How did the NBA come into being?

1, 189 1, American Dr. James Naishmis created basketball at Springfield College in Massachusetts with two broken baskets and a substitute football, in order to find a way for students to exercise in winter.

2.1On April 6th, 946, walter brown, the owner of Boston Garden, initiated the establishment of National Basketball Association (predecessor of NBA). When BAA was founded, there were *** 1 1 teams. Brown first proposed the high salary system and the contract system. High salary system means that professional basketball must have strong financial support, so as to keep the game at a high level.

3. In order to protect the interests of players who participate in "paid games", the first professional basketball organization-"National League" (NBL) was established by teams all over the country from 65438 to 0898. Because the economic strength and technical level of each team are far from each other, and there is no mature market operation experience and rules, NBL exists in name only after three or four seasons.

In 1930s, NBL revived in some small and medium-sized cities and held some small-scale leagues. However, due to the lack of sufficient funds to promote sales, the influence of basketball has never been formed.

4. 1949, after BAA annexed NBL, in order to avoid possible legal troubles, it was officially renamed as National Basketball Association, that is, NBA.

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Voters of the top 50 superstars

Players: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Devbin, robertjoseph cousy, john havlicek, Julius Owen, Billy Bradley, Magic Johnson, John Cole, bob lanier, George McCann, Bob Petit, oscar robertson, bill russell and Dolph.

Team staff: Ryder auerbach, elgin baylor, Al Atle, larry bird, Marty Blake, Huber Brown, billy cunningham, chuck daley, Wayne Embley and Alex Hannum;

Lester Harrison, Rhett Holzman, Frank Leiden, Dick Maguire, Harvey Pollack, Jack Ramsay, willis reed, Isaiah Thomas, Wes Ansel, Jerry West, Jean Shu.

Media: Marv Albert, Fran Brinbury, Mitch Chatkov, David Dupree, Joe Gilmartin, Sam Goodup, Phil Jasner, Leonard Cobbett, Leonard Levin, Jack mccallum, Bob Ryan and Peter Wechs.

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