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Official website. NBA.com. 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 ). It 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. [3]
West was the first person to be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and a contributor. [85] The NBA logo, which was designed in 1969, incorporates a silhouette based on a photography of West according to its designer Alan Siegel. [86] In March 2008, ESPN voted West the third greatest shooting guard of all time. [87]
David Stern spent 30 years as the NBA's longest-serving commissioner, but he refused to admit the obvious: Lakers legend Jerry West was the inspiration for the logo.
National Basketball Association (NBA) team mascots are as follows. Two mascots, Go the Gorilla and Rocky the Mountain Lion were ranked fourth [1] and ninth [2] respectively on AskMen.com's top 10 sports mascots. As of now, four teams do not have a mascot, namely the Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, and Golden State Warriors.
The NBA lost a legend with the passing of Hall of Famer Jerry West.. The high-scoring Hall of Famer, whose silhouette is used for the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Clippers ...
Jerry West, the basketball star whose silhouette inspired the NBA’s logo, passed away on Wednesday morning aged 86, the Los Angeles Clippers have announced.. West was selected to the Basketball ...
The Nike Swoosh logo, which is featured on every NBA team's jersey. Beginning with the 2017–18 NBA season, Nike Inc. became the uniform and apparel maker for the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Nike swoosh appeared on the front right shoulder of player uniforms for the first time in league history.
"Jerry West was a basketball genius and a defining figure in our league for more than 60 years," NBA commissioner Jerry West, all-time great and inspiration for NBA logo, dies aged 86 Skip to main ...