National Basketball Association

Main article: List of relocated National Basketball Association teams

• 1951: Tri-Cities Blackhawks, who played their home games in Moline and Rock Island and Davenport, moved to Milwaukee and became the Hawks.
• 1955: Milwaukee Hawks moved to St. Louis.
• 1957: Fort Wayne Pistons moved to Detroit.
• 1957: Rochester Royals moved to Cincinnati.
• 1960: Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles.
• 1962: Philadelphia Warriors moved to San Francisco and became the San Francisco Warriors.
• 1963: Chicago Zephyrs moved to Baltimore and became the Baltimore Bullets.
• 1963: Syracuse Nationals moved to Philadelphia and became the 76ers.
• 1968: St. Louis Hawks moved to Atlanta and became the Atlanta Hawks.
• 1971: San Diego Rockets moved to Houston and became the Houston Rockets.
• 1972: Cincinnati Royals moved to a new primary home in Kansas City and a secondary home in Omaha, and became the Kansas City-Omaha Kings. The team ceased playing home games in Omaha in 1975.
• 1973: Baltimore Bullets moved to Landover, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C., and were renamed as the Capital Bullets. The team was renamed the Washington Bullets in 1974; in conjunction with the opening of their new arena in downtown D.C., the team was renamed the Washington Wizards in 1997.
• 1978: Buffalo Braves moved to San Diego and became the Clippers.
• 1979: New Orleans Jazz moved to Salt Lake City and were renamed as the Utah Jazz.
• 1984: San Diego Clippers moved to Los Angeles and became the Los Angeles Clippers.
• 1985: Kansas City Kings moved to Sacramento and became the Sacramento Kings.
• 2001: Vancouver Grizzlies moved to Memphis and became the Memphis Grizzlies.
  Further information: Vancouver Grizzlies relocation to Memphis
• 2002: Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans. The NBA granted Charlotte a new expansion franchise, known as the Bobcats, in 2004. The Bobcats reclaimed the Hornets name before the start of the 2014–15 season.
  • At the same time that the name change to Hornets was announced, it was also revealed that the Hornets, the league, and the franchise now known as the New Orleans Pelicans had reached an agreement that the history of the original Charlotte Hornets would belong exclusively to the current Hornets.^[3][4] As a result, the NBA now considers the Charlotte Hornets to have begun play in the 1988–89 season, suspended operations following the 2001–02 season, returned as the Bobcats beginning with the 2004–05 season, and renamed the Hornets beginning with the 2014–15 season, while the New Orleans Pelicans kept their history as the Hornets from relocation in 2002.
• 2005: New Orleans Hornets moved temporarily to Oklahoma City following Hurricane Katrina and became the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.
  Further information: Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the New Orleans Hornets
• 2007: New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets returned to New Orleans full-time. The team was renamed as the Pelicans in 2013.
• 2008: Seattle SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder.
  Further information: Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City