ABOUT NBA

NBA basketball championships history part 1

☆ 1896, the United States organized the first basketball "National Basketball League (the NBL)" to set up, but the rules of basketball is not perfect, not a sound organizational structure, often in a season a team can be on behalf of several team after After a few seasons, the organization has existed in name only.


☆ 1946 years 4 on 6, by the United States Boston Garden boss Walter founded the "American Basketball Association (abbreviation BAA)", Brown made the first modern professional basketball and later became the cornerstone of the two well-paid and contract system, it means a system of well-paid professional basketball must have a strong financial support, so that to maintain at a high level competition to attract the audience to survive. Contract system is that a player can only club with a contract and set up the system's reserves in order to prevent players at the sudden loss of leave.


☆ 1949, in Brown's efforts, the United States the two major basketball organizations BAA and NBL merged to form the "National Basketball Association (NBA)". Brown also became well-known founder of the Boston Celtics. NBA set up 17 teams, divided into three division games, from the NBL's Minneapolis Lakers rely on the height of 2.09 meters of the first U.S. center to help was the first NBA championship season.


NBA basketball championships history part 2
☆ 1952 years, NBA center in order to limit the first scoring ability to the basket three seconds from the restricted area width of 6 feet to 12 feet. To the 60's, a super-center as a result of the emergence of Chamberlain, NBA restricted area will extend to 16 feet width. As the NBA team in the game using delaying tactics often lead to competition can not attract the audience, starting from the 1954-1955 season, NBA introduced 24 seconds the system, that is, every time each team shall not attack more than 24 seconds.


☆ starting from the 1954-55 season, NBA by natural selection only the eastern part of Union and the Western Union division two. Among them, the Union was divided into the eastern part of the Atlantic District, Central District; Western Union was divided into the Central and Western District, the Pacific area.


☆ 1967, a new basketball organization ABA (American Basketball Association) was set up the first President term. ABA using red, white and blue basketball, and a long shot one-third of the system also held an annual dunk contest. These measures in the NBA is not allowed.


NBA basketball championships history part 3
☆ 1973, the United States CBS 27 million U.S. dollars to buy the 3-year NBA game broadcasts, so that took the first NBA game on television, but do not have live coverage at the time the conditions, we can only play the video.


☆ 1976, but due to poor management, ABA annexation by the United States NBA team to 22. Since then, NBA basketball to the United States to form a monopoly industry.


☆ 1979 onwards, NBA long shot to start the implementation of the system 3. In order to avoid disparity in the strength of the team too much, NBA established an annual "NBA Rookie selection system", will be the year's graduates ranked according to the level of high and low, and then by the club by the league last year and, finally, the drawing position followed by selection, which ranked first on the election, each round of the team can only choose one, so that we can be assured that the strength of the weakest teams get the highest levels of New Horizons, the election to the weak star in the new season will be changed often . Team because of its wealth in order to avoid monopoly by well-paid star players, NBA teams provides restrictions on the total wage bill. A lot of money to buy such as star, is on the other can not afford to buy quality players. This system ensures that the average distribution of the best in all-star team, so that is very close to the strength of the team. If we say that "high pay" and "contract" system is the cornerstone of the two NBA, and that "rookie selection" and "salary limits" is to ensure that the NBA intense and exciting game, the unpredictability of the game will be a large number of U.S. fans attracted to the basketball court. NBA League transfer system is also implemented, NBA players should not purchase or sell, only people change. From the start of the season to the first 16 months only 9 o'clock Thursday night, teams are free to exchange players. From then until the end of regular season, the team all the "freeze." NBA is transfer contract with the exchange.


NBA basketball championships history part 4
☆ 1980, the Dallas Mavericks joined the NBA.
☆ 1988, the New Orleans Hornets and Miami Heat joined the NBA.
☆ 1990, the Orlando Magic and Minnesota Timberwolves joined the NBA.
☆ 1995, the two teams to join the Canadian NBA, Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies (later renamed as the Memphis Grizzlies), which NBA team to reach 29.


☆ 2004, the Charlotte Bobcats joined the team, the team reached 30.
☆ 2005, the No. 58 blew out birthday candles, cake pieces in 2005 is the latest version of the NBA map. Charlotte Bobcats became the lavish cream and a cherry. 30, rather than sediment texture of the old ring, but the new space-time memory expansion from 1946-2004, the bar code from the No.11 team to No.30, on an unprecedented scale of the NBA


☆ 2006, the American International Group, Google, Oracle, Yahoo, Telstra,United Kingdom Shell, San Wang, Philips,bubble, Citibank become an NBA sponsor business.