NBA历史英文（nba是什么时候形成的英语）

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1、NBA已经有多少年历史了?

2、有关NBA的英文介绍

3、nba英文简介简短

4、关于NBA的历史（要用全英文回答哟）

5、nba发展历程英文简介

NBA已经有多少年历史了?

NBA（英文名：NationalBasketballAssociation）是北美的男子职业篮球组织，是美国四大职业体育联盟之一。

60年历史，1948年创始的 NBA联赛是由美国“全国篮球协会（简称NBA）”创办的比赛，其比赛的激烈程 度和水平之高被世人公认为世界之最。 1896年，美国第一个篮球组织“全国篮球联盟（简称NBL）”成立，但当时篮 球规则还不完善，组织机构也不健全，常常一名队员在一个赛季中可以代表几个队参赛， 经过几个赛季后，该组织就名存实亡了。 1946年4月6日，由美国波士顿花园老板沃尔特·阿·布朗发起成立了“美国篮 球协会（简称BAA）”，布朗首次提出了后来成为现代职业篮球两大基石的高薪制和合 同制，高薪制是指职业篮球必须有雄厚的财政支援，这样才能使比赛保持在高水平上，吸 引观众，求得生存。合同制是指一名选手只能与一家俱乐部签订合同，并设立选手储备制 ，以防球员突然离队时受到损失。 1949年，在布朗的努力下，美国两大篮球组织BAA和NBL合并为“全国篮球 协会（简称NBA）”。

有关NBA的英文介绍

关于NBA的英文介绍：

adies and gentlemen i will be giving you a speech today on the history of NBA.

女士们，先生们，我今天要给你们做一个关于NBA历史的演讲。美国国家篮球协会（NBA）是世界一流的男子职业篮球联盟，也是北美主要的职业体育联盟之一。该联盟于1946年6月6日在美国纽约市成立，为美国篮球协会（BAA）。

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the world's premier men's professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America.

1949年秋季，该联盟与竞争对手国家篮球联盟合并后，采用了国家篮球协会的名称。该联盟的几个国际和个人球队办公室被指定为其H。EAD办公室位于纽约市第五大道645号奥林匹克大厦。NBA娱乐和NBA电视制片厂位于新泽西州塞考克斯。

The league was founded in New York City, United States on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).

The league adopted the name National Basketball Association in the autumn of 1949 after merging with the rival National Basketball League.

历史进一步信息：NBA赛季名单美国篮球协会成立于1946年，由东北部和中西部的主要运动场的所有者，最著名的是纽约市的麦迪逊广场花园。尽管之前有过职业篮球联赛的尝试，包括美国篮球联赛Ague和国家篮球联盟。

The league's several international and individual team offices are directed out its head offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City.

NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, New Jersey.Further information: List of NBA seasons

The Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 by the owners of the major sports arenas in the Northeast and Midwest, most notably Madison Square Garden in New York City.

BAA是第一个尝试主要在主要城市的大型竞技场比赛的联盟。尽管在早期，BAA的比赛质量并不明显优于竞争联盟或哈莱姆环球旅行家等领先的独立俱乐部。例如1947年ABL决赛选手巴尔的摩的子弹射向了BAA。

Although there had been earlier attempts at professional basketball leagues, including the American Basketball League and the National Basketball League.

the BAA was the first league to attempt to play primarily in large arenas in major cities. On November 1, 1946, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers which the NBA now regards as its first game to be played in the league's history.

赢得了1948年的冠军，接着是1948年的NBL冠军明尼阿波利斯湖人队，后者赢得了1949年的BAA冠军。1946年11月1日，多伦多赫斯基队主办了纽约尼克斯队，NBA现在将其视为联盟历史上第一场比赛。

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从总体上看，NBA的赛程安排分为夏季联赛、季前赛、常规赛、季后赛和总决赛。季前赛无特定主客场，常规赛采用主客场制，季后赛和总决赛采用七场四胜制的淘汰制。

NBA常规赛从每年的10月底的第一个星期二开锣，到次年的4月20日左右结束。在这期间，30支球队总共要进行1230场常规赛，每支球队要打满82场比赛，主客场各占一半。季后赛从4月下旬开始进行，直到6月中旬决出总冠军为止。

