premier professional basketball league in the world. The NBA was created on August 3, 1949, with the merger of the Basketball Association of America (BAA)...

The World Basketball Association (WBA) was a semi-professional men's spring basketball league in the United States. The league suspended operations after...

the world. After basketball became established in American colleges, the professional game followed. The American National Basketball Association (NBA)...

American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA merged into the National Basketball Association...

Continental Basketball Association (CBA), originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League...

The Chinese Basketball Association (simplified Chinese: 中国男子篮球职业联赛; traditional Chinese: 中國男子籃球職業聯賽; pinyin: Zhōngguó Nánzǐ Lánqiú Zhíyè Liánsài), often...

current and defunct basketball leagues around the world. FIBA Intercontinental Cup Arab Club Basketball Championship BAL – Basketball Africa League  Algeria...

The FIBA Basketball World Cup is an international basketball competition between the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball...

United States, basketball has evolved to become one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the...

national basketball champion. The original eight-team tournament expanded to 32 teams in 1938. On March 10, 1940, the National Association for Intercollegiate...