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1. NBA
( National Basketball
Association)

2. The NBA or National Basketball Association (National Basketball
Association) is the leading American professional basketball
league founded in New York profesional.Se the June 6, 1946 as the
Basketball Association of America.El opening match was a New
York Knicks - Toronto Huskies the November 1, 1946 with the
Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens as the backdrop. The match was
watched by 7,090 spectators. League officials have their offices
located in the Olympic Tower on Fifth Avenue New York 645.
Studies of the NBA Entertainment and NBA TV are located in
Secaucus, New Jersey.

3. Presidents and Commissioners
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 today.

4. HISTORY:
1948, the BAA agreed to merge with the NBL, renaming the league as a National
Basketball Association, with 17 franchises located in a mixture of large and small cities.
In 1950, the NBA was consolidated in eleven franchises, a process that continued until
1954, when he came to have only eight teams still remain (Knicks, Celtics, Warriors,
Lakers, Royals / Kings, Pistons, Hawks and Nationals/76ers) .
In 1950 also saw the integration of the NBA, with the addition of the first black players
to the league, as was Chuck Cooper (Boston Celtics), Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton (New
York Knicks) and Earl Lloyd (Washington Capitols).
In 1956, the rookie power forward Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics, this
team would become a legend, winning 11 rings in 13seasons.
Today, the majority (80%) of players today are African Americans.
After the black players entered the NBA style of play changed. They had a very
extroverted style, and were faster and skilled. Entered the game and kill the 24-second
rule.
In 1959, the NBA was strengthened by the Minneapolis Lakers move to Los Angeles,
Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco, and Syracuse Nationals to Philadelphia.
In 1967, the league faced a new external threat with the formation of the ABA.
The NBA expanded rapidly at the time. At the end of the regular season in 1976, the
league established a settlement in which four teams moved from the ABA to the NBA,
the league increased the number of franchises to 22.

5. In the 1979-1980 season, the league added the ABA's innovative three-point line.
In 1984, Michael Jordan began playing in the NBA, leading to an increased
interest in the league. In 1989, the number of teams rose to 27, following the
expansion process.
Now, a growing number of players reach the NBA directly from Europe or
anywhere else in the world, cases like Yao Ming (No. 1 draft pick in 2002) of
China, Tony Parker (France) and Pau Gasol (Rookie of the Year 2002) of Spain.
Today, young English-speaking players tend to enroll in U.S. colleges before
playing in the NBA.
NBA created a women's league, the WNBA, and in 2001 a minor league affiliate,
the NBDL.Hoy days, the NBA has reached 30 teams and continues to develop as a
major sports leagues in the world.

6. Nat "Sweetwater"
Chuck Cooper

7. Yao Ming (No. 1 draft pick in 2002)
Tony Parker.
Pau Gasol (Rookie of the Year 2002)

8. best players
Michael jordan,(who won six rings with the Bill Russell (the man with more rings in history).
bulls).

9. CURRENT TEAMS

10. the regular season
In the regular season each team plays 82 games, evenly divided between
home and away games. The teams face opponents from their own division
four times, before the other two divisions of his lecture, three or four times,
and against the other conference twice a year.
In April, ending the regular season. During that time, begins the voting
period of the individual awards this season.

12. The NBA Playoffs
The NBA Playoffs are three rounds of competition between sixteen
teams divided into the Western Conference and Eastern Conference.
The winners of the first round (or conference quarterfinals)
advance to the Conference Semifinals, subsequent
to the conference finals and the winners of the
NBA Finals, played between the champions
of each conference.
Begin in late April, with eight ranked teams in each
conference. the top four teams, the three division
champions and the best second are matched taking
into account the total of games won and lost, so
that the top two teams from each conference do not face
until the end of the championship. Having a highest record
offers the advantage of face a weaker team.
In the final round, face the champions of each conference
to the best of seven games. The first to win four
games, will be known as
the champion of the NBA. It is held annually in June,
and the champion will be awarded with the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. Each player
of the winning team, plus coach and general manager, is given a championship ring.

13. TRACK RECORD

14. THE ALL-STAR
The All-Star Game NBA is a friendly match held
during All-Star Weekend
NBA, involving only the best players of each year,
divided into two teams representing each conference
(East and West ).The aim is to show, for it also held
the same weekend a contest and one triple kill.
Participants are chosen is by vote of fans, both
in the halls of the franchise and online.
The coach of the team with best record in each
conference will lead the meeting,
but may not do so in consecutive seasons.
This is called "Riley Rule" so named because the coach
of the Lakers of 80, Pat Riley coached the
Western Conference team for most of the decade.
The first All-Star Game was held at the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951.

15. salary cap
The salary cap is the limit that teams can spend on player contracts and there to
match the level of NBA teams. Without that limit the teams could offer big
money free agents.
This limit is established for each future year and is subject to some adjustments. is
calculated by multiplying the BRI (Basketbal lRelated Income, a term defined
as those revenues received by the teams as a result of the different operations
carried out) by48.04%; subtracting the salaries of players and dividing the result
by 29.
This enhances the value of players as members of a team with a
project economically viable and in sports. Prevents a more affluentteam can
get players "to hit book," or that a team has to borrow to meet the competition
with guarantees (and fall into financial ruin if the project does not fruit).
This feature, together with the draft, each franchise is necessary to carefully
study what market players may be interested for your project (depending on
the profile of the team). So also ensures that each franchise can only "shield"
economically one or two players(often called "franchise players")
The minimum wage of a team is calculated by multiplying the salary cap by 75%.

16. Draft
The Draft is a system for controlling the access of new players into the league
competition will benefit. Basically allows weaker teams a year to select players who
wish for the next campaign, leveling the competition in the short / medium term.
All players who want to join the NBA register to participate in the election of the Draft
that takes place in early summer. Here each of the teams in the league has the right to
choose a player to start. At first the team with the worst rate in the regular season
victories earlier chose the player he wanted, then did the next team with fewer wins,
and so on.
However, it was noted that some teams had no chance of qualifying for the playoffs
were left lost in recent games. Thus the first 14 elections are decided by lot.
Currently entering the sweepstakes only teams who have not played the playoffs. Of
these the most wins in the regular season harvested above is the least likely and the
process. The rest is done in reverse order to that used in the classification last season.
the fact of selecting a high place does not ensure that the selected player is the
best. The history of the NBA is full of errors 1984, in which Houston Rockets selected
Hakeem Olajuwon as No. 1 and Portland Trail Blazers inexplicably selected Sam Bowie
with the No. 2 leaving Chicago Bulls choose with the No. 3 Michael Jordan.
Another key aspect is that due to the low age with embodying the future players to
Draft (without finishing his university studies) makes it really hard to gauge what teams
player offer better performance over the medium term.
On 30 June 2011 the NBA lockout officially announced due to the dissatisfaction of the
players and owners respectively. This is the second time in the NBA called for a
strike. The first occurred in the 1998-99 season.