List of defunct NBA teams

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men's basketball league, consisting of thirty teams in North America (twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada).

The NBA was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).

The Anderson Packers, the original Denver Nuggets, the Indianapolis Jets, the Sheboygan Red Skins, and the Waterloo Hawks had played in the NBL before joining the NBA,[4][5] while the original Baltimore Bullets had played in the American Basketball League and NBL before joining the NBA.

[6] The Packers, Red Skins, and Waterloo Hawks left the NBA for the National Professional Basketball League, and are the only defunct teams to have ceased to exist in a league other than the NBA.

The Chicago Stags, the Indianapolis Olympians, the Cleveland Rebels, the Packers, and the Red Skins qualified for the playoffs in every year they were active in the league.

The entrance of a concrete building behind a front lawn and a flag pole
The Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory was the home arena for the Sheboygan Redskins.