On America’s 250th anniversary, we honor its 50th state, Hawaii, and the 11 greatest NBA players to emerge from the islands

From musicians and shock jocks to magnates and socialites, these are nine especially innovative and/or quirky owners of ABA franchises.

Due to expansion and relocations, the NBA has been forced to realign conferences multiple times since 1970, sometimes to confusing ends.

Some do it because they’ve moved, some do it just to re-brand, and others have more questionable motives. These are the 13 NBA teams out of the current 30 that have, at some point, changed names.

Ever since NBA teams started scouting and drafting international talent, for every major success story like Tony Parker, Nikola Jokic, or Dirk Nowitzki, there’s been a handful of disappointments. These are the 25 international players who provided the least amount of value based on their draft position.

As part of our Totally ’80s series, we explore the 80 most monumental, controversial, influential, unforgettable, and indescribable basketball moments from the 1980s.

Commissioner Adam Silver has once again floated the idea of league expansion in the near future, so we take a world tour of the cities that have traditionally landed on the NBA franchise radar.

An NBA franchise changing hands in ownership is often a seamless and relatively mundane event but in these 10 cases, it was a watershed moment, either by virtue of its novelty, its sale price, and/or its impact on the future of the franchise and the league itself.

The Warriors are returning to San Francisco after 48 years across the Bay in Oakland, but it’s not the first time this franchise his picked up and moved. We examine them and 13 other active teams that have changed cities during their time in the NBA and ABA.

Going back to the invention of the game in 1891, we take a look at the 75 innovations, signings, mergers, rule changes, lawsuits, agreements, disagreements, trades, hirings, draft picks, and other off-court events that shaped the course of NBA history.

Can it really be considered a rivalry if one side always gets the best of their opponent? These NBA match-ups, involving both individuals and teams, put that concept to the test to varying degrees over the years.

We take a look back at the most controversial moments of David Stern’s long, successful, momentous career as an NBA league executive.

If absence makes the heart grow fonder, then it stands to reason that closeness breeds contempt, as was the case in these nine NBA rivalries, which were all connected by topographical proximity.

The NBA has resumed play, with all games staged at a neutral site on the campus of Walt Disney World. But this hardly the first time that regular season or playoff games have been played at secondary sites, and here are nine notable examples where the home team was actually far from home.

When the Spurs, Nets, Pacers and Nuggets joined the NBA in 1976, the ABA was forced to close up shop forever, leaving behind these unique and colorful teams in the history books.

While the Knicks, Celtics, Warriors, Lakers, 76ers, Kings, Pistons, and Hawks have been active in the NBA since the late ’40s, these other early franchises weren’t so lucky and closed up shop after a brief lifetime, often as short as just one season.