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National Basketball League(NBL)
The first major pro basketball league. It was the best and only pro league from 1898 up until 1904 when the league would be disbanded -
Central Basketball League (CBL)
The CBL would be entering its 5th season 1910-11. The CBL was the best pro league up until 1912 where the league would be disbanded because of financial problems. -
James "Soup" Campbell
The Eastern Basketball League maintained its status as the premier circuit as it began its tenth season of competition. During the war years Roy Steele had returned to his home in Pittsburgh to play with a team in Wilmerding. During this time, he discovered a young player by the name of James Campbell, who possessed astonishing natural instincts for the game. In his rookie season in the EBL, Campbell became an instant star with his strong shooting and pinpoint passing. -
New "3 second" rule
The deepening national Depression served as a foreboding backdrop as the American Basketball League prepared for its sixth season. Just about every team had suffered declining attendance for the third straight season. In another attempt to introduce new life into the league by speeding up the game, the owners, over Max Rosenblum’s strong objection, voted in a “three second rule” forbidding a player from remaining in the foul lane for more than three seconds. -
Rise of basketball
The American Basketball League completed last season’s shakeout of smaller cities when the Troy franchise was transferred to Brooklyn to join Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia and Washington in the five-team league. For the first time in many years, attendance was high enough to generate some profits. Eddie Gottleib’s Sphas regularly drew capacity crowds to the Broadwood Hotel in Philadelphia, while in Brooklyn, the Jewels and the Celtics drew full-houses almost every Saturday night. -
NBA
The National Basketball League seemed finished, but it was not ready to give up the fight. During the summer of 1949, NBL commissioner Doxie Moore scored a major coup by signing, as a unit, the famed University of Kentucky team. The signing turned out to be the last shot in the three-year war between the NBL and Basketball Association of America. By mid summer, the two leagues completed merger talks and the new National Basketball Association was born. -
Eddie Gottlieb and Wilt Chamberlain
Eddie owned the warriors before they became the warriors in 1962 where wilt would score 100. His career in basketball reflected the professional game’s progression from teams sponsored by social clubs, to depression-era barnstorming teams, to weekend professional leagues, through the tentative first years of the BAA in the forties, to the birth of the superstar era with Wilt Chamberlain. Gottlieb was at the center of it all for over 60 years. -
Kareem abdul jabbar
The best player of the decade and maybe the best player of all-time. Kareem led the 70s in win shares by far and had a 2,066 point gap between him and the second-leading scorer of the decade, Dan Issel — who spent most of his time in the fast-paced ABA. While most of his team success would come in the 80s, Cap was an absolute monster through the decade. Five league MVPs, seven All-NBA first-team selections, eight All-Defensive nods and a ring and Finals MVP with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971. -
Greatest Player of the 80s
There is no question that Bird is one of the greatest shooters in the NBA's history. The Indiana native possessed an exceptional three-point shot that stood out during the 80s and was the main factor in the Celtics' winning three championships in that decade. Bird's elite shooting ability made him the team’s and league’s superstar. At 6 ft 9 inches, there was not an area of the court he couldn’t nail a basket from, allowing him to score on anyone at will and dismantle any team in front of him. -
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan dominated the 1990s, winning 6 titles and cementing his legacy as one of the greatest players of all time. Jordan revolutionized basketball in whole new way. He was the best scorer of his time
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Kobe and Shaq
Kobe "Bean" Bryant was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. Shaq and Kobe dominated the NBA in the early 2000s. One of the greatest duos of all time, they won three championships in a row (2000, '01, '02). They were unstoppable. 2000 Finals Game 6: Shaquille O'Neal scores 41 and earns MVP as the Lakers win title. With Kobe and Shaq's help, the Lakers were the best team of the 2000s -
"King" Lebron James
In the spring, James became the 10th player in NBA history to win back-to-back MVP awards. He averaged 29.7 points per game for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2009-2010, to go along with 8.6 assists and 7.3 rebounds, again proving he was and is the best all-around player on the planet. After some early-season hiccups with his new team, the Miami Heat, James and his mates were in first place and riding a nine-game winning streak. -
Stephen Curry
When you talk about a generational player many think about Lebron, Jordan, Bird, Magic, and more. Stephen Curry (born March 14, 1988, Akron, Ohio, U.S.) Has led the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) to championships in 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2021–22 and to the best regular-season record in league history (73–9) in 2015–16. He is the best shooter of all time and he has changed the 3-point game tremendously throughout his 16 years in the NBA.