How Many NBA Teams Does Texas Have?
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The answer is none! Texas does not have any NBA teams.
Texas has two NBA teams
The Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets are the two NBA teams that represent Texas. The Mavericks are in the Western Conference while the Rockets are in the Eastern Conference.
The Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division.
The Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the American Airlines Center, which it shares with the National Hockey League’s Dallas Stars.
The Mavericks were founded in 1980 as an expansion team, and won three division titles during the 1980s and 1990s. In 2000, they defeated the Miami Heat in six games to win their first NBA championship. They followed that success with a second title in 2011 by defeating the Miami Heat again, this time in seven games. They repeat as champions in 2012 by defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder for their first ever back-to-back championships. They own two franchise records: 37 consecutive playoff appearances (1984–2021—the longest active streak; tied with Philadelphia 76ers) and 26 straight seasons with 50 or more wins (1987–88 to 2012–13). As of 2021, according to Forbes, they are the eighth most valuable basketball franchise in the United States, valued at $2.4 billion.
Texas also has two WNBA teams
The state of Texas is home to two NBA teams, the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks. Texas also has two WNBA teams, the Dallas Wings and the Houston Comets.
The Dallas Wings
The Dallas Wings are a professional basketball team based in Arlington, Texas. They compete in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team is currently owned by sports magnate Ray Hunt.
The Houston Comets
The Houston Comets were a professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas, United States. The franchise was founded in 1997, and played in the Western Conference of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2008. The team was Houston’s first professional women’s sports franchise, and one of the first WNBA teams to be owned by an NBA franchise, the Houston Rockets.
Due to the effects of Hurricane Ike in 2008, the Comets did not play during the 2009 season. They never resumed play and were ultimately folded by the league on December 2, 2009.
