Returns the full NBA franchises index from
sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/leagues/nba/franchises.
Each row is one franchise with its ID and the canonical $ref URL —
pass an ID to espn_nba_franchise() for full franchise detail.
Value
A tibble with one row per franchise.
| col_name | types | description |
| franchise_id | character | ESPN franchise identifier. |
| ref | character | Full $ref URL for franchise detail. |
| league | character | League slug ("nba"). |
See also
Other ESPN NBA Functions:
espn_nba_athlete_awards(),
espn_nba_athlete_career_stats(),
espn_nba_athlete_contract(),
espn_nba_athlete_contracts(),
espn_nba_athlete_eventlog(),
espn_nba_athlete_eventlog_v2(),
espn_nba_athlete_gamelog(),
espn_nba_athlete_info(),
espn_nba_athlete_overview(),
espn_nba_athlete_seasons(),
espn_nba_athlete_splits(),
espn_nba_athlete_statisticslog(),
espn_nba_athlete_stats(),
espn_nba_athletes_index(),
espn_nba_award(),
espn_nba_betting(),
espn_nba_calendar(),
espn_nba_coach(),
espn_nba_coach_season(),
espn_nba_coaches(),
espn_nba_conferences(),
espn_nba_draft(),
espn_nba_draft_athletes(),
espn_nba_draft_pick(),
espn_nba_draft_rounds(),
espn_nba_draft_status(),
espn_nba_event_broadcasts(),
espn_nba_event_odds(),
espn_nba_event_officials(),
espn_nba_event_powerindex(),
espn_nba_event_predictor(),
espn_nba_event_probabilities(),
espn_nba_event_propbets(),
espn_nba_event_situation(),
espn_nba_franchise(),
espn_nba_freeagents(),
espn_nba_futures(),
espn_nba_game_all(),
espn_nba_game_rosters(),
espn_nba_injuries(),
espn_nba_leaders(),
espn_nba_news(),
espn_nba_pbp(),
espn_nba_player_box(),
espn_nba_player_stats(),
espn_nba_powerindex(),
espn_nba_scoreboard(),
espn_nba_season_awards(),
espn_nba_season_group(),
espn_nba_season_group_children(),
espn_nba_season_group_teams(),
espn_nba_season_groups(),
espn_nba_season_info(),
espn_nba_season_leaders(),
espn_nba_season_ranking(),
espn_nba_season_rankings(),
espn_nba_season_type(),
espn_nba_season_types(),
espn_nba_season_week(),
espn_nba_season_weeks(),
espn_nba_seasons(),
espn_nba_standings(),
espn_nba_team(),
espn_nba_team_box(),
espn_nba_team_current_roster(),
espn_nba_team_depthchart(),
espn_nba_team_injuries(),
espn_nba_team_leaders(),
espn_nba_team_news(),
espn_nba_team_odds_records(),
espn_nba_team_record(),
espn_nba_team_roster(),
espn_nba_team_schedule(),
espn_nba_team_season_profile(),
espn_nba_team_season_roster(),
espn_nba_team_stats(),
espn_nba_teams(),
espn_nba_tournament(),
espn_nba_tournament_seasons(),
espn_nba_tournaments(),
espn_nba_transactions(),
espn_nba_venues(),
espn_nba_week_ranking(),
espn_nba_week_rankings(),
espn_nba_wp()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_nba_franchises()
#> ── ESPN NBA Franchises Index ──────────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:51 UTC
#> # A tibble: 30 × 3
#> franchise_id ref league
#> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 1 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… nba
#> 2 2 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… nba
#> 3 3 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… nba
#> 4 4 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… nba
#> 5 5 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… nba
#> 6 6 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… nba
#> 7 7 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… nba
#> 8 8 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… nba
#> 9 9 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… nba
#> 10 10 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/lea… nba
#> # ℹ 20 more rows
# }