The list was announced by NBA commissioner David Stern on October 29, 1996, at the hotel Grand Hyatt New York, the former site of the Commodore Hotel, where the original NBA charter was signed on June 6, 1946.
A lista foi anunciada polo comisionado da NBA David Stern o 29 de outubro de 1996 no hotel Grand Hyatt New York, situado no antigo emprazamento do Commodore Hotel, lugar onde se asinou a constituación orixinal da NBA o 6 de xuño de 1946.