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Back when it all started
The game of basketball as it is known today was created by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts to condition young athletes during cold months. It consisted of peach baskets and a soccer style ball. -
Founded
The league NBA, was founded in New York and originally named as the Basketball Association of America and took it's current name 5 years later in 1949. -
FIRST GAME!
The first official game of the BAA was between the Toronto Huskies and New York Knickerbockers. During the time there were only 11 teams. More than 7,000 fans attended. Fun fact : if you were taller than Toronto’s 6' 8" George Nostrand, you were granted free admission. -
Kenny Sailors
Kenny Sailors became the first pro player to use the jump shot. -
Six more
Six teams from the NBL join the BAA. the resulting 17 teams form the National Basketball Association (NBA). and name Maurice Podloff as President. -
Diversity in the NBA
Duquesne University's Charles Cooper becomes the first black man drafted by an NBA team, the Boston Celtics. -
Yikes!
The Fort Wayne Pistons beat the Minneapolis Lakers 19-18 in the lowest scoring game in NBA history. -
The Globetrotters take on Berlin
A crowd of 75,000 people, a record for a basketball game, watch the Harlem Globetrotters perform at Berlin Olympic Stadium.
link--https://youtu.be/s-VWQTUW0w0
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First NBA All-Star Game
The East win 111 to West falling short with a total of 94 points. -
Invention of the shotclock
The NBA introduces the 24-second clock. As a result the pace of the game quickens. -
100 points
Wilt Chamberlin scores a NBA record 100 Points in a game vs. New York. Fun fact; he nearly boxed heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in 1965. -
The First Ever Three Pointer
Celtics guard Chris Ford hits the NBA's first three pointer. -
First NBA slam dunk contest
The first winner of the slam dunk contest in 1984 was Larry Nance in Denver,Colorado. It took place at McNichols Sports Arena.
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NBA , a star student
Since 1988, Lapchick has compiled race and gender “report cards” for each of the major U.S. sports leagues, assessing them on equity in hiring practices. The NBA, Lapchick says, has consistently earned the highest grades on both racial and gender inclusion; for 2015, the year of the most recent report, the NBA earned men’s pro sports’ only A+ for racial hiring practices, and a B+ for gender. -
TORONTO RAPTORS-Canada in the NBA
The Raptors, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, played their first game in 1995, and were the first NBA teams based in Canada since the 1946–47 Toronto Huskies, though the Buffalo Braves had played a total of 16 regular season games at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto from 1971 to 1975. They are now the only Canadian basketball team playing in the NBA. -
New part of the NBA
The NBA Agrees to start a Womens Nation Basketball Association (WNBA).First game of the WNBA was played between the New York Liberty and the Los Angeles Sparks -
LOCKOUT
A Lockout occurs by the Owners and players union that cuts the NBA season by 32 games. -
TEAM USA
USA Basketball announced the first nine players of the 1999 USA Men's Senior National Team. Selected are Vin Baker (Seattle SuperSonics); Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs); Kevin Garnett (Minnesota Timberwolves); Tom Gugliotta (Phoenix Suns); Tim Hardaway (Miami Heat); Allan Houston (New York Knicks); Jason Kidd (Phoenix Suns); Gary Payton (Seattle SuperSonics) and Steve Smith (Atlanta Hawks). -
Straight out of High School
The Washington Wizards draft Kwame Brown as the first ever high schooler to be drafted #1 overall in the NBA. -
Yao in the NBA
The Houston Rockets Draft Yao Ming to be the first #1 overall pick to never play College ball in the US. -
Finally 30 teams
The NBA Agrees to Expand to Charlotte once again. bringing the number of teams to 30. This is the current number of teams to date. -
MJ out
Micheal Jordan is a retired professional basketball player, businessman, and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. He played from 1995 - 2003. He retired playing for the Washington Wizards. -
Moving to Oklahoma
Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder ( 2008-2009) -
Sprite says goodbye
On February 27th , the NBA announced that Sprite's 28-year run will be over and be taken over by their number one rival, Pepsi. This is significant because of how long sprite (coca-cola) had been running the game and had been intercepted by Pepsi. -
Legend retires
Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (aka the black mamba) retired on April 13, 2016.He played twenty seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and was originally drafted by the Charlotte Hornets (Round: 1 / Pick: 13). He retired with 5 five championship rings as of 2014. He scored 81 points against Toronto Raptors on Jan 22 2006. Which is the second highest score in NBA and highest score in over four decades.
https://youtu.be/BSPJmXJK1Lc
