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National Basketball Association (NBA) History. The National Basketball Association (NBA) History. The National Basketball Association (NBA) was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America. It adopted the name National Basketball Association in the fall of 1949 after adding several teams from the rival National Basketball League (NBL).
The official logo of the National Basketball Association, or NBA, is seen in this image. The iconic logo was designed in 1969 by Alan Siegel, who oversaw the development of the Major League Baseball logo a year earlier in 1968. The NBA logo was the first of the Big Four pro league logos to appear on the jerseys.