NBA Teams by State 2023

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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.

State	NBA Teams	Number of NFL Teams	Number 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	Two Teams	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	One Team	Two Teams
Texas	Three Teams	Two Teams	Two Teams
California	Four Teams	Three Teams	Five Teams

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NBA Teams by State

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NBA Teams by State

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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