【国家篮球协会时间线】
国家篮球协会时间线（Timeline of the National Basketball Association）记录了美国国家篮球协会加盟球队扩张和发展的时间线。国家篮球协会的前身是于1946年成立的Basketball Association of America，该组织于1949年更名为现名。此外，被国家篮球协会所合并的American Basketball League (1925–1955)、国家篮球联盟、National Professional Basketball League (1950–51)、美国篮球协会等组织的加盟球队也包含在本时间线中。
== 时间表 ==
DateFormat = yyyy
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PlotArea   = left:20 right:20 bottom:20 top:20
Period     = from:1920 till:2020
TimeAxis   = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
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at:1946 color:lineColor layer:back width:0.66  #BAA forms
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textcolor:black
tabs:(40-left)
text:"I^独立球队"
text:ABL^美国篮球联盟（活跃于1925年－1955年）"
text:"NBL^国家篮球联盟（活跃于1937年－1949年）"
text:"NPBL^国家职业篮球联盟（活跃于1950年－1951年）"
text:"ABA^美国篮球协会（活跃于1967年－1976年）"
text:"1946^全美篮球协会时期（1949年与国家篮球联盟合并为国家篮球协会）"
text:"•^冠军赛季"
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Define $BAA = text:"（BAA）"
Define $ABA = text:"（ABA）"
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# -- 1946-7 original teams that are now defunct
bar:Rebels
bar:Ironmen
bar:Falcons
bar:Huskies
# -- Original BAA Teams
bar:Steamrollers
bar:Bombers
bar:Stags
bar:Capitols
bar:Warriors
bar:Knicks
bar:Celtics
# -- Absorbed from ABL
bar:Bullets
# -- NBL teams absorbed 1948
bar:Kings
bar:Jets
bar:Pistons
bar:Lakers
# -- NBL teams merged 1949
bar:Sheboygan
bar:Packers
bar:Hawks
bar:Waterloo
bar:NuggetsI
bar:Olympians
#1940s-50s
bar:76ers
# 1960s
bar:Wizards
bar:Bulls
bar:Rockets
bar:Thunder
bar:Suns
bar:Bucks
# early 70s
bar:Cavs
bar:Clippers
bar:Trailblazers
bar:Jazz
# ABA
bar:Spurs
bar:NuggetsII
bar:Nets
bar:Pacers
# late 1970s-80s
bar:Mavericks
bar:Hornets
bar:Heat
bar:Orlando
bar:Timberwolves
# 1990s+
bar:Raptors
bar:Grizzlies
bar:Pelicans
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## -- ABA Championships
at:1970 bar:Pacers $champ $t:black mark:(line, notpro)
at:1972 bar:Pacers $champ $t:black mark:(line, notpro)
at:1973 bar:Pacers $champ $t:black mark:(line, notpro)
at:1974 bar:Nets $champ $t:black mark:(line, notpro)
at:1976 bar:Nets $champ $t:black mark:(line, notpro)
# -- defunct teams
bar:Falcons from:1946 till:1947 text:"底特律猎鹰" $Left color:red
bar:Rebels from:1946 till:1947 text:"克里夫兰反叛者" $Left color:maroon
bar:Steamrollers from:1946 till:1949 text:"普罗维登斯蒸汽压路机" $Left color:redorange
bar:Ironmen from:1946 till:1947 text:"匹兹堡铁人" $Left color:silver
bar:Huskies from:1946 till:1947 text:"多伦多哈士奇" $Left color:blue
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bar:Bombers from:1946 till:1950 text:"圣路易斯轰炸机" $Left color:red
bar:NuggetsI from:1948 till:1949  $Left $NBL
bar:NuggetsI from:1949 till:1950 text:"丹佛掘金" $Right color:gold
bar:Olympians from:1949 till:1953 text:"印第安纳波利斯奥林匹亚" $Left color:blue
bar:Stags from:1946 till:1950 text:"芝加哥牡鹿" $Left color:blue
bar:Jets from:1937 till:1948 $NBL
bar:Jets from:1948 till:1949 text:"印第安纳波利斯喷气机" $Right color:red
bar:Packers from:1946 till:1949 text:"安德森包装工（NBL）" $Left
bar:Packers from:1949 till:1950 color:darkred
bar:Packers from:1950 till:1951 $NPBL $right
bar:Sheboygan from:1938 till:1949 $NBL $Left
bar:Sheboygan from:1949 till:1950 text:"希博伊根红人" $Left color:darkred
bar:Sheboygan from:1950 till:1951 $UpLeftMargin $NPBL
bar:Sheboygan from:1951 till:1952 $I $DownRight
bar:Bullets from:1944 till:1947 text:"（ABL）"
bar:Bullets from:1947 till:1954 $LeftMargin text:"巴尔的摩子弹" $t:gold color:blue
# -- current teams A - M
bar:76ers from:1949 till:1963 text:"锡拉丘兹国民" color:red $t:darkblue
bar:76ers from:1963 till:end text:"费城76人" $RightIn color:royalblue $t:White
bar:Bucks from:1968 till:end text:"密尔沃基雄鹿" $RightIn color:green $t:white
bar:Bulls from:1966 till:end text:"芝加哥公牛" $RightIn color:red $t:white
bar:Celtics from:1946 till:end text:"波士顿凯尔特人" $RightIn color:green $t:white
bar:Cavs from:1970 till:end text:"克利夫兰骑士" $RightIn color:burgundy $t:gold
bar:Clippers from:1970 till:1978 text:"布法罗勇敢者" color:lightblue $t:black
bar:Clippers from:1978 till:1984 text:"圣地亚哥快船" color:redorange $t:blue
bar:Clippers from:1984 till:end text:"洛杉矶快船" $RightIn color:royalblue $t:white