NBA分为东西两个联盟，每个联盟各有三个赛区。在常规赛中每支球队与同一赛区的球队要打四场，与同一联盟不同赛区的球队打三到四场，与另一联盟的球队打两场。一个赛季每支球队在自己的主场至少与其它29支球队进行一次交锋。

NBA季前赛是NBA各支队伍的热身赛，因为在每个赛季结束后，每支球队在阵容上都有相当大的变化，为了让各队磨合阵容，熟悉各自球队的打法，确定各队新赛季的比赛阵容、同时也能增进队员、教练员之间的沟通。

所以在每个赛季开始之前，NBA就举办若干场季前赛，使他们能以比较好的状态投入到漫长的常规赛的比赛当中。为了扩大NBA在全球的影响，季前赛有约三分之一的球队在美国以外的国家举办。

nba英文简介简短

NBA是美国男子职业篮球联赛(National Basketball Association)的简称，于1946年6月6日在纽约成立，是由北美三十支队伍组成的男子职业篮球联盟，下面由我为你提供的aa，希望大家喜欢。

nba英文简介(一)

National Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association (NBA) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada. It is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB),[1] which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body (NGB) for basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues, which include Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL).The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).[2] The league adopted the name National Basketball Association in 1949 after merging with the rival National Basketball League (NBL). The league's several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City. NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, New Jersey.

nba英文简介(二)

National Basketball Association

"NBA" redirects here. For other uses, see NBA (disambiguation).

National Basketball Association

History

[edit] 1940s and 1950s: The early years

Further information: List of NBA seasons

The Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 by the owners of the major ice hockey arenas in the Northeast and Midwest United States. On November 1, 1946, in Toronto, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers which the NBA now regards as the first game played in the league's history. [3] Although there had been earlier attempts at professional basketball leagues, including the American Basketball League and the National Basketball League, the BAA was the first league to attempt to play primarily in large arenas in major cities. During its early years, the quality of play in the BAA was not significantly better than in competing leagues or among leading independent clubs such as the Harlem Globetrotters. For instance the 1948 ABL finalist Baltimore Bullets moved to the BAA and won its 1948 title, followed by the 1948 NBL champion Minneapolis Lakers who won the 1949 BAA title.

On August 3, 1949, the BAA agreed to merge with the NBL, expanding the National Basketball Association to seventeen franchises located in a mix of large and small cities, as well as large arenas and smaller gymnasiums and armories. In 1950, the NBA consolidated to eleven franchises, a process that continued until 1954, when the league reached its smallest size of eight franchises, all of which are still in the league (the Knicks, Celtics, Warriors, Lakers, Royals/Kings, Pistons, Hawks, and Nationals/76ers).

While contracting, the league also saw its smaller city franchises move to larger cities. The Hawks shifted from "Tri-Cities" (the area now known as the Quad Cities) to Milwaukee (in 1951) and then to St. Louis (in 1955); the Royals from Rochester to Cincinnati (in 1957); and the Pistons from Fort Wayne to Detroit (in 1957). In 1960, the Lakers relocated to Los Angeles, California, and the Warriors moved to San Francisco, California, in 1963. The following year, the Nationals left upstate New York to bring basketball back to Philadelphia, changing their nickname from "Nationals" to "76ers." This means out of the original eight franchises, only the Knicks and Celtics have not relocated at any point.

Although Japanese-American Wataru Misaka technically broke the NBA color barrier in the 1947-48 season when he played for the New York Knicks, 1950 is recognized as the year the NBA integrated with the addition of African American players by several teams including Chuck Cooper with the Boston Celtics, Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton with the New York Knicks, and Earl Lloyd with the Washington Capitols. Today, more than fifty years later, the NBA is made up of players of many different races, with diverse backgrounds and cultures. Over 80% of NBA players today are African American.

During this period, the Minneapolis Lakers, led by center George Mikan, won five NBA Championships and established themselves as the league's first dynasty. To encourage shooting and discourage stalling, the league introduced the 24-second shot clock in 1954. If a team does not attempt to score a field goal (or the ball doesn't make contact with the rim) within 24 seconds of obtaining the ball, play is stopped and the ball given to its opponent.

