Referat Basketball in the NBA - History of Basketball and the NBA, Distribution of the teams

Basketball in the NBA

NBA = National Basketball Association                                                                                                     

- Basketball is very popular in the USA

- Stars have got high - endowed¹ contracts

History of Basketball and the NBA:

basketball was originated by Dr. James Naismith

basketball was an event of the Olympic Games for the first time

the first basketball league was founded : the NBL ( = National Basketball League)

another basketball league was installed: the BAA ( = Basketball Association of America)

formation of the NBA out of the two other leagues

- today the NBA contents 29 teams spread over whole North America

Distribution of the teams:

2 Conferences (29 teams)

                       

Western Division (14 teams) Eastern Division (15 teams)

Pacific Division (7) Midwest Division (7) Central Division (8) Atlantic Division (7)

Sacramento Kings            Utah Jazz Milwaukee Bucks Philadelphia 76ers

Los Angeles Lakers          San Antonio Spurs Charlotte Hornets Miami Heat

Portland Trailblazers       Dallas Maveriks Toronto Raptors New York Knicks

Phoenix Suns                    Minnesota Timberwolves Indiana Pacers Orlando Magic

Seattle Supersonics          Houston Rockets Detroit Pistons Boston Celtics

Los Angeles Clippers       Denver Nuggets Cleveland Cavaliers New Jersey Nets

Golden State Warriors     Vancouver Grizzlies Atlanta Hawks Washington Wizzards

Chicago Bulls

Season:

the regular season goes from November to April

the play-off-round from May until June, where the best eight teams of both conferences took place

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Special feature: the all-year All-star-game, which is very popular:

The best of the East play against the best of the West

Three-point-shootout

Dunking contest

- former famous players were e.g. Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Earvin "Magic" Johnson,

Michael Jordan

- today´s stars are Shaquille O`Neal, Kobe Bryant, Allan Yverson,.

- the only two German in the USA are Detlev Schrempf and Dirk Nowitzki

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