Editing American Basketball Association (section)

==Teams==
Of the original 11 teams, only the [[Kentucky Colonels]] and [[Indiana Pacers]] remained for all nine seasons without relocating, changing team names, or folding. However, the [[Denver Nuggets|Denver Larks/Rockets/Nuggets]], a team that had been [[Kansas City (ABA)|planned]] for [[Kansas City, Missouri]], moved to [[Denver]] without playing a game in Kansas City due to the lack of a suitable arena. In addition to the four surviving ABA teams, eight current NBA markets have ABA heritage: [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[Dallas]], [[Houston]], [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Miami]], [[Minnesota]], [[New Orleans]], and [[Utah]] all had an ABA team before their current NBA teams.<ref>Official ABA Guides, 1967–1976.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|+Overview of American Basketball Association teams
! scope="col" |#
! scope="col" |Franchise
! scope="col" |Years
! scope="col" |Fate
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |1
![[Anaheim Amigos]]
|{{nowrap|1967–1968}}
| rowspan="3" |Folded, 1975
|-
![[Los Angeles Stars]]
|1968–1970
|-
![[Utah Stars]]
|1970–1975
|-
! rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2
![[Dallas Chaparrals]]
|1967–1970
| rowspan="4" |Joined the NBA, 1976
|-
![[Texas Chaparrals]]
|1970–1971
|-
!Dallas Chaparrals
|1971–1973
|-
![[San Antonio Spurs]]
|1973–1976
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |3
![[Houston Mavericks]]
|1967–1969
| rowspan="3" |Folded, 1976 (NBA buyout)
|-
![[Carolina Cougars]]
|1969–1974
|-
![[Spirits of St. Louis]]
|1974–1976
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |4
![[Indiana Pacers]]
|1967–1976
|Joined the NBA, 1976
|-
! rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |5
![[Kansas City (ABA)|Kansas City (unnamed)]]
|1967
| rowspan="4" |Joined the NBA, 1976
|-
![[Denver Larks]]
|1967
|-
![[Denver Rockets]]
|1967–1974
|-
![[Denver Nuggets]]
|1974–1976
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |6
![[Kentucky Colonels]]
|1967–1976
|Folded, 1976 (NBA buyout)
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |7
![[Minnesota Muskies]]
|1967–1968
| rowspan="3" |Folded, 1972
|-
![[Miami Floridians]]
|1968–1970
|-
![[The Floridians|Floridians]]
|1970–1972
|-
! rowspan="7" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |8
![[New Orleans Buccaneers]]
|1967–1970
| rowspan="7" |Folded, 1975
|-
![[Louisiana Buccaneers]]
|1970
|-
![[Memphis Pros]]
|1970–1972
|-
![[Memphis Tams]]
|1972–1974
|-
![[Memphis Sounds]]
|1974–1975
|-
![[Baltimore Hustlers]]
|1975
|-
![[Baltimore Claws]]
|1975
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |9
![[New York Americans (1967 ABA)|New York Americans]]
|1967
| rowspan="3" |Joined the NBA, 1976, name changed to reflect move to New Jersey (1977), known as [[Brooklyn Nets]] since 2012.
|-
![[New Jersey Americans]]
|1967–1968
|-
![[New York Nets]]
|1968–1976
|-
! rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |10
![[Oakland Americans]]
|1967
| rowspan="4" |Folded, 1976 (prior to merger)
|-
![[Oakland Oaks (ABA)|Oakland Oaks]]
|1967–1969
|-
![[Washington Capitals (ABA)|Washington Capitals]]
|1969–1970
|-
![[Virginia Squires]]
|1970–1976
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |11
![[Pittsburgh Pipers]]
|1967–1968
| rowspan="5" |Folded, 1972
|-
![[Minnesota Pipers]]
|1968–1969
|-
!Pittsburgh Pipers
|1969–1970
|-
![[Pittsburgh Pioneers]]
|1970
|-
![[Pittsburgh Condors]]
|1970–1972
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |12
![[San Diego Conquistadors]]
|1972–1975
| rowspan="2" |Folded, 1975
|-
![[San Diego Sails]]
|1975
|}

=== Timeline ===
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  bar:Pipers from:19/10/1969 till:15/10/1970 text:"Pittsburgh~Pipers" $Up color:panthers_teal textcolor:black
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  bar:Squires from:17/10/1970 till:11/05/1976 text:"Virginia Squires" $RightIn color:red textcolor:white

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  bar:Spurs from:15/10/1971 till:10/10/1973 text:"Dallas Chaparrals" color:blue textcolor:white
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## -- championships
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  at:07/05/1969 bar:Squires $champ mark:(line, gold)
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  at:18/05/1971 bar:Stars $champ mark:(line, blue)
  at:20/05/1972 bar:Pacers $champ mark:(line, navy)
  at:12/05/1973 bar:Pacers $champ mark:(line, navy)
  at:10/05/1974 bar:Nets $champ mark:(line, red)
  at:22/05/1975 bar:Colonels $champ mark:(line, royalblue)
  at:13/05/1976 bar:Nets $champ mark:(line, red)
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