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.
| 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 | 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 |
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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