The National Basketball Association ( NBA ) is a professional men's basketball league in North America; consisting of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). It is widely regarded as the premier male professional basketball league in the world. The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), recognized by FIBA ​​(also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body of basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The NBA player is the best paid athlete in the world with an average annual salary per player.
The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the American Basketball Association (BAA). The league adopted the name of the National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after joining the competing National Basketball League (NBL). The offices of several international teams and individual leagues are directed out from their headquarters located at the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York, NY. NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of an office located in Secaucus, New Jersey.
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Creation_and_merger_ (1946-1956) "> Creation and merger (1946-1956) h3>The Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 by the owner of a major ice hockey arena in Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada. On November 1, 1946, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens, in an NBA game now referred to as the first game played in NBA history. The first basket was made by Ossie Schectman from Knickerbockers. Despite previous efforts in professional basketball leagues, including the American Basketball League and NBL, BAA is the first league to try to play especially in big arenas in big cities. During the early years, the quality of play in BAA was not significantly better than in competing leagues or among leading independent clubs such as Harlem Globetrotters. For example, the 1983 ABL Baltimore Bullet finalist moved to BAA and won the league title in 1948, and the 1948 NBL champions Minneapolis Lakers won the BAA 1949 title. Prior to the 1948-49 season, the NBL teams from Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, and Rochester jumped to BAA , which forms BAA as the preferred league for colleges who want to become professionals.
On August 3, 1949, the remaining NBL teams - Syracuse, Anderson, Tri-Cities, Sheboygan, Denver, and Waterloo - joined BAA. In honor of the merger and to avoid possible legal complications, the league's name is changed to the current National Basketball Association, although the combined league maintains the BAA governing body, including Podoloff. To this day, the NBA claims BAA's history as its own. Now consider the arrival of the NBL team as an expansion, not a merger, and not recognizing NBL records and statistics.
The new league has seventeen franchises located in big and small towns, as well as large arenas and smaller gymnasiums and armory. In 1950, the NBA consolidated with eleven franchises, a process that continued until 1953-54, when the league reached the smallest size of eight franchises: the New York Knicks, the Boston Celtics, the Philadelphia Warriors, the Minneapolis Lakers, the Rochester Royals, the Fort Wayne Pistons, the Tri- Cities Blackhawks, and Syracuse Nationals, all of which remain in the league today. The contraction process saw franchises of smaller cities move into big cities. The Hawks shifted from the Tri-Cities to Milwaukee in 1951, and then to St. Louis in 1955. The Rochester Royals moved from Rochester, New York, to Cincinnati in 1957 and the Pistons moved from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Detroit in 1957.
Japanese-American Wataru Misaka broke the NBA color barrier in the 1947-48 season when he played for the New York Knicks. He remained the only non-white player in league history before the first African-American, Harold Hunter, signed a contract with the Washington Capitols in 1950. Hunter was cut off from the team during the training camp, but several African-American players did not play in the final league. that year, including Chuck Cooper with Celtics, Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton with Knicks, and Earl Lloyd with Washington Capitols. During this period, the Minneapolis Lakers, led by the center of George Mikan, won five NBA Championships and established themselves as the first league dynasty. To encourage shooting and prevent stalling, the league introduced a 24-second shot clock in 1954. If a team did not attempt to score a field goal (or the ball failed to make contact with the rim) within 24 seconds after getting the ball, play was stopped and the ball was given to his opponent.
Celtics domination, league expansion and competition (1956-1979)
In 1957, rookie center Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics, which featured guitarists Bob Cousy and Red Auerbach coaches, and then led the club to eleven NBA titles in thirteen seasons. The Center Wilt Chamberlain entered the league with the Warriors in 1959 and became the dominant individual star in the 1960s, setting a new single game record in scoring (100) and rebounding (55). Russell's competition with Chamberlain became one of the biggest rivalries in the history of American team sports.
The year 1960 was dominated by the Celtics. Led by Russell, Bob Cousy and Red Auerbach coach, Boston won eight straight championships in the NBA from 1959 to 1966. This successive championship was the longest in NBA history. They did not win titles in 1966-67, but got them back in the 1967-68 season and repeated in 1969. Domination reached nine out of ten championship banners of the 1960s.
