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?
They might not be the most popular sport, but the NBA does have the highest paid athletes by average annual salary.  So they are doing something right
Really!  Who are some of the highest paid NBA players?
LeBron James
LeBron Raymone James Sr. (; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His accomplishments include three NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, three NBA Finals MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals. James has appeared in fifteen NBA All-Star Games and been named NBA All-Star MVP three times. He won the 2008 NBA scoring title, is the all-time NBA playoffs scoring leader,
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.