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National Basketball League (NBL)
Homepage: http://www.nbl.com.au/
History:
A quarter of a century
old in 2004, the National Basketball League (NBL)
is considered as one of the most prestigious basketball
associations in the world. The idea of founding
a basketball league in Australia was initiated
in 1978 when New South Wales Basketball president
John Raschke brought up the concept with 10 basketball
aficionados. A year after, the NBL was indeed
formed with nine founding teams. Since then, the
NBL has catapulted into national fame, with games
being played before thousands of basketball fans,
numbering to more than 750,000 per season. Perhaps
one of NBL’s most valued accomplishments
thus far is to propel basketball into one of Australia’s
most participated team sport today. An eight-man
board manages the NBL, which also ensures that
the league’s foremost achievers are acknowledged.
Each year, the NBL awards the most valuable player,
coach of the year, and rookie of the year to excellent
performers.
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