『壹』 英文版籃球歷史
The game of basketball was originated from a peach basket and a round ball more than one hundred years ago. In recent decades, Dr.James Naismith created the first rough basketball model, thus NBA has become the family of all the greatest palyers in the basketball history.
個人水平，僅供參考，不敢說精確，但絕對正確。
『貳』 NBA 英文版發展史
我英語學的太不好
你上www.NBA.COM上看看吧 應該有的
『叄』 nba的歷史以及一些重要的資料~英文..謝謝~!
http://www.nba.com/playoffs2007/index.html
http://www.nba.com/history/
『肆』 關於NBA的歷史英文演講稿！
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league, composed of thirty teams in North America (twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada). It is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body (NGB) for basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues, which include Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL).
The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The league adopted the name National Basketball Association in 1949 after merging with the rival National Basketball League (NBL). The league's several international as well as indivial team offices are directed out of its head offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City. NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, New Jersey.
『伍』 關於NBA的歷史（要用全英文回答喲）
NBA HISTORY
From its inception as a league in 1949, the National Basketball Association (NBA) had grown from a small league garnering little interests from the American public to a global juggernaut responsible for making basketball into the fastest growing sport in the world! The history of the NBA is filled with remarkable stories and captivating characters. Starting as a league featuring 8 teams to its current 30 teams. From the first superstar, center George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers, to its current star, Chinese center Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets.
Here at RingSurf NBA, we realize that true fans appreciate the history and evolution of the game in the world』s greatest basketball league. That is why we are devoting a special segment documenting the History of the NBA, highlighting significant changes, moments, and players of the game. Our special segments trace the dynasties of the Minneapolis Lakers, Boston Celtics, and Chicago Bulls, as well as recording the significance of such great players and ambassadors of the game from George Mikan, Bill Russell, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, and Shaquille O』Neal.
To fully appreciate the NBA as it is now, it is important to recognize the history that has allowed it to achieve the status it maintains today. You will see that the NBA was as exciting back then as it is now!
『陸』 NBA的發展史，英文的，字數越多越好啊
1995's labor problems between the National Basketball Association, the National Basketball Players Association and a group of so-called "dissident players" who are attempting to decertify the union have caused basketball fans to wonder aloud "what happened to the 'partnership' between the players and owners and when did their relationship become so adversarial?" The relative obscurity of the league until the 1980s has hidden the fact that labor negotiations between the league and it's players have always been painful, litigious, and drawn out.
The salary cap in sports is nothing new. Its origin in basketball can be traced back to the league's $55,000 salary cap for the league's first season, 1946-47. Most players earned between $4,000 and $5,000, but there were a few exceptions. Tom King of the Detroit Falcons for example. He drew the league's highest salary, $16,500, not solely because of his playing ability, but also e to his front office ties as the team's publicity director and business manager. Philadelphia's star scorer, Joe Fulks, pulled in $8,000 for his league-leading 23.2 points a game (King's rookie season was a bit less successful. He averaged 5.1 points in his only year and the Falcons went out of business following the season).
From 1946 to 1949 the top players managed to use the leverage of two rival leagues, the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League, to carve out a fair existence for themselves. George Mikan, the premier player of the era, signed a five-year contract with the Chicago American Gears worth $60,000 plus incentives in 1946; Bob Davies of the Rochester Royals, considered the top guard in basketball, was rewarded with a four-year, $50,000 contract; and Jim Pollard, a Hall of Fame forward, signed with the Minneapolis Lakers for $12,000 a year in 1947. The BAA was able to convince four of the best NBL franchises: Minneapolis (which featured Mikan and Pollard), along with Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Rochester (who brought Davies) into switching leagues in an effort to exert their superiority. The NBL was far from dead however, and in 1949, after the NBL stunned the BAA by awarding a franchise to a group of former college stars from the University of Kentucky (which included All-Americans Alex Groza and Frank Beard, both top prospects), who would then each draw a salary of $10,000. The two leagues, which had been bitter rivals, merged to form the National Basketball Association, leaving the players with two options: play for the salary the NBA offered you or play Amateur Athletic Union basketball for a company team (such as the Phillips 66ers, Akron Goodyears or Peoria Caterpillers), an option which a few of the top players, including Clyde Lovellette, Jim Pollard and George Yardley chose.
