NBA Teams by State

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Introduction

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the world’s foremost basketball league. First established in 1946, the NBA has grown to the point where 14 million people watched the 2022 NBA Championship game and has grown from seventeen teams to thirty.

Out of the fifty states, only twenty-one and the District of Columbia has at least one NBA team. The state with the most NBA teams is California with four: Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Sacramento Kings. Texas follows closely behind with three teams (Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs, and Houston Rockets); Florida (Miami Heat and Orlando Magic) and New York (New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets) both have two teams. 

Learn for yourself which states are home to what NBA team(s) by exploring the data in the charts.

StateNBA TeamsNumber of NFL TeamsNumber of MLB Teams
Alabama No Team No Team No Team
Alaska No Team No Team No Team
Arkansas No Team No Team No Team
Connecticut No Team No Team No Team
Delaware No Team No Team No Team
Hawaii No Team No Team No Team
Idaho No Team No Team No Team
Iowa No Team No Team No Team
Kansas No Team No Team No Team
Kentucky No Team No Team No Team
Maine No Team No Team No Team
Maryland No Team Two Teams One Team
Mississippi No Team No Team No Team
Missouri No Team One Team Two Teams
Montana No Team No Team No Team
Nebraska No Team No Team No Team
Nevada No Team One Team No Team
New Hampshire No Team No Team No Team
New Jersey No Team No Team No Team
New Mexico No Team No Team No Team
North Dakota No Team No Team No Team
Rhode Island No Team No Team No Team
South Carolina No Team No Team No Team
South Dakota No Team No Team No Team
Vermont No Team No Team No Team
Virginia No Team No Team No Team
Washington No Team One Team One Team
West Virginia No Team No Team No Team
Wyoming No Team No Team No Team
Arizona One Team One Team One Team
Colorado One Team One Team One Team
District of Columbia One Team No Team One Team
Georgia One Team One Team One Team
Illinois One Team One Team Two Teams
Indiana One Team One Team No Team
Louisiana One Team One Team No Team
Massachusetts One Team One Team One Team
Michigan One Team One Team One Team
Minnesota One Team One Team One Team
North Carolina One Team One Team No Team
Ohio One Team Two Teams Two Teams
Oklahoma One Team No Team No Team
Oregon One Team No Team No Team
Pennsylvania One Team Two Teams Two Teams
Tennessee One Team One Team No Team
Utah One Team No Team No Team
Wisconsin One Team One Team One Team
Florida Two Teams Three Teams Two Teams
New York Two Teams Three Teams Two Teams
Texas Three Teams Two Teams Two Teams
California Four Teams Three Teams Five Teams

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Delaware

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District of Columbia

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Florida

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Georgia

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

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New York

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Utah

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Vermont

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Virginia

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Washington

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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