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The Entire History of The NBA..

The Entire History of The NBA..

REBOUND · Sep 30, 2023 · about 16 min
Uploaded Sep 30, 2023 · 4.8M views (as of Oct 30, 2026)
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  1. Early basketball used soccer balls and wooden baskets.
  2. Many early NBA players had regular day jobs, like plumbing.
  3. Bill Russell won 11 championships with the Celtics.
  4. A referee was jailed after an FBI investigation into game fixing in the 2000s.
  5. In 2020 the season finished inside a bubble at Disney World.

What is the entire history of the NBA?

Basketball was invented by James Naismith. The BAA and NBL merged into the NBA in 1949. Bill Russell's Celtics dominated, the ABA rivalry split fans, then Magic and Bird revived the league. Jordan's Bulls made it global, followed by the Kobe and Shaq era, LeBron, the super team era, Steph Curry's three point revolution, international MVPs and the 2020 bubble.

Worth watching?Some value given. A fast, jokey run through about 120 years of basketball. Fun as an overview, but it skims a lot and repeats a few doubtful claims, and the humor is crude in places. There's a law firm sponsor read.

Actionable

  • Watch a classic game from a decade you don't know.
  • Read about the ABA-NBA merger.
  • Follow a few young players to see the next era form.

Lessons

  • Leagues survive by adapting.
  • Stars shape eras.
  • Every era thinks it's the last great one.

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Channel: REBOUND. Published Sep 30, 2023. About 16 minutes.

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The video ends by asking fans to watch the next generation, since many of the league's biggest stars were in their mid thirties in 2023.

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When was the NBA formed?

In 1949, when the BAA and NBL merged.

Who changed the game with the three point shot?

Steph Curry, whose shooting led teams across the league to shoot far more threes.

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Some value given. A fun overview, light on depth.

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