NBA Teams

The NBA is the leading basketball organization in the world. The NBA teams are composed of 30 different basketball franchises. It has 6 divisions and 2 conferences namely, Atlantic Division, Central Division, and Southeast Division for the Eastern Conference and Southwest Division, Northwest Division and Pacific Division for the Western Conference. Each conference is made up of 3 divisions and each division is composed of 5 NBA basketball teams.

What are all the NBA teams? Well the names of all NBA teams can be found in the NBA team list online. If you search online, you’d even see the NBA team logos and NBA team icons. But if you don’t like to go through the hassle for searching online, here’s the list of NBA teams. For the Atlantic Division: Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers and Toronto Raptors. You’d find Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks in the Central Division. In the Southeast Division there’s Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic and Washington Wizards. The Southwest Division is consists of Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Hornets and San Antonio Spurs. Let’s not forget Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Portland Trail Blazer, Seattle Supersonics and Utah Jazz making up the Northwest Division. And lastly, the Pacific Division with Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings.

It is also really interesting to know the stories behind each NBA team names and each of their NBA basketball team logos. Each team has a really unique name containing the state they represent and a word that usually identifies the state. All NBA team logos can be found in each on the NBA teams’ official website. They can also be downloaded, and used as a wallpaper or screensaver for your computers. There are also some new NBA team logos since some teams, like the Charlotte Bobcats, that changed their team names.

How many players are on an NBA team? Well, each NBA teams can have 12 to 15 basketball players on each roster. In a game, 5 players start up the game from each team. So there are always 10 players in the court from 2 different teams playing an official basketball game. There is also an NBA dream team that represents the United States in the Olympics. On of course, who can forget the NBA dance teams that cheer for each team competing against each other? The NBA teams really spice up the NBA games. So which NBA teams are you rooting for?