Japanese-American player Wat Misaka played for the NBA's (or BAA as it was known at the time) Minneapolis (now Los Angeles) Lakers in 1947.
The first African-American player to be drafted in to the NBA was Chuck Cooper in 1950 by the Boston Celtics.
The first African-American to sign an NBA contract was Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton in 1950 with the New York Knicks.
The African American to play in an NBA game was Earl Lloyd of the Washington Capitols on October 31, 1950.
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This person just asked me to integrate the word integrate into a sentence.
Jose Baba
There was not a first person to play NBA basketball ,ritard, basketball is played in teams.
Oscar Robertson.
It would have to be JJ Redick! Of course.
brenden pipurt
The person who comes off the bench first.
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If you're trying to ask "who is the tallest person in the NBA?". The answer is Yao Ming.
The only person I know who was in the NBA were Steven Adams
It is difficult to say what the first company was to integrate marketing into their engine, but it seems to be Yahoo. They integrated advertising and targeted marketing into their functions.