On April 6th, 1946, walter brown, the owner of Boston Garden, initiated the establishment of the National Basketball Association (BAA). When BAA was founded, there were *** 1 1 teams. Brown first proposed the high salary system and the contract system. High salary system means that professional basketball must have strong financial support, so as to keep the game at a high level. Contract system means that a player can only sign a contract with one club and set up a player reserve system to prevent players from leaving the team suddenly and causing losses. 1 65438+1October1,the competition of BAA officially started. The two sides are the Toronto Eskimos and the new york Knicks. The score was 66: 68, and the Knicks won.
1949, with Brown's efforts, two major American basketball organizations, BAA and NBL, merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1976, ABA was annexed by American NBA due to poor management, and the original ABA teams Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, new york Nets and San Antonio Spurs were merged into NBA. The number of teams has increased to 22. Since then, NBA has formed a monopoly on American basketball industry.