Economic conditions continued unchanged through 1954, at which point Bob Cousy, the league's top player, began to organize the NBPA, which would become the first team sports player's union. Cousy began by writing to an established player from each of the league's teams (Paul Arizin of Philadelphia, Carl Braun of New York, Bob Davies of Rochester, Paul Hoffman of Baltimore, Andy Phillip of Fort Wayne, Pollard, Dolph Schayes of Syracuse and Don Sunderlage of Milwaukee) in hopes of encouraging solidarity among the players. All but Phillip responded positively (of all the owners, Fort Wayne's Fred Zollner, who owned a machine works plant, was the staunchest union opponent and this prevented the Pistons players from participating), and Cousy next went to NBA President Maurice Podoloff at the January, 1955 NBA All-Star Game with a list of concerns: payment of back salaries to the members of the defunct Baltimore Bullets club; establishment of a twenty-game limit on exhibition games, after which the players should share in the profits; abolition of the $15 "whispering fine" which referees could impose on a player ring a game; payment of $25 expenses for public appearances other than radio, television or certain charitable functions; establishment of an impartial board of arbitration to settle player-owner disputes; moving expenses for traded players; and payment of player salaries in ten installments rather that twelve, to provide more money to players cut ring the season. Podoloff agreed to the payment of two weeks' salary to six players who had played for Baltimore before the franchise folded and committed to meeting with the player representatives within two weeks over their concerns.
Podoloff and league owners continued to put off the players until Cousy met with AFL-CIO officials over possible union affiliation in January of 1957. The league then agreed to bargain in good faith with the players union following the season. In April, the NBA Board of Governors formally recognized the NBPA and agreed to their terms:
-a probationary abolition of the whisper fine
-a seven dollar per diem and other reasonable traveling expenses
-an increase in the 1957-58 playoff pool
-regular players would no longer be required to report to training camp earlier than four weeks prior to the season
-elimination of exhibition games within three days of the season opener or on the day prior to a regular season game with a limit of three exhibition games ring the season
-player contracts would be mailed no later than September 1st
-referral of player-owner disputes to the NBA League President or a committee of three NBA Governors to be chosen by the player
-considerate treatment for the player in regards to radio and television appearances
-reasonable moving expenses for a player traded ring the season.
In 1958, following the victory of the fledgling union, Cousy would resign his position as NBPA President after becoming frustrated with nonpayment of the $10 annual union es by many of the players. His replacement as head of the union would be his Boston teammate Tom Heinsohn.
Under Heinsohn's leadership, the union would assume a more aggressive approach regarding negotiations with the league. Heinsohn, Schayes and Richie Guerin of New York reached an agreement with the owners in January of 1961 over a player pension. The owners agreed in principle to a pension plan for the league's players, with details to be worked out in meetings to begin in February after the players had set a goal of $100 a month at age 65 for players with five years of service and $200 a month at age 65 for players with ten years of service.
Talks failed to bring an agreement and in 1962, after meeting with several candidates, Heinsohn hired attorney Lawrence Fleisher as the union's General Counsel in an effort to obtain a pension plan and achieve other union goals (which included the standardization of the use of team trainers, the elimination of Saturday night games preceding Sunday afternoon television games, a increase in player per diem, a rection in preseason games, and player free agency).
Little progress occurred until the January 1964 All-Star Game. The game was important national television exposure for the league, and also presented a unique opportunity for the players. The players threatened to not play the game over the lack of a pension agreement. Minutes before game time NBA President Walter Kennedy gave his personal guarantee that adoption of a pension plan would occur at the next owners meeting, which took place in May when they approved a plan in which they would contribute 50% toward the purchase of a $2,000 endowment policy.
Heinsohn would continue as NBPA President until Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati succeeded him in 1966. Robertson's first major move was to announce at the January 1967 All-Star Game that the players would ask the owners that they be paid for exhibition games, that the limit on the number of exhibitions be reced from 15 to 10, and that the NBPA hopes to meet with representatives of Major League Baseball and National Football League players concerning more unity among professional athletes. Tensions between the union and owners escalated until the owners announced in March that the playoff would be canceled unless the players gave assurances that they would "comply with their contracts" and participate in the playoffs as scheled. The union then responded by threatening to file for certification with the National Labor Relations Board and to strike the playoffs in an effort to upgrade their pension plan. The dispute was settled soon after, with the players receiving an agreement which included:
-a $600 a month pension for players with ten years of service at age 65 and retroactively to the beginning of the career for all active players
-new medical and insurance benefits
-elimination of games played immediately before the All-Star Game
-an 82-game limitation on the regular season
-discussion of exhibition game pay
-formation of a committee to review the standard player contract before the 1967-68 season
Prior to the 1968-69 season, the union and NBA agreed on their first revision of the standard players contract which would increase salaries with the minimum rookie salary raised to $10,000 for 1968-69 and $13,000 in 1970-71 and the minimum pensioned veteran's salary raised to $12,500 in 1968-69 and $13,500 in 1969-70.
With the formation of a new rival league, the American Basketball Association, in 1967, the players' salaries again began to increase. With players such as Rick Barry, Billy Cunningham and Zelmo Beaty jumping to the new league for bigger contracts, and with the new league's success in signing top college talent like Mel Daniels and Spencer Haywood, the NBA soon opened talks with the ABA about a possible merger of the two leagues. As a merger drew near in 1970, the players filed the "Oscar Robertson Suit", an antitrust suit to block any merger; do away with the option clause which bound a player to a team in perpetuity; the college draft, which limited the player to negotiating with one club; and restrictions on free agent signings; and seeking compensation for damages incurred in the past e to the option clause. The union then received a restraining order to block any merger, and the talks then died. The acrimony didn't block a new labor agreement however, as the NBPA came to a three-year labor agreement with the NBA in October of 1970 with an increase in minimum salaries, the playoff pool and the per diem allowance.