In 1957, rookie center Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics, who already featured guard Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, and went on to lead the club to eleven NBA titles in thirteen seasons. Center Wilt Chamberlain entered the league in 1959 and became the dominant individual star of the 1960s, setting new records in scoring (100) and rebounding (55). Russell's rivalry with Chamberlain became one of the great individual rivalries in the history of American team sports.

[edit] 1960s: Celtics dynasty

Through this period, the NBA continued to strengthen with the shift of the Minneapolis Lakers to Los Angeles, the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco, and the Syracuse Nationals to Philadelphia, as well as the addition of its first expansion franchises. The Chicago Packers (now Washington Wizards) became the 9th NBA team in 1961. From 1966 to 1968, the league expanded from nine teams to fourteen, introducing the Chicago Bulls, Seattle Supersonics, San Diego Rockets (who relocated to Houston four years later), Milwaukee Bucks, and Phoenix Suns. Then in the 1970s, it was extended to seventeen teams as the Portland Trail Blazers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Buffalo Braves (now the Los Angeles Clippers) all made their debuts.

In 1967, the league faced a new external threat with the formation of the American Basketball Association. The leagues engaged in a bidding war. The NBA landed the most important college star of the era, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor), who together with Oscar Robertson led the Milwaukee Bucks to a title in his second season, and who later played on five Laker championship teams.

However, the NBA's leading scorer, Rick Barry jumped to the ABA, as did four veteran referees—Norm Drucker, Earl Strom, John Vanak, and Joe Gushue.

[edit] 1970s: The NBA vs. the ABA

The American Basketball Association also succeeded in signing a number of major stars, including Julius Erving, in part because it allowed teams to sign college undergraduates. The NBA expanded rapidly during this period, one purpose being to tie up the most viable cities. From 1966 to 1974, the NBA grew from nine franchises to 18; the New Orleans Jazz (now in Utah) came aboard in 1974. Then, following the 1976 season, the leagues reached a settlement that provided for the addition of four ABA franchises to the NBA, raising the number of franchises in the league at that time to 22. The franchises were the San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers and New York Nets. Some of the biggest stars of this era were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Rick Barry, Dave Cowens, Julius Erving, Walt Frazier, Artis Gilmore, George Gervin, Dan Issel and Pete Maravich.

[edit] 1980s: Magic vs. Bird

The league added the ABA's innovative three-point field goal beginning in 1979 to open up the game. That same year, rookies Larry Bird and Magic Johnson joined the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers respectively, initiating a period of significant growth in fan interest in the NBA throughout the country and the world. Bird went on to lead the Celtics to three titles, and Johnson went on to lead the Lakers to five. Also in the early '80s, the NBA added one more expansion franchise, the Dallas Mavericks, bringing the total to 23 teams.

[edit] 1990s: The Jordan Era and globalization

Michael Jordan entered the league in 1984 with the Chicago Bulls, providing an even more popular star to support growing interest in the league. This resulted in more cities demanding teams of their own. In 1988 and 1989, four cities got their wishes as the Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, and Minnesota Timberwolves made their NBA debuts. Globalization also occurred in the 1980s. A growing number of NBA star players also began coming from other countries. Initially, many of these players, such as 1994 NBA MVP Hakeem Olajuwon of Nigeria, first played NCAA basketball to enhance their skills.

In 1991, Susan O'Malley became the first female president of an NBA franchise, when she became the president of the Washington Wizards.

Jordan along with Scottie Pippin would lead the Bulls to six championships in eight years during the 1990s. Olajuwon won back-to-back titles with the Houston Rockets in '94 and '95.

The 1992 Olympic basketball Dream Team, the first to use current NBA stars, featured Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson. In 1995, the NBA expanded to Canada and to 29 teams with the Toronto Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies. In 2001, the Vancouver Grizzlies were relocated to Memphis, which left the Toronto Raptors as the only Canadian team in the NBA.

In 1996, the NBA created a women's league, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 1998, the NBA owners began a lockout which lasted 191 days and was settled on January 18, 1999. As a result of this lockout the 1998-99 NBA season was reduced from 82 to 50 games (60%), which were all played in 1999 only, thus calling it the 1999 NBA season. San Antonio won the championship on June 25th by beating the New York Knicks.

