Nba history. In memoriam john thompson 1941 2020 basketball hall of famer georgetown head coach from 1972 73 to 1998 99 4x national coach of the year 1984 national champion 2x nba champion as player with boston celtics. James playoff consistency and longevity is a rarity in nba history and until someone else finds a way to reach the finals eight times in a row they simply arent likely to play enough playoff. The national basketball association nba is an american mens professional basketball leagueit is composed of 30 teams 29 in the united states and 1 in canada and is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the united states and canadait is the premier mens professional basketball league in the world.
Basketball stats and history statistics scores and history for the nba aba wnba and top european competition. The composition of race and ethnicity in the national basketball association nba has changed throughout the leagues history. Nba is born on august 3 1949 after a damaging three year battle to win both players and fans the rival basketball association of america baa and national basketball league nbl merge to form.
Robin lundberg publish date. African americans entered the league beginning in 1950. The nbas 50 greatest players were unveiled for the nbas golden anniversary season in 1996.
All star game recaps the nbas all star game has a deep history of legendary players and must see moments. Lebron james is the most valuable player in nba history. In 1976 the nba absorbed four teams from the american basketball association aba which disbanded that year.
The first non white player to play in the league was an asian american wataru misaka in 1947.