After attempts to work out a compromise with the players in 1971 and to get Congressional approval for a merger in 1972 failed, the NBPA (now led by NBPA President Paul Silas of Boston who replaced Robertson in 1975) and the league reached a tentative agreement giving players free agency with their teams awarded compensation through 1980 (with the compensation of cash, players or draft choices determined by the NBA Commissioner) after which the player's former team would hold the right of first refusal on any free agent signings; limiting a teams rights to a drafted player to one year after which he would go back into the draft a second time if unsigned; ending the option clause in all contracts (with the exception of one-year rookie contracts); and paying about 500 players $4.3 million as a settlement and $1 million for the union's legal fees, pending agreement of a new collective bargaining agreement and dismissal of the Oscar Robertson Suit. Along with a new six-year collective bargaining agreement which brought with it an increase in pension benefits; the minimum salary (from $20,000 to $30,000); the per diem; medical and dental coverage, term life insurance; the playoff pool; and player's shares for the All-Star Game, the players could claim a major victory. While the leagues did indeed merge, the players now could negotiate with more than one club, insuring a better position for contract negotiation.
Following a new three-year collective bargaining agreement (which included increases in the minimum salary, elimination of no-trade agreements in player contracts in 1980) and Silas' resignation as union head in order to become coach of the San Diego Clippers, financial health of the league became a major concern. Numerous franchises suffered from serious losses, headed by Cleveland, Denver, Indiana, Kansas City, San Diego and Utah. Some, including Kansas City and San Diego, nearly provoked a player strike in 1982 as they fell behind on their deferred payments to former players, as the league totaled an estimated $80 million to $90 million in deferred money owed to players. With the very real threat of the loss of franchises and player jobs, the union, now led by its new president Bob Lanier, agreed to a new four-year collective bargaining agreement in March of 1983 after strained negotiations and the threat of a player strike. The agreement was ground breaking for professional sports as it included:
- a salary cap guarantying the players between 53% and 57% of the NBA's gross revenues (gate receipts, local and national television and radio revenue and preseason and postseason revenue)
-$500,000 a year in licensing revenue
-a guarantee that the league will maintain 253 player jobs even if there is a rection in the number of teams
The 1983 agreement would prove to be a major turning point for the league. An amendment later in the year which implemented the NBA's first league-wide substance abuse policy, proved to be a big step in cleaning up the league's image problems, and brilliant young players like Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan excited the fans.
The financial well-being of the league improved under Commissioner David Stern, who assumed the position in 1984, but in 1987 the owners and players clashed over the salary cap, right of first refusal and college draft. Following a brief signing moratorium and a failed attempt at an antitrust suit by a player group headed by NBPA President Junior Bridgeman of Milwaukee, and the threat of union decertification, an agreement on a six-year collective bargaining agreement is reached, including:
-continuation of the salary cap; guarantying the players 53% of the leagues revenues
-recing the college draft to three rounds in 1988 and two rounds in 1989
-eliminating of the right of first refusal after a player completes his second contract with unrestricted free agency for certain veteran players
-the inclusion of five-year veterans who finished their careers prior to 1965 in the pension plan.
Mutual good will continued under the cap until 1991, at which point the NBPA discovered that the league had underreported their income by excluding revenues from luxury suite rentals, playoff ticket sales and arena signage. After a legal dispute in which the league argued that the income fell outside of the defined revenues of the salary cap, and an increase of a total of $92.7 in player salaries and pension funding e to a ruling in favor of the union, the players would no longer look at their agreement with ownership as the "partnership" Stern had frequently proclaimed it.
Creative accounting would open loopholes in the cap as the restructuring of contracts, early termination clauses, one-year contracts and balloon payments provided means for teams to circumvent the cap in order to sign players. Following the completion of the labor deal in 1994, the league and players managed to reach a no-strike, no-lockout agreement to protect the 1994-95 season, playing under the previous agreement in hopes of striking a new deal ring the season. Talks were unsuccessful, and a lockout was imposed by the owners following the completion of the 1995 NBA Finals in an effort by the owners to put pressure on the players. When the union (represented by NBPA President Buck Williams of Portland and NBPA Executive Director Simon Gourdine) reached a highly-secretive agreement with the league (represented by NBA Commissioner David Stern and NBA Deputy Commissioner & Chief Operating Officer Russ Granik) which included a luxury tax, rookie salary cap and other provisions designed to tighten the salary cap; a group of players led by Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing began an effort to decertify the union. Noting the concerns over possible restrictions on player movement, the player representatives chose not to ratify the agreement and sent it back for further negotiation. In August, after the union had imposed a deadline to pressure the league into concessions, the luxury tax was dropped and exceptions for veteran free agents were restored in a revised agreement. The group seeking decertification remained unsatisfied and chose to press for an end to the union in hopes that it would provide the players with a means to sue the league under antitrust law to end the salary cap, college draft and restrictions on free agency. A decertification election was then held in September of 1995, with the players voting 226-134 against, a few days later player representatives voted 25-2 in favor of ratifying the agreement. The owners quickly voted 24-5 in favor of the agreement and the owner-imposed lockout was lifted days later. The contract remained unsigned until June of 1996 when the players and owners finalized the deal. The final agreement included:
-unrestricted free agency for all players following the conclusion of their contracts
-a guarantee of 48.04% of all Basketball Related Income to the players, which now included luxury suites, international television and arena signage
-various player exemptions to the cap, with the league keeping the so-called "Larry Bird Exemption" which allowed teams to re-sign their own free agents at any price
-shortening of the college draft to one round, beginning in 1998
-rookie salary cap with a graated scale depending on the position a player is drafted, allowing him free agency after his third season.