In 2004, two years after the Hornets relocation to New Orleans, the NBA returned to North Carolina as the Charlotte Bobcats were formed.

[edit] 2000s: Post-Jordan Western Conference domination

Since the break-up of the Chicago Bulls in the summer of 1998, the Western Conference has dominated the NBA, winning 7 of 9 championships. Tim Duncan and David Robinson won a championship in 1999 with the San Antonio Spurs, and Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant started the 2000s off with the three straight championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Spurs won in again 2003 against the Nets, with the Lakers returning to the Finals in the following year, only to fall to the Detroit Pistons (the only championship team since 1998 that didn't have either Tim Duncan or Shaquille O'Neal). In the off-season, O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat, and the Lakers and Bryant did not win another playoff series until 2008. San Antonio won their third championship in 2005 with a nucleus of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Duncan. In 2006, O'Neal won title number four with the Miami Heat, giving the franchise its first championship. San Antonio then swept LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2007, giving them title four titles in nine years. Between them, O'Neal and Duncan have been to each of the last nine NBA Finals and have won eight out of nine titles. Together, they have won six Finals MVP awards and three league MVPs.

An increasing number of international players have moved directly from playing elsewhere in the world to starring in the NBA, such as:

Andrea Bargnani, Italy — First pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by Toronto Raptors (entered the NBA in 2006)

Pau Gasol, Spain — 2002 NBA Rookie of the Year and 2006 World Championships MVP (entered the NBA in 2001)

Manu Ginobili, Argentina — 2004 Olympic Tournament MVP (drafted in 1999, entered the NBA in 2002)

Andrei Kirilenko, Russia — EuroBasket 2007 MVP (drafted in 1999, entered the NBA in 2001)

Dirk Nowitzki, Germany — MVP of the 2002 World Championships and Eurobasket 2005, and 2007 NBA MVP (entered the NBA in 1998)

Tony Parker, France — 2007 NBA Finals MVP (entered the NBA in 2001)

Peja Stojakovic, Serbia — Eurobasket 2001 MVP (drafted in 1996, entered the NBA in 1998)

Yao Ming, China — First pick in the 2002 NBA Draft (entered the NBA in 2002)

In some occasions, young players from the English-speaking world tend to attend U.S. colleges before playing in the NBA (notable examples are Canadian Steve Nash, 2005 and 2006 MVP, and Australian Andrew Bogut, the top draft pick in 2005), while other international players generally come to the NBA from professional club teams. Currently, the Toronto Raptors have the most international players in the NBA. The NBA is now televised in 212 nations in 42 languages.

In 2001, an affiliated minor league, the National Basketball Development League, now called the NBA Development League (or D-League) was created.

Teams, divisions and conferences of the NBAOn June 29, 2006, a new official game ball was introduced for the 2006-07 season, marking the first change to the ball in over 35 years and only the second in 60 seasons. Manufactured by Spalding, the new ball featured a new design and new synthetic material that Spalding claimed offered a better grip, feel, and consistency than the original ball. However, many players were vocal in their disdain for the new ball, saying that it was too sticky when dry, and too slippery when wet.

On December 11, 2006, Commissioner Stern announced that beginning January 1, 2007, the NBA would return to the traditional leather basketball in use prior to the 2006-2007 season. The change was influenced by frequent player complaints and confirmed hand injuries (cuts) caused by the microfiber ball.[4] The Players' Association had filed a suit in behalf of the players against the NBA over the new ball.[5] As of 2006, the NBA team jerseys are manufactured by Adidas, which purchased the previous supplier, Reebok.

On July 19, 2007, the FBI investigated allegations that veteran NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on basketball games he officiated over the past two seasons and that he made calls affecting the point spread in those games.[6] On August 15, 2007, Donaghy pleaded guilty to two federal charges related to the investigation. However, he could face more charges if it is determined that he deliberately miscalled individual games.

