List of defunct Philippine Basketball Association teams
This is a list of defunct Philippine Basketball Association teams, both regular and guest.*Acquiring team still active These are the franchise lineage of present PBA teams (present to oldest): These are the franchise lineage of defunct PBA teams (oldest to latest): All records of a franchise cease after it is acquired by a new company, except for: A unique situation regarding the Air21 Express' team records occurred before the start of the 2011–12 season when the Lina Group of Companies acquired the Red Bull/Barako Bull PBA franchise from Photokina Marketing Corporation (along with the "Barako Bull" brand).At the same time, the Fedex/Air21/Burger King franchise was renamed "Barako Bull Energy".After the dismal performance of Shopinas.com during the Philippine Cup, the Lina Group decided to rename the team as Air21 Express.To create a distinction between the two Air21 franchises, the original is abbreviated as "AIR21" and the second one as "AIR21X" in the official PBA annual, Hardcourt.