During this period, the NBA continued to evolve with the Minneapolis Lakers shift to Los Angeles, the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco, Syracuse Nationals to Philadelphia to become Philadelphia 76ers, and St. Louis Hawks moved to Atlanta, also in addition to the first expansion franchise. The Chicago Packers (now Washington Wizards) became the ninth NBA team in 1961. From 1966 to 1968, the league expanded from 9 to 14 teams, introducing Chicago Bulls, Seattle SuperSonics (now Oklahoma City Thunder), San Diego Rockets (relocated to Houston four years later), the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Phoenix Suns.
In 1967, the league faced a new external threat with the establishment of the American Basketball Association (ABA). The leagues are involved in a bidding war. The NBA landed the most important college star in this era, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (later known as Lew Alcindor). However, NBA's top scorer, Rick Barry, jumped to the ABA, as did four veteran referees - Norm Drucker, Earl Strom, John Vanak, and Joe Gushue.
In 1969, Alan Siegel, who oversaw Jerry Dior's Major League Baseball logo design a year earlier, created the modern NBA logo inspired by MLB. It combines the legendary silhouette of Jerry West based on a photo by Wen Roberts, although NBA officials deny certain players as influences because, according to Siegel, "They want to institutionalize it rather than being individualized." It becomes like everywhere, the classic symbol and the focal point of their identity and their licensing program that they do not need to identify with a single player. "The iconic logo debuted in 1971 (with minor changes to the letterbox in the NBA wordmark in 2017) and will remain a NBA brand fixture.
ABA managed to bring in a number of major stars in the 1970s, including Julius Erving of Virginia Squires, partly because it allowed the team to sign undergraduate students. The NBA thrived during this period, one of its goals being to tie down the most viable cities. From 1966 to 1974, the NBA grew from nine franchises to 18. In 1970, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Buffalo Braves (now Los Angeles Clippers) all made their debut broadening the league to 17. The New Orleans Jazz Utah) came on board in 1974 bringing the total to 18. After the 1976 season, the league reached the completion provided for the addition of four ABA franchises to the NBA, increasing the number of franchises in the league at that time to 22 The added franchises were San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, and New York Nets (now Brooklyn Nets). Some of the biggest stars of this era are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Rick Barry, Dave Cowens, Julius Erving, Elvin Hayes, Walt Frazier, Moses Malone, Gilmore Artist, George Gervin, Dan Issel, and Pete Maravich. However, by the end of the decade, TV ratings were downgraded, low attendance and drug-related problems - both perceived and real - that threatened to thwart the league.
Wavy popularity (1979-1998)
The league added an innovative three-point ABA goal starting in 1979 to open the game. That same year, rookies Larry Bird and Magic Johnson joined the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, embarking on a period of significant growth in fan interest in the NBA across the country and the world. The two have faced each other at the 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game, and they then play against each other in three NBA Finals (1984, 1985, and 1987, featuring 11 players and coaches who will then be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame). Like the 1960s, when the Celtics and Lakers faced each other in six NBA Finals, both teams dominated the NBA again. In the 10 seasons of the 1980s, Johnson led the Lakers to five titles in eight finals while Bird led the Celtics to three titles in five Final. Also in the early 1980s, the NBA added another franchise expansion, the Dallas Mavericks, bringing the total to 23 teams. Later, Larry Bird won three shooting contests for the first three points. Former league commissioner David Stern, who took office on February 1, 1984, oversaw the expansion and growth of the NBA into a global commodity.
Michael Jordan entered the league in 1984 with the Chicago Bulls, providing a more popular star to support interest in the league. This resulted in more cities demanding their own team. In 1988 and 1989, four cities got their hopes such as the Charlotte Hornets, the Miami Heat, the Orlando Magic, and the Minnesota Timberwolves making their NBA debut, bringing the total to 27 teams. The Detroit Pistons won back-to-back in 1989 and 1990, led by coach Chuck Daly and keeper Isiah Thomas. Jordan and Scottie Pippen led the Bulls into two three peatlands in eight years during the 1991-98 season. Hakeem Olajuwon won back-to-back titles with the Houston Rockets in 1994 and 1995.
The 1992 Olympic Dream Team, the first to use the current NBA star, features Michael Jordan as an anchorman, along with Bird, Johnson, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley , and amateur NCAA star Christian Laettner. The team was selected for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, while 11 of the 12 players on the list (all but Laettner) and three of the four coaches have been elected to the Hall of Fame as individuals.