The Rookie salary cap proved to be a windfall for the players. Draft choices such as Kevin Garnett (six years, $121 million) and Rasheed Wallace (six years, $80 million) and Bryant Reeves (six years, $65 million) all received huge contract extensions, while others like Antionio McDyess, Damon Stoudamire, Joe Smith and Jerry Stackhouse were traded before they could become free agents.
Another perceived problem was the loss of control over the players. After Latrell Sprewell was suspended by the league for a year and had his contract terminated by Golden State after an attack on coach P.J. Carlesimo, an arbitrator ruled that the penalty was to harsh, shortening his suspension to the remainder of the season and reinstating his contract, citing past penalties for violence by players.
During the 1997-98 season the NBA owners voted to re-open the collective bargaining agreement, claiming losses by 13 teams. The union, now led by its new Patrick Ewing of New York and Executive Director William Hunter, is expected to meet owner demands (including greater authority for the Commissioner in disciplining the players, an inclusion of marijuana in the league's drug testing and a hard salary cap), with resistance, citing the league's new four-year $2.4 billion television deal with NBC and Turner Sports as a counter to the plea of poverty and looking to restore the league's middle class and curb control of the Commissioner ability to impose punishment over players. Provisions in the television contracts guarantying the owners money even in the event of a work stoppage, and the failure of the rookie salary cap to curtail big contacts to young players may bring about a lockout ring the summer and lead to the loss of games for the first time in the league's history.
『柒』 nba發展歷程英文簡介
都是英文，你怎麼看啊
『捌』 用英文介紹NBA的發展過程
NBA歷史上十大球隊（英文）
1964-65 Boston Celtics 62 - 18 (.775)
Led by Bill Russell, Sam Jones, John Havlicek, Tom Sanders and Tom Heinsohn...Broke its own league record for most victories in a season and went on to win the Celtics' seventh consecutive NBA championship...Battled the Philadelphia 76ers in an East Finals for the ages, winning Game Seven 110-109; John Havlicek's deflection at game's end proced the legendary "Havlicek stole the ball!" radio call from Celtics broadcaster Johnny Most...Defeated the L.A. Lakers 4-1 in 1965 NBA Finals.
1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers 68 - 13 (.840)
Propelled by Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer, Chet Walker and Billy Cunningham, started the season 46-4 and went on to set record for most victories in a season (broken by 1971-72 L.A. Lakers)...Ended Celtics' run of eight consecutive championships by defeating Boston 4-1 in Eastern Division Finals...Defeated the San Francisco Warriors 4-2 in 1967 NBA Finals.
1969-70 New York Knicks 60 - 22 (.732)
Willis Reed, Walt Frazier, Dick Barnett, Dave DeBusschere, Bill Bradley and Cazzie Russell starred for one of the best passing teams in NBA history...Captured New York's first NBA Championship by defeating Los Angeles 4-3 in the memorable 1970 NBA Finals...Captain Willis Reed, who missed Game Six e to a torn leg muscle, hobbled onto the Madison Square Garden floor before Game Seven and scored New York's first two baskets to inspire the Knicks to a 113-99 victory.
1971-72 L.A. Lakers 69 - 13 (.841)
Gail Goodrich, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim McMillian and Happy Hairston combined to bring Lakers their first championship of the Los Angeles era...Broke Philadelphia's 1966-67 record for wins in a season (broken by Chicago in 1995-96), at one point winning 33 consecutive games, a record that still stands...Won NBA record 16 consecutive road games...Best road winning percentage in NBA history (.816; 31-7)...Defeated New York 4-1 in 1972 NBA Finals.
1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers 65 - 17 (.793)
Moses Malone joined the 76ers as a free agent and teamed with Julius Erving, Andrew Toney, Maurice Cheeks and Bobby Jones to bring the 76ers their first title in 16 seasons...Malone proclaimed the 76ers would sweep through the NBA Playoffs in "Fo', Fo', Fo'" and he wasn't far off as Philadelphia cruised in "Fo', Fi', Fo'" to post the best winning percentage in NBA Playoffs history at .923 (12-1).
