Utah Jazz Logo — Utah Jazz is a team from the NBA in the city of Salt Lake City, Utah. The team is not native to Utah, but was transferred from New Orleans, hence the name of the musical genre. In 1974, the franchise was born under the name New Orleans Jazz. Despite having the spectacular Pete Maravich, the Jazz began as a losing team and after five seasons in New Orleans, the franchise moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1979.

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Following the movement of Jazz to Utah, it was decided to continue with the name “Jazz”, despite the culture jazz had its roots in New Orleans, and had nothing to do with Utah. Actually there was little local support, but unlike other franchises, there was no public campaign to attract fans. Before the 1979-80 season, the Jazz got the scorer Adrian Dantley from the Los Angeles Lakers, who later became the leading scorer in the league in seasons 1980-1981 and 1983-1984. During the season, Maravich was cut and later in the 1980 Draft, the team would select the second to Darrell Griffith of the University of Louisville. More

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Portland Trail Blazers Logo — Portland Trail Blazers are a team of basketball of the NBA based in Portland, Oregon. Play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. Before going to the Rose Garden in 1995, the Blazers fought their home games at Memorial Coliseum. The team entered the NBA in 1970 and is the only professional sports franchise in Oregon of a sports league. The Blazers also enjoyed strong support from the public, from 1977 to 1995, the team filled their stadium for 815 consecutive home games, with the longest streak in American professional sports history.

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The Blazers have reached the NBA Finals three times, winning his only championship in 1977 and finishing runners-up in 1990 and 1992. In addition, the team has qualified for playoffs in 25 of the 36 seasons in the NBA are from its existence, including a streak of 21 consecutive appearances from 1983 until 2003. Five players who belong to the Basketball Hall of Fame have worn the shirt of the Blazers (Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler, Drazen Petrovic and Scottie Pippen) and four have been recognized by the NBA as one of the top 50 players in league history (Scottie Pippen, Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton and Clyde Drexler). More

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Oklahoma City Thunder Logo — Oklahoma City Thunder is a professional team of basketball of the NBA based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is the successor of Seattle SuperSonics and began playing in the Ford Center in the 2008-09 season in the NBA. On December 20th of 1966, the employer of Los Angeles Sam Shulman, along with Eugene V. Klein and a group of minority shareholders, they got a franchise in the league NBA for the city of Seattle.

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They called the team the Jetsons because the contract that the city had managed to manufacture the Boeing 2707 , the first supersonic aircraft manufacturing American (ultimately canceled). It was the first professional franchise city in the state of Washington. They started playing in October 1967, coached by Al Bianchi, and counting on the team with the base all star Walt Hazzard and members of the Team of rookies Bob Rule and Al Tucker. More

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Minnesota Timberwolves Logo — Minnesota Timberwolves (Grey Wolves of Minnesota) is a team of basketball played in the NBA, and is headquartered in Minneapolis, part of the state of Minnesota. They entered the league after the expansion of 1989. Previously, the city had been home to the legendary Minneapolis Lakers, currently in Los Angeles.

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The professional basketball back to Minneapolis in 1987, when the NBA granted one of two new franchises (along with Orlando Magic) to the original owners Marv Wolfenson and Harvey Ratner to begin play in the 1989-90 season. Known as the Timberwolves, the team debuted on November 3 of 1989 losing to Seattle SuperSonics by 106-94. More

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Denver Nuggets Logo — Denver Nuggets is a professional team of basketball of the NBA based in Denver, Colorado. After starting to play in the ABA, the team was criticized for being located in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to Denver. His participation in the postseason came from the outset, reaching access to ABA Finals in his second year as Nuggets (formerly known as Denver Rockets) but losing to New York Nets in six games.

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The Nuggets had a strong team led by Byron Beck, Larry Jones, Ralph Simpson and Spencer Haywood, the latter signed for the season 1969 — 70 and being particularly known for being one of the first players to move from school to professional basketball, without contesting a single university meeting. In his only season in the ABA, Haywood averaged 30 points and 20 rebounds per game, joining later by Seattle SuperSonics and jumping to the NBA. More

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Washington Wizards Logo — Washington Wizards is a professional team of basketball of the NBA based in the capital of the United States, Washington, DC. The Wizards, known until 1997 as the Bullets won the NBA championship in 1978, finishing runner-up in addition the following season. Since its founding in 1961, the franchise has gone through three cities: Chicago, Baltimore and Washington. His pitch is, from 1997, the Verizon Center, Hall with capacity for 20,173 spectators. Moreover, considered by many best player ever, Michael Jordan, one played for between 2001 and 2003.

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The team now known as the Wizards began his career in the 1961-62 season as the Chicago Packers. The following season they changed their name to the Zephyrs. And the next they moved to Baltimore, Maryland, becoming the Baltimore Bullets, no relation to the old franchise Bullets decades of the 40 and 50. In his first year in Baltimore, finished in fourth place in the NL West. More

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