In 1995, the NBA expanded into Canada with the addition of the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors. In 2001, the Vancouver Grizzlies moved to Memphis, which made the Raptors the only Canadian team in the NBA.
In 1996, the NBA created a women's league, the National Basketball Association of Women (WNBA).
In 1998, the NBA owner initiated a lock that lasted 191 days and was completed on January 18, 1999. As a result of this lockdown, the 1998-99 NBA season was reduced from 82 to 50 games (61% of the normal season), and the All-Star Game was canceled. The San Antonio Spurs won their first championship, and first by former ABA teams, beating the New York Knicks, who were the first, and the only, eighth seed ever to qualify for the NBA Finals.
The modern era (1998-present)
Since the breakup of the Chicago Bulls championship list in the summer of 1998, the Western Conference has dominated, with the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs combining to win the ninth title from the next fourteen seasons. Tim Duncan and David Robinson won the 1999 championship with Spurs, and Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant started the year 2000 with three consecutive championships for the Lakers. Spurs regained the title in 2003 against the Nets. In 2004, the Lakers returned to the Final, losing only five games to the Detroit Pistons.
After Spurs brought home the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy in 2005, Final 2006 featured two franchises that made their first Final appearance. The Miami Heat, led by their star shooting guard, Dwyane Wade, and Shaquille O'Neal, who had traded from the Lakers during the summer of 2004, won the Dallas Mavericks series in six after losing the first two games. The Lakers/Spurs dominance continued in 2007 with a four-game sweep by the Spurs over the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James. The 2008 final saw a re-match of the league's highest profile competition, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, with the Celtics win, for their 17th championship, thanks to their new top three Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett.
In 2009, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers returned to the Finals, this time beating Orlando Magic led by Dwight Howard. Bryant won Bill Russell's NBA Finals His first Valuable Player Award in the 13th season after leading the Lakers to their first NBA championship since the departure of Shaquille O'Neal.
The NBA All-Star Game 2010 was held at Cowboys Stadium in front of the biggest crowd ever, 108,713. At the end of the season, the Celtics and Lakers renewed their rivalry from 2008 when they met again in the NBA Finals for a record time of 12. The Lakers won the title by winning Game 7, 83-79. Prior to the start of the 2010-11 season, the NBA had a great summer with one of the most anticipated free agent classes of all time. The two signed, and one resigned, with the Miami Heat, leading to a season that was heavily centered on success or failure they eventually brought home the championship. The Heat, led by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, did make the Final against the Dallas Mavericks, in a rematch for the 2006 Final franchise. The Mavericks, led by Dirk Nowitzki (finally NBA Finals MVP), took the series in six matches. This is the first Mavericks title. Veteran Shawn Marion, Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, and Peja Stojakovi? celebrating their first NBA championship.
On July 1, 2011, at 12:01, the NBA announced another lock. After the first few weeks of the season were canceled, players and owners ratified a new collective bargaining deal on December 8, 2011, setting up a shortened 66 season. After a short season, the Miami Heat returned to the Finals with a trio of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh against Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. The Heat went on to defeat the Thunder in five games, winning their second NBA title in six years. Their success will continue into the next season, which ends with their victory over the San Antonio Spurs in the 2013 NBA Finals. The two teams will meet for a rematch in the next year's Finals, where the Spurs beat the Heat in five games. Outside the court, commissioner David Stern retired on February 1, 2014, exactly 30 years from taking office. He was replaced by his deputy, Adam Silver.
After the 2014 Final, LeBron James announces that he will return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. James led the Cavaliers to their second Final appearance, where they lost to the Golden State Warriors in six games. The following year, in a rematch, the 2016 NBA Finals closed with the Cavaliers defeating the Warriors in seven games to win their first NBA Championship. The dominance of both teams continues in 2017, when the Warriors, after signing Kevin Durant as free agent, take the third consecutive Final match between the two teams in five games, with Durant named Final MVP, and again in 2018 when they go to the match The final fourth of the automatic finals.
