National Basketball Association

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basketball league organization professional sports league

The National Basketball Association is the premier professional men's basketball league in North America, featuring top teams and players and widely regarded as the highest level of basketball competition in the world.

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Label Occurrences
National Basketball Association canonical 2,107
NBA 869
NBA Board of Governors 7

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball league ⓘ
organization ⓘ
professional sports league ⓘ
abbreviation National Basketball Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NBA
acronym National Basketball Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NBA
allStarEvent NBA All-Star Game ⓘ
canadianTeam Toronto Raptors ⓘ
commissioner Adam Silver ⓘ
commissionerStartYear 2014 ⓘ
conference Eastern Conference ⓘ
Western Conference ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developmentLeague NBA G League ⓘ
divisionsPerConference 3 ⓘ
draftEvent NBA Draft ⓘ
founded 1946-06-06 ⓘ
foundedInCity New York City ⓘ
gender men ⓘ
globalReputation widely regarded as the highest level of men’s professional basketball ⓘ
governingBodyType league office ⓘ
hallOfFameAssociation Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
headquartersCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
headquartersState New York ⓘ
level top-tier professional ⓘ
mergedWith National Basketball League (NBL) ⓘ
mergerYear 1949 ⓘ
mostChampionshipsTeam Boston Celtics ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
numberOfCanadianTeams 1 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 30 ⓘ
numberOfUSATeams 29 ⓘ
originalName Basketball Association of America ⓘ
predecessor Basketball Association of America ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
regularSeasonGamesPerTeam 82 ⓘ
relatedLeague Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
renamedAs National Basketball Association self-link ⓘ
renamedOn 1949 ⓘ
seasonStructure NBA Finals games ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals

playoffs ⓘ
regular season ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
televisionPartnersUS ABC ⓘ
ESPN ⓘ
TNT ⓘ
typicalSeasonMonths October to June ⓘ
website https://www.nba.com ⓘ

Referenced by (2,996)

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Boston Celtics → league → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Washington Wizards → league → National Basketball Association ⓘ
New York Knicks → league → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Los Angeles → hasProfessionalLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
Brooklyn Nets → league → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Brooklyn Nets → joinedLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
Basketball Association of America → mergedWith → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Basketball League
Basketball Association of America → successor → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Bill Russell → league → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Bill Russell → draftLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
Bill Russell → leagueRetiredNumberBy → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
NBA Finals games → organizer → National Basketball Association ⓘ
NBA Finals games → involvesLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
NBA Finals games → governingBody → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Board of Governors
American Airlines Center → leagueHosted → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
United Center → leagueOfTenant → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
NYK → league → National Basketball Association ⓘ
subject surface form: New York Knicks
National Basketball Association → abbreviation → National Basketball Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
National Basketball Association → renamedAs → National Basketball Association self-link ⓘ
National Basketball Association → acronym → National Basketball Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
Lucky the Leprechaun → league → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Doc Rivers → leaguePlayedIn → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Doc Rivers → draftLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C. → leagueOfFranchiseControlled → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C. → operatesInLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
Rich Gotham → affiliation → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
Capital City Go-Go → governingBody → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Basketball Association (via NBA G League)
Wizards District Gaming → associatedWithLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Atlanta → sportsLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Atlanta → hasProfessionalLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Detroit → sportsLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
Monumental Sports & Entertainment → ownsMajorFranchiseIn → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Portland Trail Blazers → league → National Basketball Association ⓘ
ABA → mergedInto → National Basketball Association ⓘ
subject surface form: American Basketball Association
ABA → influenced → National Basketball Association ⓘ
subject surface form: American Basketball Association
ABA → foundedAsRivalOf → National Basketball Association ⓘ
subject surface form: American Basketball Association
BSE Global → operatesInLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
Capital Bullets → league → National Basketball Association ⓘ
G-Wiz → associatedWithLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
YES Network → broadcastsLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
New Orleans → sportsLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA
BAA → mergedInto → National Basketball Association ⓘ
subject surface form: Basketball Association of America
BAA → successorLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ
subject surface form: Basketball Association of America
1948–49 BAA season → resultedInFormationOf → National Basketball Association ⓘ
United States men's national basketball team → typicalRosterSource → National Basketball Association ⓘ
book "Go Up for Glory" → mainSubject → National Basketball Association ⓘ
subject surface form: Go Up for Glory
Eastern Conference → partOf → National Basketball Association ⓘ
Eastern Conference → governingBody → National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: NBA Board of Governors
Eastern Conference → organizer → National Basketball Association ⓘ
TD Garden → hostsLeague → National Basketball Association ⓘ