Throughout the history of NBA, many teams have changed their locations and after relocating themselves, they had to change their name and sometimes nickname as well. Here is a list of all those NBA teams who have been relocated to other cities.

No player enters the league with the wish of becoming sidekick. Every player wants to be recognized as the best player on his team especially after playing as best as he possibly can. But sometimes a more dominant player comes and starts to grab headlines.

Besides playing basketball, many NBA players have their own side businesses as well. That’s how they make a lot of money not only on the court but off the court too. Let’s check out which NBA superstar is involved in what kind of business venture.

This is a list of all those NBA players who have their own signature shoe line-up. In NBA history, a lot of players had their own signature shoes. These are called signature shoes because they are specially designed for the players and have the name, initials, number, logo or something relevant to a particular player written on them. The signature shoes are also released to the public so that fans can wear those shoes which they see their favorite player wearing on court.

The 2012-13 regular season is approaching to the end and with each passing day debate over 2012-13 NBA Most Valuable Player is heating up. Initially there were only two real contenders for MVP Award but now few more candidates are knocking on the door.

Flopping means trying to trick a ref by exaggerating a contact and pretending that you have been fouled when actually you are don’t. Flopping has been a real issue of concern in NBA over the years. In 2012, NBA outlined a new flopping policy to prevent the league from such deceit and unsportsmanlike conduct. According to the new rule players will be penalized in following manner.

The players uniform consists of jersey, short, socks and sneakers. Jersey contains team name, player name and player’s number. They are made of stretched material so that players can move freely. Nowadays, players wear jerseys that are neither too close to the body nor too loose.

NBA Development League is a minor league that is affiliated with National Basketball Association. The league is not as popular as NBA itself.  D-League players don’t get much recognition and they are not paid as much as NBA or overseas leagues pay. Still D-League has its own importance.

NBA trade deadline is gone now. So, no more trade is going to be made in the rest of season (until remaining season and post season finishes). If we look back at all trades in 2012-13 season, we will find that there was no big player involved in any of the trade (as both Dwight Howard and James Harden were traded prior to the start of the season). Before the trade deadline their were rumors about the trade of players like Josh Smith, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett but nothing really happened.

National Basketball Association keeps on evolving and changing. Over the years, many teams entered the league, some of them are still around today while others don’t exist anymore . Precisely, a total of 15 teams have fallen by the wayside since the start of the league in 1946. Let’s take a look at each of the NBA team that has been inactive or defunct now.