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The following is a timeline of the organizational changes in the National Basketball Association (NBA), including contractions, expansions, relocations, and divisional realignment. The league was formed as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946 and took its current name in 1949.
The NBA would become the first major North American professional sports league to allow corporate sponsorship logos on official team uniforms, and the last to have a uniform manufacturer logo appear on its team uniforms. [144] The first team to announce a jersey sponsorship was the Philadelphia 76ers, who agreed to a deal with StubHub. [145]
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He was a 14-time All-Star, a 12-time All-NBA selection, co-captain of the 1960 gold-medal-winning US Olympic side, an NBA Finals MVP in 1969, part of the 1972 championship-winning Los Angeles ...
The high-scoring Hall of Famer, whose silhouette is used for the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Clippers announced. He was 86.
The Lakers would also debut an alternate court specific to the 2023 NBA in-season tournament, featuring a gold-painted court with a middle purple strip along the free throw lanes. The silhouette of the NBA Cup was added on each end of the purple lanes, and the actual trophy was painted at center court along with the primary Lakers logo. [10]
NBA great Jerry West is honored for being selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team during halftime in the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. He became the Lakers general manager in 1982, a job he held until ...
The NBA generally claims the BAA's history as its own. For example, at NBA History online its table of one-line "NBA Season Recaps" begins 1946–47 without comment. [4] It celebrated "NBA at 50" in 1996, with the announcement of its 50 Greatest Players among other things. [5]