International influence
Following pioneers like Vlade Divac (Serbia) and Dra? En Petrovi? (Croatia) who joined the NBA in the late 1980s, an increasing number of international players have moved directly from playing elsewhere in the world to starring in the NBA. Since 2006, the NBA has faced the EuroLeague team in an exhibition match on the NBA Europe Live Tour, and since 2009, at the EuroLeague American Tour. The 2013-14 season opens with a record of 92 international players on the opening night roster, representing 39 countries and comprising over 20% of the league. The start of the 2017-18 season saw a record 108 international players representing 42 different countries marking 4 consecutive years of at least 100 international players and each team having at least one international player.
Other developments
In 2001, an affiliated minor league, the National Basketball Development League, now called the NBA G League, was created. Before the league started, there were strong rumors that the NBA would buy the Continental Basketball Association, calling it a league of its development.
Two years after the Hornets relocated to New Orleans, the NBA returned to North Carolina, when the Charlotte Bobcats was formed as an expansion team in 2004.
The Hornets temporarily moved to Oklahoma City in 2005 for two seasons due to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. The team returned to New Orleans in 2007.
The new official game ball was introduced on 28 June 2006, for the 2006-07 season, marking the first change for the ball in over 35 years and only the second ball in 60 seasons. Produced by Spalding, a new ball featuring new designs and new synthetic materials that Spalding claims offers better grip, taste, and consistency than the original ball. However, many players are outspoken in their insults against the new ball, saying that it is too sticky when dry, and too slippery when wet.
Commissioner Stern announced on December 11, 2006, that from January 1, 2007, the NBA will return to the traditional leather basket that was used before the 2006-07 season. The change was influenced by the frequent complaints of players and confirmed hand injuries (injuries) caused by microfiber balls. The Players' Association has filed a suit on behalf of players against the NBA over the new ball. In the 2017-18 season, the NBA team's shirts were produced by Nike, replacing the previous supplier, Adidas. All teams will be wearing a T-shirt with the Nike logo except the Charlotte Hornets, whose T-shirt will have a Jumpman logo attributed to old Nike player Michael Jordan, owner of the Hornets.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began an investigation on July 19, 2007 on allegations that NBA veteran referee Tim Donaghy was betting on a basketball game he inaugurated over the past two seasons and that he made a call that affected the spreading point in the game. On August 15, 2007, Donaghy pleaded guilty to two federal charges related to the investigation. Donaghy claimed in 2008 that some referees were friendly with players and "corporate men" for the NBA, and he alleged that referees influenced the results of certain playoff and finals in 2002 and 2005. NBA Commissioner David Stern denied the allegations and said Donaghy was a convicted prisoner and a "witness, working together". Donaghy underwent 15 months in prison and was released in November 2009. According to an independent study by Ronald Beech of Game 6 of the Western Region Final 2002 between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings, although the referee increased the Lakers chance of winning through foul calls during the match, none collusion to fix the game. On the alleged "star treatment" during Game 6 by the referee against a certain player, Beech claims, "there seems to be a problem with different standards and perks for different players."
The NBA Board of Governors approved the Seattle SuperSonics request to relocate to Oklahoma City on April 18, 2008. But the team was unable to move until completing a lawsuit filed by the city of Seattle, which is intended to keep the SuperSonics in Seattle for the remaining two seasons in KeyArena. After a court case, the city of Seattle settled with the SuperSonics ownership group on July 2, 2008, allowing the team to move to Oklahoma City immediately in exchange for ending the last two seasons of the team lease at KeyArena. Oklahoma City Thunder started playing in the 2008-09 season.
The first outdoor game in the modern era of the league was played at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on October 11, 2008, between the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets.
The referee's termination begins on September 1, 2009, when the contract between the NBA and the referee ends. The first pre-season game was played on October 1, 2009, and referee replacements from the WNBA and NBA Development League were used, the first referee replacement has been used since the start of the 1995-96 season. The NBA and regular referees reached an agreement on October 23, 2009.
The first official NBA league match on European soil took place in 2011. In two games, the New Jersey Nets faced the Toronto Raptors at the O2 Arena in London ahead of over 20,000 fans.
The 2011-12 NBA season, which is scheduled from November 1, 2011, with a battle between the defending champions Dallas Mavericks and the Chicago Bulls, was postponed due to labor strife. The locking officially ends on December 8, 2011, when the players and owners ratify a new collective bargaining agreement, and the season begins on Christmas Day.
