NBA is an American professional basketball league, referred to as NBA. It is a men's professional basketball league composed of 30 professional teams in North America. It is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States, divided into Eastern League and Western League. Each league is divided into three divisions, and each division consists of five teams.
After each season, there will be an NBA draft before the start of next season. After the draft, there are rookie NBA summer league, NBA regular season and NBA preseason. Its event, American professional basketball league, is also directly called NBA, which is the highest level professional basketball event in the world.
Basketball development
The first basketball in the world was born in 1894. James naismith, the inventor of basketball, met Albert Gudewill Spalding, the founder of Spalding Company, which designed and manufactured basketball. Spalding didn't cooperate with him in the early days of NBA. Will won the game and became the official ball of the NBA for the first time.
After years of development, the NBA has become stronger and stronger, and the number of teams has gradually increased. Especially after 1976 merged the poorly managed ABA (American National Basketball Association) and absorbed teams such as the Nuggets and Spurs, there are more than 20 NBA teams. 1983, the NBA changed the game and ended its 37-year cooperation with VIA, and Spalding replaced it.