What Is The Oldest Team In The NBA?
The Boston Celtics are the oldest team in the NBA. Founded in 1946, the Celtics have the most championships in NBA history with 17.
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics play their home games at TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Boston Bruins. Founded in 1946 as a charter member of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), the franchise are one of eight NBA teams to survive the league’s merger with the National Basketball League (NBL) to form the NBA.
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the oldest teams in the NBA. They were founded in 1947 as the Minneapolis Lakers, one of three teams that joined the NBA from the Basketball Association of America (the other two being the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics). The Lakers played their first season in Los Angeles in 1960.
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are the oldest team in the NBA. The franchise was founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, and moved to San Francisco in 1962. The Warriors won their first NBA championship in 1956, and their most recent NBA championship in 2015.
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.
The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association (ABA) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA–NBA merger and are the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship. The franchise has won five NBA championships, four conference titles, and 23 division titles. As of 2019, the Spurs have the fifth-highest winning percentage among all NBA teams.
The team was founded as the Dallas Chaparrals, an expansion team in 1967 along with the Seattle SuperSonics, and later became the San Antonio Spurs after relocating to San Antonio in 1973. The franchise has made 22 playoff appearances, posting a record of 21–21. As of 2019, the Spurs have an all-time win-loss record of 2,244–1,740 (.562).
