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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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What was the last NBA team to integrate?
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Can you use integrate in a sentence?
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Who is the first black person to be in the NBA?
Jose Baba
The first player to ever play NBA basketball?
There was not a first person to play NBA basketball ,ritard, basketball is played in teams.
Who was the first black person to lead the NBA in assists?
Oscar Robertson.
Who was the first person in the NBA to perform the pro hop?
It would have to be JJ Redick! Of course.
Who was the first white person to enter NBA slam dunk contest?
brenden pipurt
Who was known as the greatest sixth man in the nba?
The person who comes off the bench first.
Which NFL team was the first to integrate?
detroit
Who is the highest person in the NBA?
If you're trying to ask "who is the tallest person in the NBA?". The answer is Yao Ming.
Who were in the NBA?
The only person I know who was in the NBA were Steven Adams
Who was the first person to score in an NBA game?
Ozzie Schectman of the New York Knickerbockers scored the first points in NBA history on Niovember 1, 1946 in a game between the Knicks and the Toronto Huskies in Toronto. The Knicks won the game 68-66. Click on the 'First NBA Game' link on this page to read about it.