1985-86 Boston Celtics 67 - 15 (.817)
Stung by a 4-2 loss to the L.A. Lakers in the 1985 NBA Finals, Larry Bird led the Celtics featuring Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, Dennis Johnson, Danny Ainge and a rejuvenated Bill Walton to the best record in franchise history and a 4-2 defeat of Houston in the 1986 NBA Finals...Posted 40-1 record at Boston Garden, best home winning percentage (.976) in NBA history...Fifth-best overall winning percentage ever (.817).
1986-87 L.A. Lakers 65 - 17 (.793)
The Lakers recaptured their place atop the NBA thanks to the "Showtime" fast-break style spearheaded by Earvin "Magic" Johnson and teammates Kareem Abl-Jabbar, James Worthy, Byron Scott, A.C. Green and Michael Cooper...Johnson averaged a career-best 23.9 points per game and led the league in assists with a 12.2 average...Lakers defeated Boston 4-2 in the 1987 NBA Finals after winning 11 of their first 12 games in the playoffs.
1988-89 Detroit Pistons 63 - 19 (.768)
Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Joe Dumars, Mark Aguirre, Vinnie Johnson and Dennis Rodman combined to form the heart of one of the strongest defensive teams in the modern era...Lacking a dominant center, Pistons featured a potent three-guard rotation and a deep bench that rebounded and defended relentlessly...Pistons were 15-2 in 1989 playoffs, including 4-0 sweep of L.A. Lakers in 1989 NBA Finals.
1991-92 Chicago Bulls 67 - 15 (.817)
Michael Jordan dominated the NBA and received strong support from teammates Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, B.J. Armstrong, Bill Cartwright and John Paxson...Topped previous championship season by winning six more games than in 1990-91, the fifth-winningest season in league history...Defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 4-2 in 1992 NBA Finals.
1995-96 Chicago Bulls 72 - 10 (.878)
Featuring Superman (Michael Jordan), Batman (Scottie Pippen) and Rodman (Dennis Rodman), Bulls shattered record for most wins in a regular season...Won 87 of 100 games, including the playoffs...Ron Harper, Luc Longley, Toni Kukoc and Steve Kerr rounded out core of driven team that featured triangle offense...Started season an amazing 41-3...Jordan's first full season since returning from retirement.
『玖』 籃球發展史英語簡介
Basketball was on the Olympic programme in 1904, but the event was contested by only a few American club teams and actually served as the AAU (Amateur （業余愛好者）Athletic Union of the USA) Championship for that year. Thus the event is usually considered only an exhibition. The winning team, incidentally（偶然地）, was the Buffalo German club, which was so dominant in those days that they were incted（引導；引入） into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a team.
In 1936, basketball made its first appearance as a medal sport at the Olympics, and the sport has been included in every Olympic Games since. In 1976, women's basketball was added to the programme. The United States has dominated international basketball. The USA won all the Olympic titles until 1972 when they were defeated by the Soviet Union. The Soviet women were originally the top team on the female side, winning gold in 1976, 1980 and 1992, but the US women have now surpassed them, winning gold medals in 1984, 1988, 1996 and 2000.
Today, basketball has become one of the most popular sports in the world, rivalling （競爭，對抗）football (soccer) for world-wide popularity and trailing only volleyball and track and field athletics in terms of number of member federations. US College basketball is wildly popular in the United States, culminating each March with the NCAA Championships. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the professional basketball league in the United States and universally considered to be the strongest in the world with the European leagues being close in terms of competition and public awareness.