After the 2012-13 season, the New Orleans Hornets changed its name to Pelikan. During the 2013-14 season, Stern retired as a commissioner after 30 years, and deputy commissioner Adam Silver rose to the position of commissioner. During the playoffs of the season, the Bobcats officially reclaimed the Hornets, and with a deal with the league and Pelikan, also received sole possession of all the history, records, and statistics of the Pelican times in Charlotte. As a result, the Hornet is now officially deemed to have been established in 1988, ceased operations in 2002, and continued in 2004 as Bobcats, while Pelicans was officially treated as a 2002 expansion team. (This is somewhat similar to the relationship between Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens at NFL.)
Donald Sterling, then owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, received a lifelong ban from the NBA on April 29, 2014, after his racist comments became public. Sterling is also fined US $ 2.5 million, the maximum allowed under the NBA Constitution.
Becky Hammon was hired by the San Antonio Spurs on 5 August 2014, as an assistant coach, becoming the second female coach in NBA history but the first full-time coach. It also makes him the first full-time female coach in one of four major professional sports in North America.
The NBA announced on April 15, 2016, that it would allow all 30 member clubs to sell corporate sponsor advertising banners on official game uniforms, starting with the 2017-18 season. The sponsor ad banner will appear on the left front of the shirt, across from the Nike logo, marking the first time the manufacturer's logo will appear on the NBA shirt, and will be about 2.5 to 2.5 inches in size. The NBA will become the first professional sports league in North America to allow the company's sponsor logo on official team uniforms, and the last to have a uniform manufacturer's logo appear on its team uniform. The first team to announce the sponsorship of the jersey is the Philadelphia 76ers, who agreed a deal with StubHub.
On July 6, 2017, the NBA released the latest version of its logo; most of which are identical to previous designs, except with revised typography and "richer" color schemes. The league begins to phase in the updated logo throughout the property during the NBA 2017 Summer League, but it will not be immediately used on equipment or uniform due to lead time.
The NBA also officially released a new Nike uniform for all 30 teams starting with the 2017-18 season. The league removes "home" and "goes" uniform designation. Instead, each team will have four uniforms: the "Association" edition, which is the team's traditional white uniform, the "Icon" edition, which is the team's main color uniform, and two other uniform editions, to be launched later on.
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The NBA originated in 1946 with 11 teams, and through a series of team expansions, reductions, and relocations that currently consist of 30 teams. The United States is home to 29 teams and one is located in Canada.
The league organization currently divides thirty teams into two conferences from three divisions with five teams each. The current division alignment was introduced in the 2004-05 season. Reflecting the overall distribution of the US and Canadian population, most teams are in the east of the country: thirteen teams are in the Eastern Time Zone, nine in the Middle, three on the Mountain, and five in the Pacific.
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Regular season
After the summer holidays, the team started the training camp in late September. The training camp allows the coaching staff to evaluate the players (especially beginners), search for team strengths and weaknesses, prepare players for a tight regular season, and define an active 12-person list (and 3-person inactive list) with which they will start the season regular. The team has the ability to assign players with less than two years of experience to the NBA G League. After the training camp, a series of preseason exhibitions are held. Preseason games are sometimes held in non-NBA cities, both in the United States and abroad. The NBA's regular season begins in the last week of October.
During the regular season, each team plays 82 games, 41 respectively home and away. A team faces an opponent in its own division four times a year (16 matches). Each team plays six teams from two other divisions at the conference four times (24 games), and four teams remaining three times (12 games). Finally, each team plays all the teams at the other conference twice each (30 matches). This asymmetric structure means the power schedule will vary between teams (but not as big as NFL or MLB). For five seasons, each team will play 80 games against their division (20 games against each opponent, 10 at home, 10 on the road), 180 games against the rest of their conference (18 games against each opponent, 9 at home, 9 on the road) , and 150 games against other conferences (10 games against each team, 5 at home, 5 on the road).
The NBA is one of only two of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada where teams play every other team during the regular season (the other is the National Hockey League). Each team organizes and visits every other team at least once every season. From 2005 to 2008, the NBA has the distinction of being the only one of the four major leagues where all teams play every other team.
