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+import pandas as pd
+
+# Making relative paths. On windows slashes would be backwards
+# It is probably not the best way.
+relPathTeams = "../AllAboutData/Data/NBAteams.csv"
+relPathPlayers = "../AllAboutData/Data/Players/"
+
+def getTeamNames():
+    '''
+    Returns dictionary with fetched teams' names as keys
+    and full_names as values.
+    '''
+
+    teamsDf = pd.read_csv(relPathTeams).to_dict()
+    team_names = {}
+    for el in range(len(teamsDf["name"])):
+        team_names.update({teamsDf["name"][el] : teamsDf["full_name"][el]})
+    return team_names