『拾』 NBA的起源 英文版 急啊~~~~
美國的籃球協會在 1946 年被東北和中西部的主要運動競技場的擁有者發現了，最特別地，麥迪遜廣場在紐約市栽培花木。 雖然已經有較早的嘗試在專業的籃球聯盟, 包括美國籃球聯盟和國立籃球聯盟, BAA 是嘗試主要地在主要的城市大競技場中玩的第一個聯盟。 在它的早的年期間，雖然，游戲的質量在 BAA 不顯然地比在競爭方面還要好聯盟或在主要的之中中立派聯合行動如此的當做黑人住宅區世界觀光旅行家。 舉例來說，這 1947 ABL 決賽選手巴爾的摩子彈移動到 BAA了而且嬴得被嬴得了 1949 BAA 的這 1948 NBL 冠軍明尼亞波尼斯州湖魚跟隨的它的 1948 名稱命名。 在 1946 年十一月 1 日，多倫多強壯結實之人主辦了全美籃球協會現在視為它的第一場游戲在聯盟的歷史中被玩的紐約燈籠褲。
在 1949 季節之後， BAA 同意以 NBL 合並,把國立籃球協會擴張到位於一個大又小城市的混合、連同大的競技場和較小的健身房和軍械庫的十七個許可。在 1950 年，全美籃球協會聯合至十一個許可，繼續到 1954 的一個程序，當聯盟達成了八個許可的它最小大小的時候，全部都仍然在聯盟中。 (燈籠褲, 塞爾特人的, 戰士、湖魚、皇家/國王、活塞、鷹和國民/76人隊)
當縮短的時候, 聯盟也看見對較大的城市的它的較小的城市許可動作。移轉的鷹從 " 三城市的 "(區域現在當做線組城市知道) 到密爾瓦基然後到聖路易斯; 從羅徹斯特到辛辛那提的皇家,從堡壘韋恩到底特律的活塞。
雖然當他為紐約尼克玩的時候，日本-美國 Wataru Misaka 在 1947-48 季節內技術上斷掉了全美籃球協會彩色障礙，但是 1950 被認為，那年全美籃球協會與波士頓塞爾提克以一些隊包括的非洲後裔美國運動員的附加輕叩整合了庫柏, Nat" Sweetwater" 克利夫頓用紐約尼克、和伯爵與華盛頓國會大廈的勞埃德。 今天, 比五十年之後還要多, 全美籃球協會由許多不同的比賽的運動員組成,藉由不同的背景和文化。 多數 (80%) 的全美籃球協會運動員今天是非洲後裔美國的。
在這時期期間，被中央喬治 Mikan 引導的明尼亞波尼斯州湖魚,嬴得了五場全美籃球協會冠軍賽而且建立了他們自己作為它的第一的個朝代。
為了要在游戲上面使高興，聯盟介紹了 24-秒注射在 1954 年的時鍾.
在 1956 年，新手中央的比爾羅素叄加了波士頓塞爾提克，他[她] 已經由守衛鮑伯 Cousy 主演而且訓練紅色的 Auerbach, 而且繼續引導俱樂部走向十三個季節的十一全美籃球協會名稱。集中在 1959 年被進入聯盟的青枯病侍從而且變成了 1960 年代的占優勢個別星,在得分而且彈回方面創造新的記錄。 羅素的敵對用侍從在團隊運動的歷史中變成了棒個別的敵對之一。
經過這時期，全美籃球協會繼續以到洛杉磯的明尼亞波尼斯州湖魚的變化加強, 費城戰士到舊金山, 和對費城、連同它的第一個擴充許可的附加的錫拉庫札國民。
在 1967 年，聯盟用美國籃球協會的形成面對了一種新的外部威脅。 聯盟在才能的一個競標戰爭中約定了。全美籃球協會登陸了連同奧斯卡羅伯遜一起在他的第二的季節、和誰稍後利用了五場湖魚冠軍賽隊中引導了密爾瓦基公鹿走向名稱的時代, Kareem 阿布杜-Jabbar(然後已知的當做 Lew Alcindor) 的最重要學院星。
然而，全美籃球協會的主要記錄員，瑞克巴里跳到了 ABA, 如同做四個退伍軍人仲裁人-基準的 Drucker 、伯爵 Strom 、約翰 Vanak 和喬 Gushue。
ABA 也成功地簽署一些主要的星, 包括猶利 Erving, 部份地，因為它允許了隊簽署學院大學生。 全美籃球協會在這期間快速地擴大, 一個目的在綁好大多數的能養活的城市。 在 1976 季節之後，聯盟到達了為對全美籃球協會的四個 ABA 許可的附加提供的殖民,升起在那時的聯盟中的許可的數字至 22 。
聯盟把 ABA 的創新三點的射門開始加入 1979 打開游戲。 那同年，分別地，新手拉里鳥和魔術詹森叄加了波士頓塞爾提克和洛杉磯湖人,在國家和世界各處在狂熱者的興趣中開始一個重要生長的時期全美籃球協會。 鳥繼續引導塞爾特人者走向三名稱，而且詹森繼續引導湖魚走向五。
麥可．喬登在 1984 年和芝加哥公牛進入了聯盟,提供一個更流行的星支援對聯盟的增加興趣。 1989 ，較進一步的擴充升起在聯盟中的隊的數字至 27 。 在 1990 年代期間，約旦繼續引導公牛走向六名稱。 (1991-1993,1996-1998)
1990 年代也看見較棒的全球化。 1992 奧運會的籃球夢隊，第一個使用現在的全美籃球協會星,由麥可．喬登，拉里鳥主演, 和魔術詹森。 愈來愈多的全美籃球協會星運動員也開始來自其他的國家。 最初, 大部份這些運動員, 像是 1994個全美籃球協會 MVP Hakeem 奈及利亞的 Olajuwon,首先玩了 NCAA 籃球提高他們的技術。 一個逐漸增加的數字, 雖然，已經從玩全球的其他地方到在全美籃球協會, 像是那年和 2006個世界的 2002個全美籃球協會新手冠軍賽 MVP Pau 西班牙的 Gasol 中以星狀物裝飾直接地移動, 第一精選在 2002 全美籃球協會草稿 Yao 中中國的明， 2002個世界冠軍賽和 Eurobasket 2005 MVP 短劍德國的 Nowitzki 、和 2004 阿根廷的奧運會的巡迴賽 MVP 摩奴 Ginobili。 今天，來自說英語的世界的年輕的運動員容易在全美籃球協會 (值得注意的例子是摘澳洲的安德魯 Bogut 的 2005 和 2006MVP 史蒂夫納什，加拿大人和 2005 高層草稿) 中玩之前進入美國學院而其他的國際運動員通常從專業的俱樂部隊到達全美籃球協會。 全美籃球協會現在以 42種語言在 212個國家中被廣播。 在 1996 年全美籃球協會產生了一個女人的聯盟，女人的國立籃球協會, 而且在 2001 年產生一使較小的聯盟加入, 國立籃球發展聯盟, 現在呼叫全美籃球協會發展聯盟。
在 1998 年，全美籃球協會擁有者開始了持續了 191 的一個 ×鎖-數天而且在 1999 年一月 18 日被安頓. 這一個 ×鎖的結果季節從 82 到 50場游戲,全部在早的 1999 年被玩被減少的 1998-99 全美籃球協會.
