Sacramento Kings Logo — Sacramento Kings is a team of basketball of the NBA based in Sacramento, California. The franchise was founded in 1945 under the name of Rochester Royals, later moving to the cities of Cincinnati and Kansas City / Omaha before moving in 1985 to Sacramento. The Kings dispute their home games at the ARCO Arena from 1988, although it plans to build a new pavilion. The successes throughout its history have been the championships of the NBL in 1946 and 1947, and in 1951 the NBA (and Royals). They also have five division titles and one conference.

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The franchise began its activity located in Rochester (New York), with the name of Rochester Royals and playing in the NBL. The Royals had that nickname because of the whiskey Crown Royal, since before becoming a professional team were patronicados by Crown Royal. After that, the set became known as Rochester Pros, being changed back to Royals entered the NBL. More

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Phoenix Suns Logo — Phoenix Suns is a professional basketball team in the NBA based in Phoenix, Arizona. They reached the NBA in its expansion in 1968, the Suns play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Play their home games at U.S. Airways Center. In its 40 year history, the team has won 2 conference titles, six division titles and has played in two NBA Finals in 1976 and 1993, losing both.

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On January 22 of 1968, the NBA awarded expansion franchises of two based in Phoenix and Milwaukee. The main investors in the Phoenix franchise had close ties to Tucson, the second largest city in the state of Arizona. All four were students at the University of Arizona. In addition, other investors were actors Andy Williams and Henry Mancini. As the official Phoenix Suns, the logo was designed by Stanley Fabe, owner of a Tucson printing, for 200 U.S. dollars. More

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Los Angeles Lakers Logo — Los Angeles Lakers is a team of basketball professional NBA, based in Los Angeles, California. They play their home games at the Staples Center, sharing the flag with the Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL and Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League, among other equipment.

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They have the best winning percentage (61.5%), the largest number of appearance in the Finals (31), and the second largest number of titles (16, behind the Boston Celtics with 17). And they have the record most consecutive games won (33) in the history of American professional sports, becoming unbeaten since November 5th of 1971 until January 7 of 1972, when they lost to the Milwaukee Bucks. The Lakers have only missed playoffs five times in its history, and according to the magazine Forbes, are the most valuable basketball franchise in the U.S., valued at approximately 607 million U.S. dollars. More

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LA Clippers Logo — Los Angeles Clippers is a team of basketball of the NBA based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1970, playing in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference and compete for their home games at the Staples Center, as well as Los Angeles Lakers. It is near Charlotte Bobcats and Memphis Grizzlies the only team not to have any title in the NBA, or division or conference. The consequence of these results has been, among other things, the three changes that have hit the city since its founding team, to Buffalo, San Diego and now Los Angeles.

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The Braves, in his eight seasons in Buffalo, played their matches at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, sharing the hall with another team, Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. The Braves made ​​their debut in 1970 and the first coach was a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame Dolph Schayes, while the first stars of the team were Bob Kauffman and Don May, who was acquired in the expansion draft. The Braves completed their first season with a record of 22-60, typical for new teams. Kauffman, that last year averaged 4.3 points with Chicago Bulls, led the Braves with 20.4 points per game and made ​​a hole in the All -Star Game in 1971. More

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Golden State Warriors Logo — Golden State Warriors is a professional team of basketball played in the NBA based in Oakland, California. “Golden State” nickname derives from the known to the state of California, The Golden State (Golden State), derived from the Gold Rush of 1849 and its golden hills.

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The Warriors were founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, a member of the BAA. The owner was Pat Tyrrell, who also owned the Philadelphia Ramblers team of American Hockey League. Tyrell hired Eddie Gottlieb, a promoter of basketball in the area of Philadelphia, as coach and general manager. Led by the sensational scorer Joe Fulks, the Warriors won the championship in the inaugural season, the 1946-47, beating Chicago Stags in five games (the BAA joined the NBA in 1949). Gottlieb bought the franchise in 1951. More

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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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