No. Basketball was invented in Canada and the Canadian game comes from an earlier version of the game called Net Ball which is a womens game played still in England.
ABA - American Basketball Association
first there were two conferences, the NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, and the AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION. But the NBA was better, so they merged into just the NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION.
NO before the NBA was the ABA( American Basketball Assosciation)
Previous tallest african-american basketball player in the nba was Ralph Sampson who was 7'4
1949When DID the NBA start. It started in 1946 as the BAA (Basketball Association of American) then merged with the NBL (National Basketball League) and became known as the NBA in 1950.
if it is just basketball no there is nba live 09, nba 2k9, and nba 09: the inside and if it is college basketball likely no but could be.
the ABA for American Basketball Association
If you are referring to the American/Canadian basketball league then it stands for National Basketball Association.
Chuck Cooper was one of the first African-American males in the NBA.
yes it is
Then they are wrong. Basketball is for men and women. That is why they have the NBA and WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association).
NBA (National Basketball Association)