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Highest-Rated
College Basketball Game on TV
In the history
of basketball, the highest-rated college basketball game seen
on U.S. television was the 1979 NCAA tournament championship game
- Michigan State vs. Indiana State final that featured Magic Johnson
and Larry Bird. This was one of the best-rated basketball
tournaments in basketball history!
Historically,
the NBA draft has been a tool for teams to restructure, rebuild
or fine tune their existing team with the top seniors and juniors
from the college level. However, with the emergence of free agency
and the resulting astronomical salaries that players today command
have caused a huge influx of underclassmen, high school players
and foreigners as well. There had been the occasional Moses Malone
or Shawn Kemp, who made the jump from high school to the pros,
but teams had primarily looked to the top seniors in college for
their future franchise players. Today, teams are scouting players
in junior high in attempt to get the edge on their rivals. It
has become common place to hear about players like Kevin Garnet
and Kobe Bryant forgoing college and making the jump right into
the NBA Their success and subsequent $100 million dollar contracts
are furthering this trend. However, for every Kobe and Kevin there
is a thousand Leon Smiths. Leon is symbolic of what happens to
teenagers who are thrown into the NBA limelight before they are
ready. Succumbing to the pressures of pro basketball and finding
himself without a potential team to play for and not having a
college degree to fall back on. Scouts are not only looking to
neighborhood playgrounds for their future stars, but are also
scouring the globe for the next late Drazen Petrovic or Vlade
Divac. The amount of money and subsequent marketing that the NBA
generates has transformed what was once considered an American
game to a global sport that attracts both men and women of all
ages.
NBA
History Stats
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Year
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Expansions,
Changes and Mergers
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1946
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The
Basketball Association of America (BAA) is comprised of
11 teams in two divisions: Boston Celtics, Chicago Stags,
Cleveland Rebels, Detroit Falcons, New York Knickerbockers,
Philadelphia Warriors, Pittsburgh Ironmen, Providence Steamrollers,
St Louis Bombers, Toronto and Washington Capitols
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1947
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Baltimore
Bullets join the BAA; Four teams drop out: Cleveland Rebels,
Detroit Falcons, Pittsburgh Ironmen and Toronto Huskies
(8-teams, 2 divisions).
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1948
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Four
teams from the more established National Basketball League
(NBL) are added to the BAA: Ft Wayne Pistons, Indianapolis
Jets, Minneapolis Lakers and Rochester Royals (12-teams,
2 divisions).
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1949
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The
six remaining NBL franchises—Anderson (IN) Packers, Denver
Nuggets, Indianapolis Olympians, Sheboygan (WI) Redskins,
Syracuse Nationals, Tri-Cities Blackhawks and Waterloo (IA)
Hawks—join along with the new Indianapolis Olympians; the
BAA becomes the National Basketball Association; Providence
Steamrollers and Indianapolis Jets drop out (17-teams, 3
divisions).
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1950
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Six
teams drop out: Anderson Packers, Chicago Stags, Denver
Nuggets, Sheboygan Redskins, St Louis Bombers and Waterloo
Hawks (11 teams, 2 divisions)
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1951
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Tri-Cities
Blackhawks, who divided home games between Moline and Rock
Island (IL), and Davenport (IA) move to Milwaukee and become
the Hawks. Washington Capitols disband before end of 1950-51
season (10 teams, 2 divisions).
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1953
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Indianapolis
Olympians drop out (9 teams, 2 divisions).
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1954
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Baltimore
Bullets drop out (8 teams, 2 divisions).
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1955
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Milwaukee
Hawks move to St Louis
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1957
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Ft
Wayne Pistons move to Detroit; Rochester Royals move to
Cincinnati.
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1960
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Minneapolis
Lakers move to Los Angeles
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1961
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Chicago
Packers join the NBA as an expansion team (9 teams, 2 divisions)
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1962
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Chicago
Packers renamed Zephyrs; Philadelphia Warriors move to San
Francisco.
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1963
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Chicago
Zephyrs move to Baltimore and become Bullets; Syracuse Nationals
move to Philadelphia and become 76ers.
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1966
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Chicago
Bulls join league as an expansion team (10 teams, 2 divisions)
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1967
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San
Diego Rockets and Seattle SuperSonics join league as an
expansion teams (12 teams, 2 divisions).
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1968
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Milwaukee
Bucks and Phoenix Suns join league as an expansion teams
(14 teams, 2 divisions). St Louis Hawks move to Atlanta.
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1970
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Buffalo
Braves, Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers join
league as an expansion teams (17 teams, 4 divisions).
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1971
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San
Diego Rockets move to Houston; San Francisco Warriors move
to Oakland and become Golden State Warriors
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1972
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Cincinnati
Royals move to The Midwest, divide home games between Kansas
City (MO) and Omaha (NE), and become Kings
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1973
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Baltimore
Bullets move to Landover (MD) and become Capital Bullets
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1974
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New
Orleans Jazz join league as an expansion team (18 teams,
4 divisions). Capital Bullets renamed Washington Bullets.
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1975
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KC-Omaha
Kings settle in Kansas City
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1976
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Four
teams from the ABA merge with the NBA: Denver Nuggets, Indiana
Pacers, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs (22 teams, 4
divisions).
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1977
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New
York Nets move from Uniondale (NY) to Piscataway (NJ) (later
East Rutherford) and become New Jersey Nets
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1978
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Buffalo
Braves move to San Diego and become Clippers
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1979
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New
Orleans Jazz move to Salt Lake City and become Utah Jazz.
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1980
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Dallas
Mavericks join the NBA as an expansion team (23 teams, 4
divisions).
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1984
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San
Diego Clippers move to Los Angeles
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1985
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Kansas
City Kings move to Sacramento
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1988
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Charlotte
Hornets and Miami Heat join the NBA as an expansion teams
(25 teams, 4 divisions).
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1989
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Minnesota
Timberwolves and Orlando Magic join the NBA as an expansion
teams (27 teams, 4 divisions).
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1995
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Toronto
Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies join the NBA as an expansion
teams (29 teams, 4 divisions).
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1997
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Washington
Bullets become Washington Wizards.
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See below for more information on college basketball, basketball
tournaments and the history of basketball.
Links:
AMERICAN
BASKETBALL LEAGUE STATISTICS
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/abl/
www.nba.com
www.sportsrumble.com
http://www.nwtickets.com/
http://www.sportsline.com/u/contests/daytonaticket.htm
http://www.exectick.com/
http://www.fiba.com/
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