bar:Grizzlies from:1995 till:2001 text:"温哥华灰熊" color:teal $t:black
bar:Grizzlies from:2001 till:end text:"孟菲斯灰熊" $RightIn color:darkblue $t:white
bar:Hawks from:1946 till:1949 text:"三城鹰（NBL）)" $t:black $Left
bar:Hawks from:1949 till:1951 color:navy
bar:Hawks from:1951 till:1955 text:"密尔沃基鹰" color:red $t:white
bar:Hawks from:1955 till:1968 text:"圣路易斯鹰" $rightmargin color:navy $t:red
bar:Hawks from:1968 till:end text:"亚特兰大鹰" $RightIn color:red $t:yellow
bar:Hornets from:1988 till:2002 text:"夏洛特黄蜂" $Left color:panthers_teal $t:black
bar:Hornets from:2004 till:2014 text:"夏洛特山猫" $LeftMargin color:orange $t:darkblue
bar:Hornets from:2014 till:end text:"夏洛特黄蜂" $RightMargin color:panthers_teal $t:black
bar:Jazz from:1974 till:1979 text:"新奥尔良爵士" $Left color:purple $t:purple
bar:Jazz from:1979 till:end text:"犹太爵士" $RightIn color:navy $t:sand
bar:Kings from:1923 till:1945 text:"罗彻斯特西格拉姆斯（I）"
bar:Kings from:1945 till:1948 $LeftMargin $NBL
bar:Kings from:1948 till:1957 color:purple $t:white text:"罗切斯特皇家"
bar:Kings from:1957 till:1972 text:"辛辛那提皇家" color:blue $t:white
bar:Kings from:1972 till:1975 $Up text:"堪萨斯城~奥马哈国王" color:darkblue $t:white
bar:Kings from:1975 till:1985 text:"堪萨斯城国王" color:red $t:darkblue
bar:Kings from:1985 till:end text:"萨克拉门托国王" $RightIn color:purple $t:white
bar:Knicks from:1946 till:end text:"纽约尼克斯" $RightIn color:blue $t:white
bar:Lakers from:1946 till:1948 $Left $NBL
bar:Lakers from:1948 till:1960 text:"明尼阿波利斯湖人" $t:gold color:purple
bar:Lakers from:1960 till:end text:"洛杉矶湖人" $RightIn color:yellow $t:purple
bar:Mavericks from:1980 till:end text:"达拉斯独行侠" $RightIn color:royalblue $t:white
bar:Heat from:1988 till:end text:"迈阿密热火" $RightIn color:darkred $t:white
# -- N - Z
bar:Nets from:1967 till:1968 $Left text:"新泽西美洲人（ABA）"
bar:Nets from:1968 till:1976 text:"纽约篮网（ABA）"
bar:Nets from:1976 till:1977 $UpLeft color:red
bar:Nets from:1977 till:2012 text:"新泽西蓝网" color:blue $t:white
bar:Nets from:2012 till:end text:"布鲁克林蓝网" $RightMargin color:black textcolor:white
bar:NuggetsII from:1967 till:1974 $Left text:"丹佛火箭（ABA）"
bar:NuggetsII from:1974 till:1976 $ABA
bar:NuggetsII from:1976 till:end text:"丹佛掘金" color:iceblue $t:white $RightIn
bar:Orlando from:1989 till:end text:"奥兰多魔术" $RightIn color:blue $t:white
bar:Pacers from:1967 till:1976 $ABA
bar:Pacers from:1976 till:end text:"印第安纳步行者" color:navy textcolor:yellow $RightIn
bar:Pelicans from:2002 till:2005 text:"新奥尔良黄蜂" $Left color:vikings_purple $t:vikings_purple
bar:Pelicans from:2005 till:2007 text:"新奥尔良~俄克拉荷马城~黄蜂" $Up color:red $t:white
bar:Pelicans from:2007 till:2013 text:"新奥尔良~黄蜂" $UpRIghtMargin color:gold $t:purple
bar:Pelicans from:2013 till:end text:"新奥尔良~鹈鹕" $UpLeftIn color:navy $t:white
bar:Pistons from:1941 till:1948 $NBL
bar:Pistons from:1948 till:1957 text:"韦恩堡活塞" color:red $t:blue
bar:Pistons from:1957 till:end text:"底特律活塞" $RightIn color:blue $t:white
bar:Raptors from:1995 till:end text:"多伦多猛龙" $RightIn color:purple $t:white
bar:Rockets from:1967 till:1971 text:"圣地亚哥火箭" $Left color:green $t:green
bar:Rockets from:1971 till:end text:"休斯顿火箭" $RightIn color:red $t:yellow
bar:Spurs from:1967 till:1973 $Left text:"达拉斯丛林（ABA）"
bar:Spurs from:1973 till:1976 $ABA
bar:Spurs from:1976 till:end text:"圣安东尼奥马刺" $RightIn color:silver textcolor:black
bar:Suns from:1968 till:end text:"菲尼克斯太阳" $RightIn color:purple $t:white
bar:Timberwolves from:1989 till:end text:"明尼苏达森林狼" $RightIn color:lions_lightblue $t:white
bar:Trailblazers from:1970 till:end text:"波特兰开拓者" $RightIn color:red $t:white
bar:Thunder from:1967 till:2008 text:"西雅图超音速" color:green $t:yellow
bar:Thunder from:2008 till:end text:"俄克拉荷马城雷霆" color:orange $t:darkblue
bar:Warriors from:1946 till:1962 text:"费城勇士" color:red $t:blue
bar:Warriors from:1962 till:1971 text:"旧金山勇士" color:blue $t:gold
bar:Warriors from:1971 till:end text:"金州勇士" $RightIn color:yellow $t:blue
bar:Wizards from:1961 till:1962 text:"芝加哥包装工" $Left color:navy $t:orange
bar:Wizards from:1962 till:1963 text:"芝加哥~和风" $UpLeftMargin color:gold $t:white
bar:Wizards from:1963 till:1973 text:"巴尔的摩~子弹" $Up color:blue $t:white
bar:Wizards from:1973 till:1974 text:"首都~子弹" $Up color:red $t:white
bar:Wizards from:1974 till:1997 text:"华盛顿子弹" color:darkblue $t:white
