I am a big fan of the San Antonio Spurs.  They play in the Western Confrence of the NBA
I love watching NBA!  How old is that team?
They actually came from the old ABA and moved over to the NBA in 1976 after the merger.
What is the ABA?  I am unfamiliar with that term.
The ABA was the AMerican Basketball Association.  It began in 1967 to challenge the NBA.
Oh!  That makes sense!  I NBA the most popular sport in America?
name to the National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after merging with the competing National Basketball League (NBL). The NBA's regular season runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. Its playoffs extend into June. NBA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player.
The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.
The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association (ABA) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA–NBA merger and are the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship.