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National Professional Basketball League (2007–08) This page was last edited on 25 June 2020, at 06:42 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The National Basketball League (NBL) was a professional basketball league in the United States. Established in 1935 as the Midwest Basketball Conference, it changed its name to the NBL in 1937. After the 1948–49 season, its twelfth, it merged with the Basketball Association of America (BAA) to form the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The National Professional Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NPBL, was an American men's professional basketball minor league featuring teams from the East Coast of the United States which played for two seasons. A few of the teams in the NPBL left to join the Eastern Basketball Alliance (EBA). The planned 2009 season was never ...
Continental Basketball Association (CBA), 1946–2009; [1] originally named Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, then Eastern Professional Basketball League. Professional Basketball League of America (PBLA), 1947–1948; National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL), 1947–1961; National Professional Basketball League (NPBL), 1950–1951
The league went from 17 teams to 11 before the 1950–1951 season started. Midway through the 1950–1951 season, the Washington Capitols folded as well, bringing the number of teams in the league down to ten. [1] The National Professional Basketball League was formed around the former NBA teams, with teams added in new larger markets.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world.