National Basketball Association

Pagbubukas kan Game 2 kan 2008 NBA Finals sa tahaw kan Boston Celtics asin Los Angeles Lakers sa TD Garden.

An National Basketball Association (NBA) iyo sarong propesyonal na liga nin basketbol sa Norteng Amerika. An liga iyo pigbibilog nin 30 koponan (29 sa Estados Unidos asin 1 as Kanada) sagkod iyo saro sa apat na mayor na propesyonal na liga para sa isports sa Estados Unidos asin Kanada. Ini an pangenot na panlalaking propesyonal na liga nin basketbol sa kinaban.^[1]

An liga iyo namokna sa New York City kan Hunyo 6, 1946, bilang an Basketball Association of America (BAA).^[2] Nagliwat ining ngaran pasiring sa National Basketball Association kan Agosto 3, 1949, pagkatapos makipagsalak sa kalaban na National Basketball League (NBL).^[3] An regular na season kan NBA iyo minadalagan poon Oktubre hasta Abril, kun sain an lambang koponan nagkakawat nin 82 na laban. An tornamentong playoff kan liga iyo minaabot hasta Hunyo. Kan 2020, an mga parakawat kan NBA an pigsasabiing may pinakahalangkaw na bayad kun taunang sweldo kada parakawat an pag-uulayan.^[4]^[5]^[6]

An NBA iyo sarong aktibong kaapil kan USA Basketball (USAB),^[7]na iyo pigbibisyo kan FIBA (International Basketball Federation) bilang an nasyunal na namamayong lawas para sa basketbol sa Estados Unidos. An nagkapirang mga opisina kan mga koponan (internasyunal pati naman indibidwal) iyo nakadirekta hali sa pamayong opisina sa Midtown Manhattan, habang an mga istudyo kan NBA Entertainment asin NBA TV iyo nasa irarom kan mga opisina sa Secaucus, New Jersey.

Sa Norteng Amerika, an NBA iyo an ikatolong pinakamayamang propesyonal na liga nin isports pagkatapos kan National Football League (NFL) asin Major League Baseball (MLB) sa benta asin iyo yaon sa apat na pinakahalangkaw sa kinaban.^[8]

↑ Rathborn, Jack (November 18, 2020). "NBA Draft 2020: What time does it start in the UK, who has the No 1 pick and how can I watch it?". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/nba/draft-2020-what-time-start-uk-b1725070.html. "The 2020 NBA Draft is here after days of juicy gossip surrounding trades as the world’s greatest basketball league dominates the headlines during its offseason."
↑ "This Date In The NBA: June". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2020. The National Basketball Association was founded at the Commodore Hotel in New York. Maurice Podoloff was the league's first president, a title later changed to commissioner.
↑ "This Date In The NBA: August". NBA.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
↑ "The World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2020".
↑ "REVEALED: The world's best paid teams, Man City close in on Barca and Real Madrid". SportingIntelligence.com. May 1, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
↑ Gaines, Cork. "The NBA is the highest-paying sports league in the world". Business Insider. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
↑ "Members of USA Basketball". USAB.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
↑ Mathewson, TJ. "TV is biggest driver in global sport league revenue". GlobalSportMatters.com. Retrieved December 25, 2020.

[1] Rathborn, Jack (November 18, 2020). "NBA Draft 2020: What time does it start in the UK, who has the No 1 pick and how can I watch it?". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/nba/draft-2020-what-time-start-uk-b1725070.html. "The 2020 NBA Draft is here after days of juicy gossip surrounding trades as the world’s greatest basketball league dominates the headlines during its offseason."

[NBAFoundingDate-2] "This Date In The NBA: June". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2020. The National Basketball Association was founded at the Commodore Hotel in New York. Maurice Podoloff was the league's first president, a title later changed to commissioner.

[3] "This Date In The NBA: August". NBA.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[urlThe_Worlds_Highest-Paid_Athletes_2020-4] "The World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2020".

[5] "REVEALED: The world's best paid teams, Man City close in on Barca and Real Madrid". SportingIntelligence.com. May 1, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

[6] Gaines, Cork. "The NBA is the highest-paying sports league in the world". Business Insider. Retrieved May 20, 2015.

[7] "Members of USA Basketball". USAB.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[8] Mathewson, TJ. "TV is biggest driver in global sport league revenue". GlobalSportMatters.com. Retrieved December 25, 2020.

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