On February 19, 2008, the NBA declared that the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets will play the first outdoor game on October 11, 2008, at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. It will be the first outdoor game in the modern era of the NBA

nba英文简介(三)

NBA 's historyThe team 's bestThe longest winning streak: from November 5, 1971 to January 7, 1972, the Losangeles Lakers won 33 in a row impressive record, until in104: 120lost to the Milwaukee bucks. The playoffs the longest winning streak is the Spurs in1999 set a record12 in a row.The longest streak:2010 to2011 season, the Cavaliers to26 straight American League with four ( NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL ) the longest streak. On February 12, 2011, the Cavaliers at home after extra-time war with 126:119win over the clippers, so that NBA the longest streak in26 games.The single game scoring top two teams: in 1983to the 1984 season, the pistons and the Nuggets vs the 3 overtime, eventually the pistons with 186:184 victory over the Nuggets, both also create the history of the NBA scored highest on record, with 370points.The single game scoring a minimum of two teams: in November 22, 1950, the pistons with 19:18points wins the Lakers, two add up to only 37 points, creates a NBA history of single field teams scoring total recorded the lowest, can appear so outrageous score, because at the time of no24 seconds, so it to create this unbelievable records.The biggest reversal: Jazz in 1996November to create34big reversal, the Nuggets70:36leading jazz. Finally, the Jazz reversal in 107: 103victory over the nuggets.A single match scores the biggest difference: on December 17, 1991, the Cavaliers with 148:80win over Miami, difference reached a terrible68.Championship (5):1, Boston Celtics172 Losangeles Lakers163 Chicago bulls64Sanantonio spurs45Detroit pistons, the Jinzhou Braves, Philadelphia 76 person of team 3 timesRings mostWith NFL, MLB, NHL, MLS, CFL similarity, champion team will be awarded Championship ring. First, ring up to man: Phil Jackson has won 13 NBAChampions ( coach times 11times, including six bulls, Lakers five times, more than Arnold Auerbach, keep this record ). As the player ( Nicks ) he won2 league titles,13league championship ring as the history of the NBA of most people.Second, ring up to the player to1969years: in 195713 season, Bill Russell led the Boston Celtics won 11 NBA Championships, he also won11 NBA championships. NBA history has won the most rings players.Records of theThe single game scoring: Wilt. Chamberlain March 2, 1962single field obtained 100 pointsThe single game rebounding: Wilt Chamberlain single field55 rebounds.The single game assists: Scott Skiles30The single game blocks: ARDIS Gil Moore 17timesThe single game steals:1976 Larry cannon ( spurs), against the Kansas royals.In 1999 Ken Dao Erji ( New Jersey nets ) against the Miami heat11 timesSeason player scoring: Wilt Chamberlain1961-1962averaged 50.4 points.Players from season rebounding: Wilt Chamberlain1960-1961averaged 27.2rebounds.Season the players averaged assists: Stockton 1989-1990averaged 14.5assistsSeason the players: Elvin Robertson1985-1986steals averaging 3.67steals

关于NBA的历史（要用全英文回答哟）

The origin of the NBA

In 1891, Americans James Naish Dr. Smith of Springfield College in Massachusetts, in order for students to find a way of winter sports training in 1891 with 2-breaking basket and a substitution of football has created a basketball This has been in full swing today's NBA. The NBA in June 6, 1946 when it was born, we have a strange name of the BAA.

The emergence and development of NBA basketball was 50 years ago, and the accumulation of sediment. Since 1891, basketball was invented, Dr. James Smith Naish, in 1898, Trenton, New Jersey with a team of 25 U.S. dollars to rent the hall to a local audience to the game ticket. After the squadron leader in dividends Cooper organizations active competition, first received 1 U.S. dollars. The "paid basketball," Encyclopedia Britannica was first identified as "professional basketball."

Trenton game, "paid game" in the United States rapidly. In order to protect the "paid game," the interests of the players, in 1898 set up around the team's first professional basketball - "National Alliance" (NBL). Due to the economic strength of the team and a far cry from the level of technology, combined with the absence of a mature market rules and operational experience, NBL after only three or four of the season will exist in name only. 30's, NBL in a number of small and medium-sized cities in the recovery of some small league. However, due to lack of sufficient funds to promote sales, basketball's influence has not formed.

In 1945, the Second World War has just ended, the loneliness of the long-standing sports agent saw this, they contact the 11 team owners, BAA has initiated the establishment of the organization. BAA is the NBA's predecessor, NBA's real birthday is on June 6, 1946, the day, near the Central Station, New York, "Captain Hotel", BAA (BOSKETBALL ASSOCIATON OF AMERICA) - National Basketball Association's "Adam" And "Eve" who held the inaugural meeting, the meeting decided that 11 teams and each team must carry 60 regular season games.

