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How can their have been a "first person to play in the NBA"? Wouldn't they need at least nine others starting at the exact same instant?
There was not a first person to play NBA basketball ,ritard, basketball is played in teams.
The first black man to play in the NBA is Charles Henry Cooper who was known as Chuck Cooper. He played for the Boston Celtics.
Earl Lloyd was the first african american to play in the NBA
The first person to dunk in the NBA was the Oklahoma's Bob Kurland in 1945.
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There were many "First" people to play, i can tell you the first MVP... Bob Pettit in 1956
You can play Micheal Jordan on 2K11 people say he's the first person you use
First you join High School basketball and then if a college likes how you play they draft after that you play college basketball. After that you can decide if want to go in the NBA draft. When you go in the NBA draft if a NBA team likes they will pick to play for the team. After that you can play in the NBA.
Michael Jordan
Kurt Thomas
Muggsy Bogues
No female has ever played in an NBA game.