#NBA December 4

by Coach4aday · Published December 4, 2021 · Updated December 4, 2021

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December’s 30 Day #Coach4adayChallenge is all about completing a daily quiz each day. Today is Day Four and the category is identifying NBA teams.

Yesterday’s Quiz – Day 3 was historical dates that changed the world. Listed below are the results from our Day 3 Quiz.

Results of Day 3 -30 Day Quiz Coach4aday Challenge

How the NBA got started

Basketball Association of America in 1946 and played under that monkier for 3 years before, in 1949, merging with the National Basketball League and changing names to the NBA. The BAA started out with 11 teams in 1946 but lost four of them before the start of the next season. Despite the loss of four teams the BAA was having a lot of success against its rival the NBL and was able to entice four of the NBL’s premire franchises to join the BAA in 1948.

When the two leagues merged in 1949 it brought the total number of teams to 17 but the new league would quickly start losing teams. After just six years the number of teams had dropped to just 8.

Today the NBA is a very profitable professional sports organization. That hasn’t always been the case. Today the NBA makes money primarily through television, merchandising, sponsorships, and tickets. The 30 teams making up the NBA had an average valuation of $2.12 billion each in the 2018-19 season. Across the 2018-19 season, the NBA generated about $8.76 billion in revenue.