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:

- 1891 basketball was originated by Dr. James Naismith - 1936 basketball was an event of the Olympic Games for the first time - 1937 the first basketball league was founded : the NBL ( = National Basketball League) - 1946 another basketball league was installed: the BAA ( = Basketball Association of America) - 1949 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 Bucks 76ers Lakers Spurs Heat Portland Trailblazers Maveriks Raptors Supersonics Rockets Pistons Celtics Nuggets Cavaliers New Jersey Nets Grizzlies Hawks Washington Wizzards 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,

- today´s stars are Shaquille O`Neal, , Allan Yverson,…

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

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