The NBA is also the only league that regularly schedules matches on Christmas Day. The league has been playing the game regularly on holidays since 1947, although the first Christmas Day game was not broadcast on television until 1983-84. The games played today feature some of the best teams and players. Christmas is also famous for the NBA on television, as the holidays are when the first NBA game airs on television networks every season. The matches played today are some of the highest rated games during a particular season.
In February, the regular season stops to celebrate the annual NBA All-Star Game. Fans voted across the United States, Canada, and on the Internet, and the top voters in every position at each conference were given a starting place on their conference All-Star team. The coach chooses to select the remaining 14 All-Stars. Then, the Eastern Conference players confront Western Conference players in the All-Star game. The player with the best performance during the game was awarded the MVP Game. Other attractions of the All-Star break include the Rising Stars Challenge (initially the Rookie Challenge), where top rookies and second-year players in the NBA play a 5-on-5 basketball game, with the current format pitting US players against them from all over the world ; Skills Challenge, in which players compete to complete obstacles consisting of shooting, passing, and dribbling in the fastest time; The Three Points Contest, in which players compete to score the highest number of three field targets in a given time; and the NBA's Slam Dunk Contest, where players compete to dip the ball in the most entertaining way according to the jury. This other tourist attraction has various names that include the names of various sponsors who have paid the naming rights.
Shortly after the All-Star break is the trading deadline, which is set to fall on Thursday's 16th of the season (usually in February) at 3 pm Eastern Time. After this date, teams are not allowed to exchange players with each other for the rest of the season, although they can still sign up and release players. The main trade is often completed just before the trading deadline, making the day a busy time for the general manager.
Around mid-April, the regular season ends. During this voting began for individual awards, as well as the selection of honorary, league-wide, post-season teams. The Sixth Man of the Year award is awarded to the best players coming off the bench (should have more games coming off the bench than the real match starts). The Rookie of the Year Award is awarded to the most outstanding first-year players. The Most Improved Player Award is awarded to players who are considered to have shown the most increase from the previous season. Defensive Player of the Year Award was awarded to the league's best defender. The Coach of the Year Award is awarded to the coach who has made the most positive difference for the team. The Most Valuable Player Award is awarded to players who are considered most valuable to (his team) that season. In addition, Sporting News provides an unofficial (but widely acknowledged) Annual Executive Award to the convicted general manager who has done the best job for his franchise.
The post-season teams are the All-NBA Team, the All-Defensive Team, and the All-Rookie Team; each consisting of five players. There are three All-NBA teams, consisting of top players in every position, with first team status being the most desirable. There are two All-Defensive teams, consisting of top defenders in every position. There are also two All-Rookie teams, made up of top first-year players regardless of position.
Playoffs
The NBA playoffs start at the end of April, with the top eight teams in every conference, regardless of the division's alignments, competing for the Championships. Seeds are given in strict order from regular season records (with the tiebreaker system being used as needed).
Having a higher seed offers several advantages. Because the first seeds start playoffs against eighth seeds, second seeds play seventh seed, third seed plays the sixth seed, and fourth seed plays the fifth seed, having a higher seed means the team faces a weaker team in the first round. Teams in each series with better notes have excellence in court, including First Round. Before the league changed the playoff determination format for the 2006-07 season, this meant that, for example, if the team receiving 6 seeds had a better record than a team with 3 seeds (based on the division championship), seed 6 would have a court house advantage, others have higher seeds. Therefore, the team with the best regular season record in the league is guaranteed to be the host in every series it plays. For example, in 2006, the Denver Nuggets won 44 games and captured the North West Division and seeded # 3. Their opponents were the # 6 leading Los Angeles Clippers, who won 47 games and finished second in the Pacific Division. Although Denver won a much weaker division, the Clippers had an advantage at home and won the series at 5.
Playoffs follow the tournament format. Each team plays an opponent in the best-of-seven series, with the first team to win four games to advance to the next round, while the other teams are eliminated from the playoffs. In the next round, a successful team played against another advanced team from the same conference. All but one team at each conference are eliminated from the playoffs. Because the NBA does not reshoot the team, the playoff bracket at each conference uses the traditional design, with the winner of the series matching the 1st and 8th seeded teams playing as a series winner matching the 4th and 5th seeded teams, and the series winners matching the 2nd and 7th seeded teams play the winners of the series that match the third and sixth seed teams. In each round, the best-of-7 series follows the 2-house-to-2 pattern, which means that one team will have a home court in games 1, 2, 5, and 7, while others play at home in the game 3, 4 and 6. From 1985 to 2013, the NBA Finals follow the 2-3-2 pattern, which means that one team has a home court in games 1, 2, 6, and 7, while others play at home in game 3 , 4, and 5.
