Watch much basketball? If you do, you must've heard of the NBA, or the National Basketball Association!
Yes.  I love watching the San Antonio Spurs - I miss Tim Duncan though
Nice! The NBA is actually the premier professional basketball league for men in the world, to no surprise.
Yes!  Mugsey Bogues went to my college - he was super short yet played in the NBA
name to the National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after merging with the competing National Basketball League (NBL). The NBA's regular season runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. Its playoffs extend into June. NBA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player.
The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in
2016–17 San Antonio Spurs season
The 2016–17 San Antonio Spurs season was the franchise's 50th season, its 44th season in the San Antonio area, and its 41st in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This season was the team's first without longtime team cornerstone Tim Duncan since 1996–97; Duncan retired from the NBA on July 11, 2016 as a 5-time champion and the first NBA player ever to win championships in 3 straight decades. With the elimination of the NHL (National Hockey League)'s Detroit Red Wings from