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Continental Basketball Association (CBA)
Homepage: http://www.cbahoopsonline.com/
History:
Formerly known as the Eastern
League, the Continental Basketball Association
is the oldest professional basketball league in
the world. The association came a long way since
it was founded on April 23, 1946, then having
only eight teams. Now, after 58 seasons, the association
is a force to reckon with in US professional basketball.
CBA is proud to have been
a training ground for many basketball professionals
who went on to play in the National Basketball
Association (NBA). Since 1981, CBA veterans started
to play in the NBA; and in the 1988-89 season,
CBA recorded a new record of 29 CBA-to-NBA player
call-ups and an all-time high of 54 CBA veterans
in the NBA. The CBA-NBA trend continued through
the years, which peaked during the 1998-99 season,
with 137 former CBA players appearing on NBA training
camp and regular season rosters, 96 of those were
on the regular season rosters only. There was
also a record 63 CBA-to-NBA player call-ups during
this time.
CBA also pursues capability
building programs with NBA, signing their first
contract for referee development in the1978-79
season. During the 1980-81 season, CBA and NBA
again pursued another agreement for player development.
In 1983-84, CBA again signed a $1 million contract
with NBA to integrate previous development efforts
into another program aimed at player and referee
development. More than 10 years after this integrated
development endeavor, the two leagues again embarked
on a new, multi-year developmental agreement that
expanded the relationship between the two leagues
for the first time into the areas of marketing,
broadcasting, public relations, community relations,
and coaching development.
In 2002-2003, CBA achieved another
milestone by making its high-definition, national
television broadcast debut with a game between
the Gary Steelheads and the Great Lakes Storm
televised on HDNet - the world’s largest
provider of high-definition sports and entertainment
programming. Also in 2003, the CBA Championship
was broadcasted live for the first time around
the world, over the internet on www.sportsjuice.com.
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