The last playoffs, the best-of-seven series between the winners of both conferences, known as the NBA Finals, and held annually in June. Winners in the NBA Finals win the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. Every major player and contributor - including the coach and general manager - on the winning team receives the championship ring. In addition, the league also gives Bill Russell the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award to the best performing players of this series.
The league is beginning to use the current format, with the top eight teams in each advanced conference regardless of the alignment of the division, in the 2015-16 season. Previously, the top three seeds went to the division winners.
Champions League
The Boston Celtics have won the most championships with 17 NBA Finals. The second most successful franchise is the Los Angeles Lakers, which has 16 overall championships (11 in Los Angeles, 5 in Minneapolis). Following the Lakers, the Chicago Bulls with six championships, all won for 8 years during the 1990s. The San Antonio Spurs have five championships, all since 1999, and the Golden State Warriors also have five overall championships (2 in Philadelphia, 3 in Oakland).
Current teams that do not have NBA Finals appearance:
- Charlotte Hornets (formerly Charlotte Bobcats)
- Denver Nuggets
- Los Angeles Clippers (formerly Buffalo Braves, San Diego Clippers)
- Memphis Grizzlies (formerly Vancouver Grizzlies)
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- New Orleans Pelicans (formerly New Orleans Hornets, New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets)
- Toronto Raptors
Media coverage
As one of the premier sports leagues in North America, the National Basketball Association has a long history of partnership with television networks in the United States. The league signed a contract with DuMont in the 8th season (1953-54), marking the first year the NBA had a national television broadcaster. Similar to the NFL, the lack of television stations caused NBC to take over the rights starting next season until April 7, 1962 - NBC's first term with the NBA. Currently in the US, the NBA has contracts with ESPN and TNT through the 2024-25 season. Games that are not broadcast nationally are usually broadcast through regional sports networks specific to the area where the team is located.
International competition
The National Basketball Association sporadically participates in international club competitions. From 1987 to 1999, the NBA champions played against the continental champions of the FÃÆ' Â © dation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) in the McDonald Championship. This tournament is won by NBA invites every year.
Ticket prices and audience demographics
In 2012, ticket costs from $ 10 to $ 3,000 each, depending on the seat location and the success of the team playing.
Audience demographics
According to the Nielsen survey, the NBA has the youngest audience, with 45 percent of viewers under 35, but least likely, along with Major League Baseball, to watch by women, who make up only 30% of viewers. It also has the largest black audience share with 45 percent of viewers being black and only about 40 percent of white audiences, making it the only North American sport that does not have a white majority audience.
Famous people
President and commissioner
- Maurice Podoloff, President from 1946 to 1963
- Walter Kennedy, President from 1963 to 1967 and Commissioner from 1967 to 1975
- Larry O'Brien, Commissioner from 1975 to 1984
- David Stern, Commissioner from 1984 to 2014
- Adam Silver, Commissioner from 2014 until now
Player
- The 50 Best Players in NBA History
- List of National Basketball Association players
- List of foreign NBA players, special list for players who are not from the United States
Foreign player
International influence
Following pioneers like Vlade Divac (Serbia) and Dra? En Petrovi? (Croatia) who joined the NBA in the late 1980s, an increasing number of international players have moved directly from playing elsewhere in the world to starring in the NBA. Below is a short list of foreign players who have won an NBA award or have been recognized for their contributions to basketball, whether current or formerly active in the league:
- Dra? en Petrovi?, Croatia - 2002 inaugurated to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1993 Best Euroscar Player 1986 and 1993 European Footballer of the Year, MVP FIBA ​​World Championship 1986 and EuroBasket 1989 , 2 times Olympic silver medalist, World Champion, European Champion, 50 Top EuroLeague Contributors
- ? ar? nas Mar? iulionis, Lithuania - 2014 switched to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The first Soviet Union and one of the first Europeans to sign contracts with the NBA club and play solidly in the league, helped lead the way for the internationalization of the league in the late 1990s.
