professional basketball team
C388
concept
A professional basketball team is an organized group of elite basketball players, coaches, and support staff that competes in officially sanctioned leagues and tournaments as a single franchise or club.
All labels observed (26)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| professional basketball team canonical | 226 |
| basketball team | 205 |
| basketball club | 158 |
| NBA 2K League team | 39 |
| WNBA team | 30 |
| professional basketball club | 30 |
| American Basketball Association team | 21 |
| NBA G League team | 21 |
| professional women's basketball team | 11 |
| NBA Development League team | 5 |
| Basketball Association of America team | 4 |
| National Basketball League team | 3 |
| Chinese Basketball Association team | 2 |
| American Basketball League team | 1 |
| Australian basketball entity | 1 |
| CBA team | 1 |
| Continental Basketball Association team | 1 |
| Croatian basketball club | 1 |
| EuroLeague team | 1 |
| Italian basketball club | 1 |
| defunct professional basketball team | 1 |
| minor league basketball team | 1 |
| professional basketball franchise | 1 |
| professional women's basketball club | 1 |
| professional women’s basketball club | 1 |
| women's professional basketball team | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: professional basketball team
Generated description
A professional basketball team is an organized group of elite basketball players, coaches, and support staff that competes in officially sanctioned leagues and tournaments as a single franchise or club.
Instances (654)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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FK Partizan
surface form:
KK Partizan
|
basketball club |
|
Osijek
surface form:
KK Osijek
|
basketball club |
|
Ned Doyle
surface form:
Miami Floridians
|
— |
| Indiana Fever | WNBA team |
| KK Partizan | basketball club |
| KK Crvena zvezda | basketball club |
|
Tedd Munchak
surface form:
Carolina Cougars
|
basketball team |
|
Edgerton Park Sports Arena
surface form:
Rochester Royals
|
— |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia | basketball club |
|
Pollin
surface form:
Washington Bullets
|
basketball team |
| Windsor Express | — |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | — |
| Portland Power | basketball team |
| Charlotte Sting | WNBA team |
| Washington Caps | basketball team |
| Miami Heat | — |
| Washington Capitols | — |
|
Frost Bank Center
surface form:
San Antonio Stars
|
WNBA team |
| Houston Comets | WNBA team |
| Orlando Magic | — |
| Boston Celtics | — |
| Memphis Hustle | basketball team |
| Atlanta Hawks | — |
| BC Dynamo Moscow | basketball club |
|
Daniel Silna
surface form:
Spirits of St. Louis
|
basketball team |
| Albury Wodonga Bandits | basketball team |
| Charlotte Hornets | — |
| Sacramento Kings | — |
| Taoyuan Leopards | — |
|
Nat Hickey played for the team at age 45, one of the oldest players in NBA/BAA history
surface form:
Providence Steamrollers
|
— |
|
Jim Weaver
surface form:
Houston Mavericks
|
basketball team |
|
Arthur J. Brown
surface form:
New Jersey Americans
|
— |
| Mildura Heat | basketball team |
|
Robert Morris
surface form:
Providence Steamrollers
|
— |
| Rapid City Thrillers | — |
| KK Budućnost VOLI | professional basketball club |
| Iowa Energy | basketball team |
| Rio Grande Valley Vipers | basketball team |
| Birmingham Bullets | basketball team |
| Manchester Giants | basketball team |
| Brighton Bears | basketball team |
| London Towers | basketball team |
| Minnesota Pipers | basketball team |
| Filathlitikos B.C. | basketball club |
| NYK | — |
| Kentucky Colonels | basketball team |
| Spirits of St. Louis | basketball team |
| Utah Stars | — |
| Pittsburgh Condors | basketball team |
| Minnesota Muskies | basketball team |