今天，全美籃球協會已經到達 30個許可而且繼續進展當做全球的第一運動聯盟之一。
全美籃球協會隊、會議和區分的位置
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全美籃球協會隊、會議和區分的位置
在 2006 年六月 29 日，一個新的官方游戲球為 2006-07 季節被介紹了, 在 35 年內為對球的第一個變化作標記和只有在 60個季節內的秒個。 由 Spalding 製造，新的球以新的設計為特色，而且 Spalding 要求的提供較好的緊握,感覺, 和超過最初的球一致性。 然而, 許多運動員是聲音的在他們的輕蔑方面為新的球, 說它太黏黏當弄乾, 和太光滑的何時變濕。 全美籃球協會已經答應做新球的廣泛測試, 但是如此遠還沒有顯示指示，因而它計劃回到較舊的皮革球。 也新的在 2006 年, 全美籃球協會隊毛織運動衫現在將會在公司之後被愛迪達製造購買短角羚,早先的統一供應者。
在夏天休息之後，隊在十月支撐據點。據點允許那訓練設置職員評估運動員 (尤其新手), 斥候隊的力量和弱點, 為運動員嚴厲的例行賽做准備, 而且決定 12 男人的活躍名單 (和一本 3 男人的不活動的目錄, 如果需要的) 與哪一個他們將會開始例行賽。 隊有能力對全美籃球協會發展聯盟分配有著少於二年的經驗的運動員。 在據點之後，一系列的旺季前的展覽游戲被拿著。 全美籃球協會例行賽在十一月的第一個星期內開始。
在例行賽中, 每個隊玩 82場游戲, 平均地被分開在家之間和離開游戲。 時間表對所有的隊是不同一的。一個隊一年四次面對它自己的區分的對手,在它的會議或三或四次中從另外二區分聯成一組, 而且在另一個會議中聯成一組兩次每人。 一個隊能因此有一種相對容易或者困難的時間表、仰賴區分和會議它位於。 在對國立曲棍球聯盟的計劃安排格式的最近變化之後，全美籃球協會在例行賽期間玩彼此在北美是現在唯一的主要聯盟, 和哪裡季節票持有人能在任何的一個季節內被到達城鎮的聯盟中見到每個隊。
錢玩山貓之類。
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在二月，全美籃球協會例行賽被打斷慶祝年度全美籃球協會全體紅演員上演的游戲。 狂熱者在美國各處被投票, 加拿大和經過英特網, 和最上面的選票-獲取的人在每個會議的每個位置上在他們會議的全體紅演員上演隊上有一個出發地點。 公共汽車投票選擇剩餘的 14 為全體紅演員上演的。 然後，東方在全體紅演員上演的游戲中的向西面對。 有著最好的表現的運動員在游戲期間與一個游戲 MVP 獎賞一起獎賞。 全體紅演員上演休息的其他吸引包括 T-可動裝置的新手挑戰游戲, 坑對抗彼此的最好的新手和最好的第二年運動員; 腳鎖櫃三點的槍戰, 在運動員之間的一個競爭了解誰是最好的三點射手; 而且小妖明日之星砰然聲泡競賽, 了解哪一個運動員以最愉快的方式泡球。
在不久之後，全體紅演員上演的休息是聯盟的貿易截止期限。 在這日期之後，隊沒被允許和季節的剩餘者的彼此交換運動員，雖然他們可能仍然簽署並且釋放運動員。 主要的貿易時常被完成正確地在貿易截止期限之前, 作總經理的那日子狂熱的時間。
在四月底左右，例行賽結束。 它在投票為個體獎賞開始的這次期間, 連同榮譽全聯盟的 postseason 的選擇聯成一組。 第六個年度傑出男性獎賞對最好的運動員脫落長椅子有。 (不他的隊的出發) 年度之新手獎賞被頒發到最傑出的第一-年的運動員。 最改良的運動員獎賞從前一個季節起被頒發到被認為到的運動員已經顯示最大多數的進步。 那年的防禦運動員獎賞被頒發到聯盟最好的防禦者。 年度之教練獎賞被頒發到已經具有最積極的重要性到一個隊的教練。 最有價值的運動員獎賞對被認為最有價值的運動員有為 (他的隊) 那季節。 另外地，喜好運動的新聞頒年獎賞的一個非正式 (但是廣泛公開的) 主管給被宣判到的總經理已經為他的許可的利益運行最好的工作。