- Toni Kuko?, Croatia - 3 times NBA champion with Chicago Bulls (1996, 1997, 1998), named in 2008 as one of 50 biggest EuroLeague contributors
- Vlade Divac, Serbia - Second Olympic silver medalist, 2001 NBA All-Star, 2-time World Champion, 3-time European Champion, 1989 Tuan Europa, 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributions
- Arvydas Sabonis, LithuaniaÃ, - 2011 inaugurated to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1999 Best Euroscar Player of the Year 1985, 1997 Footballer of the Year Europa, Olympic gold medalist 1988 with Soviet Union and bronze medalist in 1992 and 1996 with Lithuania, First National Team NBA All-Rookie 1996, 50 Top EuroLeague Contributors
- Peja Stojakovi ?, Serbia - NBA Champion with Dallas Mavericks (2011), MVP of EuroBasket 2001, team members of all tournaments in the FIBA ​​World Championship 2002, winners Euroscar 2001, 2001 and 2002 Europa, 2002 and 2003 NBA Three-Point Shootout champion, 3-time NBA All-Star (compiled in 1996, entered the NBA in 1998) Dirk Nowitzki, Germany - NBA champion with Dallas Mavericks (2011), MVP of the FIBA ​​World Championships 2002 and EuroBasket 2005, team members of all tournaments in the FIBA ​​World Championship 2002 2002 -2006, and winners of Euroscar 2011, 2005 Tuan Europa, 2005 and 2011 FIBA ​​European Players This Year, 2007 NBA MVP, Bill Russell's Finals NBA 2011 Most Valuable, Best Player Award, 2006 NBA Three-Point Shootout champion and 13-time NBA All-Star (entering the NBA in 1998)
- Hedo TÃÆ'¼rko? lu, Turkey - 2008 Most Improved Player Award Winner, team member of all tournaments at FIBA ​​World Championship 2010 (entering the NBA in 2000)
- Pau Gasol, Spain - NBA Champion 2 times with Los Angeles Lakers (2009 & amp; 2010), Six NBA All-Star, 2002 NBA Rookie of the Year, 2004 and 2009 Europa, 2006 FIBA ​​World Championship MVP, 2008 and 2009 Euroscar and FIBA ​​Europe Player of the Year, EuroBasket 2009 MVP, winner of the NBA Citizenship Award in 2012 (entering the NBA in 2001)
- Andrei Kirilenko, Russia - 2004 NBA All-Star, EuroBasket 2007 MVP, 2007 FIBA ​​European Player of the Year This year (compiled in 1999, played in the NBA from 2001 to 2011 before returning to Russia due to lockout , returned in 2012 as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves.)
- Tony Parker, France - NBA champion 4 times with Spurs, NBA Finals MVP 2007, All-Star 6-times, and winner of Euroscar 2007 (entering the NBA in 2001)
- Manu GinÃÆ'³bili, Argentina - 4-time NBA champions with San Antonio Spurs, Sixth Winner of Men Winner, 2nd All-Star, 50 EuroLeague's Largest Contribution, gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with Argentina (drafted in 1999, entering the NBA in 2002)
- Yao Ming, ChinaÃ, - 2016 switched to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first voted in the 2002 NBA draft and 8-times NBA All-Star (played in the NBA from 2002 to 2011)
- Leandro Barbosa, BrazilÃ, - NBA Champion with Golden State Warriors (2015), Sixth Winner of Man Winner (entering the NBA in 2003)
- Andrea Bargnani, Italy - First choice in the 2006 NBA draft by the Toronto Raptors (entering the NBA in 2006)
On several occasions, young players, mostly but not all from the English-speaking world, have attended US colleges before playing in the NBA. Important examples are: Nigerian Hakeem Olajuwon (top pick draft in 1984, 2-time champion, 12-time All-Star, 1994 MVP, 1994 and 1995 Finals MVP, 1994 and 1995 Defensive Player of the Year, only players receiving MVP Award , Defensive Player of the Year Award, and Finals MVP award in the same season, and Hall of Fame)
Since 2006, the NBA has faced the EuroLeague team in an exhibition match on the NBA Europe Live Tour, and since 2009 at the EuroLeague American Tour.
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