bar:Wizards from:1997 till:end text:"华盛顿奇才" $RightIn color:red $t:white
## -- championships
at:1947 bar:Warriors $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1948 bar:Bullets $champ mark:(line, blue)
at:1949 bar:Lakers $champ mark:(line, purple)
at:1950 bar:Lakers $champ mark:(line, purple)
at:1951 bar:Kings $champ mark:(line, purple)
at:1952 bar:Lakers $champ mark:(line, purple)
at:1953 bar:Lakers $champ mark:(line, purple)
at:1954 bar:Lakers $champ mark:(line, purple)
at:1955 bar:76ers $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1956 bar:Warriors $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1957 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1958 bar:Hawks $champ mark:(line, navy)
at:1959 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1960 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1961 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1962 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1963 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1964 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1965 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1966 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1967 bar:76ers $champ mark:(line, royalblue)
at:1968 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1969 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1970 bar:Knicks $champ mark:(line, blue)
at:1971 bar:Bucks $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1972 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:1973 bar:Knicks $champ mark:(line, blue)
at:1974 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1975 bar:Warriors $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:1976 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1977 bar:Trailblazers $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1978 bar:Wizards $champ mark:(line, darkblue)
at:1979 bar:Thunder $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1980 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:1981 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1982 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:1983 bar:76ers $champ mark:(line, royalblue)
at:1984 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1985 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:1986 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:1987 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:1988 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:1989 bar:Pistons $champ mark:(line, blue)
at:1990 bar:Pistons $champ mark:(line, blue)
at:1991 bar:Bulls $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1992 bar:Bulls $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1993 bar:Bulls $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1994 bar:Rockets $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1995 bar:Rockets $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1996 bar:Bulls $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1997 bar:Bulls $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1998 bar:Bulls $champ mark:(line, red)
at:1999 bar:Spurs $champ mark:(line, silver)
at:2000 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:2001 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:2002 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:2003 bar:Spurs $champ mark:(line, silver)
at:2004 bar:Pistons $champ mark:(line, blue)
at:2005 bar:Spurs $champ mark:(line, silver)
at:2006 bar:Heat $champ mark:(line, darkred)
at:2007 bar:Spurs $champ mark:(line, silver)
at:2008 bar:Celtics $champ mark:(line, green)
at:2009 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:2010 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)
at:2011 bar:Mavericks $champ mark:(line, royalblue)
at:2012 bar:Heat $champ mark:(line, darkred)
at:2013 bar:Heat $champ mark:(line, darkred)
at:2014 bar:Spurs $champ mark:(line, silver)
at:2015 bar:Warriors $champ mark:(line, yellow)
at:2016 bar:Cavs $champ mark:(line, burgundy)
at:2017 bar:Warriors $champ mark:(line, yellow)
at:2018 bar:Warriors $champ mark:(line, yellow)
at:2019 bar:Raptors $champ mark:(line, purple)
at:2020 bar:Lakers $champ2 mark:(line, yellow)