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The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976, resulting in four ABA teams joining the NBA and the introduction of the NBA 3-point shot in 1979.
Get the list of all the NBA & ABA Teams both active and defunct along with the wins and losses stats and more on Basketball-Reference.com.
There have been 15 defunct NBA franchises, of which nine played in only one NBA season.
Former teams of the American Basketball Association (2000–present) include the following, reflecting teams that are either defunct or left the ABA for other leagues:
20 wrz 2017 · If you can identify any of the pro basketball players and coaches pictured above and to the left (click on them to see if you're right), then you remember the "red, white and blue" league: the defunct American Basketball Association. The ABA existed from 1967 to 1976 -- for nine full seasons.
This category is filled with defunct ABA teams - teams that folded during their tenure in the ABA.
RetroSeasons recaps past sports seasons through stories, photos, videos, and stats from every team, league, and stadium in history. Coverage includes the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL, as well as vintage media from defunct teams and leagues.