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History of the NBA

  • League is founded BAA

    The Basketball Association of America was founded by Major ice hockey arena owners,
  • First Proffesional basketball game is played

    first NBA game in which the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers At the Toronto maple leafs gardens
  • Maurice Podoloff gets the presidential job for the NBA

  • maurice podoloff gains NBA presidency

  • First National Basketball Championsship (BAA)

    the Mineapolis Lakers Played the Baltimore Bullets in which the Lakers won.
  • league is Merged

    BAA and the NBL Merged into the present NBA
  • NBA consolidated 11 franchises

    The Nba plays with 11 teams. The Knicks, The Lakers, The Warriors, The Kings, The Pistons, The Hawks, The celtics just to name a few
  • NBA year of the intergration

    year of the intergration in the Nba. AFRICAN AMERICAN players started players
  • NBA began to play with the 24 second shot clock

    The NBA introduced the 24 second shot clock still seen today.
  • Boston celtics recieve Bill Russel

    Bill Russel joins the nba and starts a 13 champion record.
  • Maurice Podoloff retires from Nba president

  • NBA gets a 3 point line

    basketball opens 3 point shot to allow players to score in different ways
  • David stern takes office as commisioner of the nba

    he is the current commisioner
  • 27 teams in the nba

    27 teams enter the league. including the Minessota Timberwolves and the Miami Heat
  • Original Nba charter was signed

  • NBA LOCKOUT HAPPENS

    lockout does not allow any player to practice at said places play Nba, games and even make trade deals.