arenas within midsized and large markets.
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For team relocations during the NBA’s history, see Frank P. Jozsa Jr., The National Basketball Association: Business, Organization and Strategy (Singapore: World Scientific, 2011), 66–83; Frank P. Jozsa Jr. and John J. Guthrie Jr., Relocating Teams and Expanding Leagues in Professional Sports: How the Major Leagues Respond to Market Conditions (Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1999); James Quirk and Rodney D. Fort, Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992); Kenneth L. Shropshire, The Sports Franchise Game: Cities in Pursuit of Sports Franchises, Events, Stadiums, and Arenas (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995). See such websites as sportsecyclopedia.com, nba.com, basketball-reference.com, landofbasketball.com, bleacherreport.com, and cbssports.com for more details about teams and their arenas, seasons, performances, coaches, and players.
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Recent financial data about the Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards, and other NBA franchises was in Kurt Badenhausen, Mike Ozanian, and Christina Settimi, “NBA Team Values: The Business of Basketball” at http://www.forbes.com cited 6 February 2014.
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Some additional information about these teams and their relocation is in “Basketball History” at http://www.history-of-basketball.com cited 20 September 2005; “History of Basketball” at http://library.thinkquest.org cited 24 August 2009; “National Basketball Association (NBA) History” at http://www.rauzulusstreet.com cited 12 August 2005; “NBA Growth Timetable” at http://www.basketball.com cited 17 September 2005; “Professional Basketball Leagues” at http://apbr.org cited 22 August 2009. For current literature, see the Official NBA Guide: 2013–14 Edition (New York, NY: NBA Properties, 2013), and Official NBA Register: 2013–14 Edition (New York, NY: NBA Properties, 2013).
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Jozsa, F.P. (2015). Before 1976 Season. In: National Basketball Association Strategies. SpringerBriefs in Economics, vol 84. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10058-6_4
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