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1 Everything you need to know about Basketball

2 Table of Contents History NBA Around the World Best of the Best

3 History A brief history of basketball and the frequently asked questions The NBA originated in 1946 with 11 teams, and through a sequence of team expansions, reductions, and relocations currently consists of 30 teams. The United States is home to 29 teams and one (Toronto Raptors) is located in Canada. Previous Home Next

4 National Basketball Association
The NBA began life as the Basketball Association of America in 1946 and played under that monkier for 3 years before, in 1949, merging with the National Basketball League and changing names to the NBA. The BAA started out with 11 teams in 1946 but lose four of them before the start of the next season. Despite the loss of four teams the BAA was having a lot of success against its rival the NBL and was able to entice four of the NBL's premire franchises to join the BAA in 1948. NBA.com Check out the unusual taxes NBA players experience here! Previous Home Next

5 International Basketball
The International Basketball Association (FIBA) The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA, FIBA World, or FIBA International, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball. Originally known as the Fédération internationale de basket-ball amateur (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word amateur from its official name but retained the acronym; the "BA" now represents the first two letters of basketball Visual representation of the best teams worldwide here Previous Home Next

6 Best of the Best Check out some statistics of the best players in the NBA! Here is some evidence of the best seasons ever played! Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Larry Bird voted most popular NBA stars of all time! Previous Home


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