BAA by the 11 ice hockey stadium and the Museum of bosses, co-sponsored set up its mind to allow ice hockey stadium in the game other than when cold unlikely free market. Stadium bosses of these operators for the stadium is the expert, for their NBA "National Basketball League," the team more focused on a number of central and western regions, the small city of reality must be made at the time of the establishment of local well-known cities Team, the establishment of a nationwide organization of the concept of basketball. In the regular season, each of the alliance of the two teams play home and away, and another League team play a home and away. Finally, good or bad performance by lining up a place into the playoffs, the only hope to get into the playoffs won the championship. BAA used a total of 4-48 minutes, man-to-man defense and were prohibited zone. These NBA is still far from the most basic characteristics of amateur basketball.

BAA was one of the sponsors, the Boston Garden Stadium沃尔特阿布Lang's boss at the same time put forward a new concept of professional basketball, that professional basketball must have strong financial support, a player can only be for a club to enter into effect and strict contract , The league's also necessary to establish a reserve system. These contributions to the theory is that the huge amounts of money and the rule of law restricting the introduction of basketball, for the future development has laid a NBA salary and contract the cornerstone of the two.

In 1949, with the NBL after the annexation of BAA, in order to avoid potential legal trouble, formally changed its name to NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, that the NBA.

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nba发展历程英文简介

National Basketball Association

"NBA" redirects here. For other uses, see NBA (disambiguation).

National Basketball Association

History

[edit] 1940s and 1950s: The early years

Further information: List of NBA seasons

The Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 by the owners of the major ice hockey arenas in the Northeast and Midwest United States. On November 1, 1946, in Toronto, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers which the NBA now regards as the first game played in the league's history. [3] Although there had been earlier attempts at professional basketball leagues, including the American Basketball League and the National Basketball League, the BAA was the first league to attempt to play primarily in large arenas in major cities. During its early years, the quality of play in the BAA was not significantly better than in competing leagues or among leading independent clubs such as the Harlem Globetrotters. For instance the 1948 ABL finalist Baltimore Bullets moved to the BAA and won its 1948 title, followed by the 1948 NBL champion Minneapolis Lakers who won the 1949 BAA title.

On August 3, 1949, the BAA agreed to merge with the NBL, expanding the National Basketball Association to seventeen franchises located in a mix of large and small cities, as well as large arenas and smaller gymnasiums and armories. In 1950, the NBA consolidated to eleven franchises, a process that continued until 1954, when the league reached its smallest size of eight franchises, all of which are still in the league (the Knicks, Celtics, Warriors, Lakers, Royals/Kings, Pistons, Hawks, and Nationals/76ers).

While contracting, the league also saw its smaller city franchises move to larger cities. The Hawks shifted from "Tri-Cities" (the area now known as the Quad Cities) to Milwaukee (in 1951) and then to St. Louis (in 1955); the Royals from Rochester to Cincinnati (in 1957); and the Pistons from Fort Wayne to Detroit (in 1957). In 1960, the Lakers relocated to Los Angeles, California, and the Warriors moved to San Francisco, California, in 1963. The following year, the Nationals left upstate New York to bring basketball back to Philadelphia, changing their nickname from "Nationals" to "76ers." This means out of the original eight franchises, only the Knicks and Celtics have not relocated at any point.

Although Japanese-American Wataru Misaka technically broke the NBA color barrier in the 1947-48 season when he played for the New York Knicks, 1950 is recognized as the year the NBA integrated with the addition of African American players by several teams including Chuck Cooper with the Boston Celtics, Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton with the New York Knicks, and Earl Lloyd with the Washington Capitols. Today, more than fifty years later, the NBA is made up of players of many different races, with diverse backgrounds and cultures. Over 80% of NBA players today are African American.

During this period, the Minneapolis Lakers, led by center George Mikan, won five NBA Championships and established themselves as the league's first dynasty. To encourage shooting and discourage stalling, the league introduced the 24-second shot clock in 1954. If a team does not attempt to score a field goal (or the ball doesn't make contact with the rim) within 24 seconds of obtaining the ball, play is stopped and the ball given to its opponent.