postseason 隊是所有-全美籃球協會隊，所有-防禦的隊和所有-新手隊; 每個有五個運動員。 有三個所有-全美籃球協會隊,在每個位置有最上面的運動員, 藉由最令人想要的第一-隊的狀態。 有二個所有-防禦的隊,在每個位置有最上面的防禦者。 也有二個所有-新手隊,首先有頂端-年不管位置的運動員。全美籃球協會延長加賽總是在四月下旬內開始, 藉由為延長加賽取得資格的每個會議的八個隊。 給每個會議的前三名的種子被藉由帶會議的勝利者三區分決定而且正在藉著例行賽記錄排列他們。 剩餘的五種子藉由帶這五個隊被決定與那下一個-最好的記錄從在會議的非區分的勝利隊之中。 然而，播種系統有一個在北美運動是不尋常的特徵; 區分冠軍不必然地在延長加賽中有家-法院的利益。 雖然延長加賽支架沒被再播種, 但是，家-法院的利益在例行賽記錄上嚴格地被建立, 沒有關心對一個隊是否嬴得了它的區分。
有較高的種子提供一些利益。 因為第一種子玩第八種子，第二種子玩第七種子，第三種子玩第六種子，而且第四種子在延長加賽中玩第五種子，通常有較高的種子意謂你將會面對一個較弱的隊。 隊在每系列中以較好的記錄有家追求利益,包括第一個回合。 這意謂, 舉例來說，如果接受 6(六) 種子的隊用 3(三) 種子 (如此由於一場分劃上的冠軍賽播種) 喝超過隊的一筆較好的記錄， 6 種子會讓家追求利益，即使另一個隊有較高的種子。 因此，隊在聯盟中有最好的例行賽記錄在它玩的每系列中被保證家庭的法院利益。
延長加賽跟隨一個巡迴賽格式。 每個隊玩一個最好的一個對手--七系列, 藉由贏得進入第二個回合之內前進的四場游戲的第一個隊，當另一個隊從延長加賽被除去的時候。 在下一個回合, 對抗前進相同的會議的隊的另外一的成功的隊游戲中。 因此，幾乎，在每個會議的一個隊從延長加賽被除去。 因為全美籃球協會不再播種隊，在每個會議的延長加賽支架使用傳統的設計, 與相配第一和第 8 個的系列的勝利者播種了玩相配第 4 和第 5 個的系列的勝利者的隊播種了隊, 而且相配第二和第 7 個的系列的勝利者播種了玩相配第三和第 6 個的系列的勝利者的隊播種了隊。 除了全美籃球協會結局以外的每個回合中，七系列的最好跟隨一個 2-2-1-1-1 式樣,意謂一個隊將會在游戲 1,2,5 中讓家追求, 和 7, 當其他游戲的時候在游戲 3,4 中的家, 和 6. 對於最後的回合 (全美籃球協會結局) ，系列跟隨一個 2-3-2 式樣,意謂一個隊將會在游戲 1,2,6 中讓家追求, 和 7, 當在游戲 3-5 中的家其他游戲的時候.
最後的延長加賽回合, 一個最好--在兩者會議的勝利者之間的七系列,即是全美籃球協會結局，而且它每年在六月被拿著。 全美籃球協會結局的勝利者贏得拉里 O'Brien 冠軍賽獎座。每個運動員和主要的貢獻者,包括指導，而且總經理,在得勝的隊身上接受一個冠軍賽戒指。 除此之外，聯盟頒發全美籃球協會結局大多數的有價值的運動員獎賞,幾乎總是歸於得勝隊的一個成員,按照規則不雖然。 到目前為止已經有隻有一例外: 即使他的洛杉磯湖人沒有贏得冠軍賽，傑瑞西方在 1969(獎賞的第一季節) 年嬴得了獎賞。
在 2006 年八月 2 日，全美籃球協會宣布新的延長加賽格式。 新的格式用最好的記錄採取這三區分勝利者和第二地方的隊而且排列他們 1-4 藉著記錄。 另一個 4個位置被那些其他者 4個隊之外的最好記錄填充。 當達拉斯和聖安東尼奧,二個最好的西方會議聯成一組,在准決賽中面對了彼此的時候，這可能關於這 2006個延長加賽。 這個新的格式確定二個最好的隊將不直到會議結局見面。