The history of NBA

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      Since Jeremy Lin brought "Linmania" to the basketball, I started paying attention to the National Basketball Association(NBA). It not only got me interested in watching the actual NBA games on TV, but also made me wonder when and why the NBA was founded.

      The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America.  It is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world.  It was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).

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      NBA players get the world's highest pay in comparison to all of the other professional sports such as soccer, football, baseball, cricket, figure skating, track and field or hockey.  While different players receive different salaries, this figure is the average annual salary per player. The NBA is all about "professionalizing"  for people from all over the world try out for the NBA Draft as they chase their dream. It is almost impossible to make it into the NBA unless you practice every day, and joined the basketball team since high school. Most of the players who are eligible for the NBA draft are amateur U.S. college basketball players.  However, a few high school graduates have been drafted over the years like Kobe Bryant.  Each year, more and more international players from leagues around the world have become eligible for the draft, and eventually were drafted.

       It was interesting to find out that in 1947 the NBA brought the first foreign players into the league.  It started with a Japanese-American Knicks player, Wataru Misaka.  The NBA opened its doors for African-American players in 1950.  Since then, an increasing number of international players started to move-in and play in the NBA.

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       Jeremy Lin is one of those who is talented enough to be in the NBA league, but there is a long story behind it. He didn't successfully make it on his first try, so he practiced and prepared even harder.  Finally, he got picked out out of the non-professional college basketball players.

       Thanks to him, we now have the courage to learn something new; we have more basketball knowledge and skills; and we have the motivation to try to get our dream even after we fail!