In 1957, rookie center Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics, who already featured guard Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, and went on to lead the club to eleven NBA titles in thirteen seasons. Center Wilt Chamberlain entered the league in 1959 and became the dominant individual star of the 1960s, setting new records in scoring (100) and rebounding (55). Russell's rivalry with Chamberlain became one of the great individual rivalries in the history of American team sports.

[edit] 1960s: Celtics dynasty

Through this period, the NBA continued to strengthen with the shift of the Minneapolis Lakers to Los Angeles, the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco, and the Syracuse Nationals to Philadelphia, as well as the addition of its first expansion franchises. The Chicago Packers (now Washington Wizards) became the 9th NBA team in 1961. From 1966 to 1968, the league expanded from nine teams to fourteen, introducing the Chicago Bulls, Seattle Supersonics, San Diego Rockets (who relocated to Houston four years later), Milwaukee Bucks, and Phoenix Suns. Then in the 1970s, it was extended to seventeen teams as the Portland Trail Blazers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Buffalo Braves (now the Los Angeles Clippers) all made their debuts.

In 1967, the league faced a new external threat with the formation of the American Basketball Association. The leagues engaged in a bidding war. The NBA landed the most important college star of the era, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor), who together with Oscar Robertson led the Milwaukee Bucks to a title in his second season, and who later played on five Laker championship teams.

However, the NBA's leading scorer, Rick Barry jumped to the ABA, as did four veteran referees—Norm Drucker, Earl Strom, John Vanak, and Joe Gushue.

[edit] 1970s: The NBA vs. the ABA

The American Basketball Association also succeeded in signing a number of major stars, including Julius Erving, in part because it allowed teams to sign college undergraduates. The NBA expanded rapidly during this period, one purpose being to tie up the most viable cities. From 1966 to 1974, the NBA grew from nine franchises to 18; the New Orleans Jazz (now in Utah) came aboard in 1974. Then, following the 1976 season, the leagues reached a settlement that provided for the addition of four ABA franchises to the NBA, raising the number of franchises in the league at that time to 22. The franchises were the San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers and New York Nets. Some of the biggest stars of this era were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Rick Barry, Dave Cowens, Julius Erving, Walt Frazier, Artis Gilmore, George Gervin, Dan Issel and Pete Maravich.

[edit] 1980s: Magic vs. Bird

The league added the ABA's innovative three-point field goal beginning in 1979 to open up the game. That same year, rookies Larry Bird and Magic Johnson joined the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers respectively, initiating a period of significant growth in fan interest in the NBA throughout the country and the world. Bird went on to lead the Celtics to three titles, and Johnson went on to lead the Lakers to five. Also in the early '80s, the NBA added one more expansion franchise, the Dallas Mavericks, bringing the total to 23 teams.

[edit] 1990s: The Jordan Era and globalization

Michael Jordan entered the league in 1984 with the Chicago Bulls, providing an even more popular star to support growing interest in the league. This resulted in more cities demanding teams of their own. In 1988 and 1989, four cities got their wishes as the Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, and Minnesota Timberwolves made their NBA debuts. Globalization also occurred in the 1980s. A growing number of NBA star players also began coming from other countries. Initially, many of these players, such as 1994 NBA MVP Hakeem Olajuwon of Nigeria, first played NCAA basketball to enhance their skills.

In 1991, Susan O'Malley became the first female president of an NBA franchise, when she became the president of the Washington Wizards.

Jordan along with Scottie Pippin would lead the Bulls to six championships in eight years during the 1990s. Olajuwon won back-to-back titles with the Houston Rockets in '94 and '95.

The 1992 Olympic basketball Dream Team, the first to use current NBA stars, featured Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson. In 1995, the NBA expanded to Canada and to 29 teams with the Toronto Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies. In 2001, the Vancouver Grizzlies were relocated to Memphis, which left the Toronto Raptors as the only Canadian team in the NBA.

