History

The NBA was founded the 3rd of August in 1949. At the begining the league was composed of seventeen teams all around the United States of America. The teams were located in small an big cities like New-York, Minesota, San Francisco. In 1950 11 teams were added to the league. Untill 1954, there were a lot of teams which came in the NBA. At that moment there were a lot of very famous teams like the Los Angeles Lakers or the Sacremento Kings. Today we can see 30 teams,29 in the United States and one In Canada ( the team is the Toronto Rators). In the begining of the NBA, the first very amazing player was Wilt Chamberlain ( on the picture), this player played for many teams like the Philadelphia 76'ers or the Los Angeles Lakers.