24 Facts About NBA

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NBA is an active member of USA Basketball, which is recognized by the FIBA as the national governing body for basketball in the United States.

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In North America, the NBA is the third wealthiest professional sport league after the National Football League and Major League Baseball by revenue, and among the top four in the world.

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3.

On November 1,1946, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens, in a game the NBA now refers to as the first game played in NBA history.

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4.

NBA remained the only non-white player in league history prior to the first African-American, Harold Hunter, signing with the Washington Capitols in 1950.

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5.

The NBA landed the most important college star of the era, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

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6.

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.

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Also in the early 1980s, the NBA added one more expansion franchise, the Dallas Mavericks, bringing the total to 23 teams.

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In 1995, the NBA expanded to Canada with the addition of the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors.

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9.

In 1996, the NBA created a women's league, the Women's National Basketball Association.

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10.

In 1998, the NBA owners began a lockout that suspended all league business until a new labor agreement could be reached, which led to the season being shortened in half.

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11.

The NBA started its drug-testing program in 1983 and substantially improved it in 1999.

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12.

NBA led the team to their second Finals appearance with the help of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love.

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13.

Since 2006, the NBA has faced EuroLeague teams in exhibition matches in the NBA Europe Live Tour, and since 2009, in the EuroLeague American Tour.

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14.

Two years after the Hornets' move to New Orleans, the NBA returned to North Carolina, as the Charlotte Bobcats were formed as an expansion team in 2004.

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15.

The NBA would become the first major North American professional sports league to allow corporate sponsorship logos on official team uniforms, and the last to have a uniform manufacturer logo appear on its team uniforms.

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16.

On July 6,2017, the NBA unveiled an updated rendition of its logo; it was largely identical to the previous design, except with revised typography and a "richer" color scheme.

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17.

NBA originated in 1946 with 11 teams, and through a sequence of team expansions, reductions and relocations currently consists of 30 teams.

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18.

NBA is the only league that regularly schedules games on Christmas Day.

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19.

The winner of the NBA Finals receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.

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20.

From 1987 to 1999 an NBA team played against championship club teams from Asia, Europe and South America in the McDonald's Championship.

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21.

NBA has been involved in a number of controversies over the years and has received a significant amount of criticism.

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22.

Since 2006, the NBA has faced EuroLeague teams in exhibition matches in the NBA Europe Live Tour, and since 2009 in the EuroLeague American Tour.

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23.

The NBA defines "international" players as those born outside the 50 United States and Washington, DC This means that:.

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24.

League has a global social responsibility program, NBA Cares, that is responsible for the league's stated mission of addressing important social issues worldwide.

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