In 1996, the NBA created a women's league, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 1998, the NBA owners began a lockout which lasted 191 days and was settled on January 18, 1999. As a result of this lockout the 1998-99 NBA season was reduced from 82 to 50 games (60%), which were all played in 1999 only, thus calling it the 1999 NBA season. San Antonio won the championship on June 25th by beating the New York Knicks.

In 2004, two years after the Hornets relocation to New Orleans, the NBA returned to North Carolina as the Charlotte Bobcats were formed.

[edit] 2000s: Post-Jordan Western Conference domination

Since the break-up of the Chicago Bulls in the summer of 1998, the Western Conference has dominated the NBA, winning 7 of 9 championships. Tim Duncan and David Robinson won a championship in 1999 with the San Antonio Spurs, and Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant started the 2000s off with the three straight championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Spurs won in again 2003 against the Nets, with the Lakers returning to the Finals in the following year, only to fall to the Detroit Pistons (the only championship team since 1998 that didn't have either Tim Duncan or Shaquille O'Neal). In the off-season, O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat, and the Lakers and Bryant did not win another playoff series until 2008. San Antonio won their third championship in 2005 with a nucleus of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Duncan. In 2006, O'Neal won title number four with the Miami Heat, giving the franchise its first championship. San Antonio then swept LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2007, giving them title four titles in nine years. Between them, O'Neal and Duncan have been to each of the last nine NBA Finals and have won eight out of nine titles. Together, they have won six Finals MVP awards and three league MVPs.

An increasing number of international players have moved directly from playing elsewhere in the world to starring in the NBA, such as:

Andrea Bargnani, Italy — First pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by Toronto Raptors (entered the NBA in 2006)

Pau Gasol, Spain — 2002 NBA Rookie of the Year and 2006 World Championships MVP (entered the NBA in 2001)

Manu Ginobili, Argentina — 2004 Olympic Tournament MVP (drafted in 1999, entered the NBA in 2002)

Andrei Kirilenko, Russia — EuroBasket 2007 MVP (drafted in 1999, entered the NBA in 2001)

Dirk Nowitzki, Germany — MVP of the 2002 World Championships and Eurobasket 2005, and 2007 NBA MVP (entered the NBA in 1998)

Tony Parker, France — 2007 NBA Finals MVP (entered the NBA in 2001)

Peja Stojakovic, Serbia — Eurobasket 2001 MVP (drafted in 1996, entered the NBA in 1998)

Yao Ming, China — First pick in the 2002 NBA Draft (entered the NBA in 2002)

In some occasions, young players from the English-speaking world tend to attend U.S. colleges before playing in the NBA (notable examples are Canadian Steve Nash, 2005 and 2006 MVP, and Australian Andrew Bogut, the top draft pick in 2005), while other international players generally come to the NBA from professional club teams. Currently, the Toronto Raptors have the most international players in the NBA. The NBA is now televised in 212 nations in 42 languages.

In 2001, an affiliated minor league, the National Basketball Development League, now called the NBA Development League (or D-League) was created.

Teams, divisions and conferences of the NBAOn June 29, 2006, a new official game ball was introduced for the 2006-07 season, marking the first change to the ball in over 35 years and only the second in 60 seasons. Manufactured by Spalding, the new ball featured a new design and new synthetic material that Spalding claimed offered a better grip, feel, and consistency than the original ball. However, many players were vocal in their disdain for the new ball, saying that it was too sticky when dry, and too slippery when wet.

On December 11, 2006, Commissioner Stern announced that beginning January 1, 2007, the NBA would return to the traditional leather basketball in use prior to the 2006-2007 season. The change was influenced by frequent player complaints and confirmed hand injuries (cuts) caused by the microfiber ball.[4] The Players' Association had filed a suit in behalf of the players against the NBA over the new ball.[5] As of 2006, the NBA team jerseys are manufactured by Adidas, which purchased the previous supplier, Reebok.

On July 19, 2007, the FBI investigated allegations that veteran NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on basketball games he officiated over the past two seasons and that he made calls affecting the point spread in those games.[6] On August 15, 2007, Donaghy pleaded guilty to two federal charges related to the investigation. However, he could face more charges if it is determined that he deliberately miscalled individual games.

On February 19, 2008, the NBA declared that the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets will play the first outdoor game on October 11, 2008, at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. It will be the first outdoor game in the modern era of the NBA.

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