National Professional Basketball League
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The National Professional Basketball League was a short-lived early 1950s American professional basketball league that briefly served as an alternative to the NBA.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Professional Basketball League canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct professional basketball league
ⓘ
sports league ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NPBL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternativeTo | National Basketball Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | major professional ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1951 ⓘ |
| era | early 1950s ⓘ |
| governedBy | league owners ⓘ |
| hadTeam |
Anderson Packers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Denver Refiners NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Rapids Hornets NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas City Hi-Spots NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisville Alumnites NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Paul Lights NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheboygan Redskins NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterloo Hawks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | short-lived alternative to the NBA ⓘ |
| inception | 1950 ⓘ |
| locationOfTeams |
Midwestern United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | limited regional coverage ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsAtEnd | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsAtStart | 8 GENERATED ⓘ |
| playoffFormat | championship series ⓘ |
| precededBy | National Basketball League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution |
financial difficulties
ⓘ
low attendance ⓘ |
| seasonStructure | 1950–51 NPBL season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.