Ak'u mpolelle hore na histori ea NBA e qalile joang?
Context:Mokhatlo oa Basketball oa Amerika o thehiloe ka 1946 ke beng ba libaka tse kholo tsa hockey ea leqhoa ka leboea-bochabela le bohareng ba United States le Canada. Ka la 1 Pulungoana 1946, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Toronto Huskies e ile ea amohela New York Knickerbockers Maple Leaf Gardens, papaling eo hona joale NBA e e bitsang papali ea pele e bapaloang nalaneng ea NBA. Baskete ea pele e ne e entsoe ke Ossie Schectman oa Knickerbockers. Le hoja ho ne ho bile le liteko tsa pele ho liki ea basketball ea litsebi, ho kenyeletsoa American Basketball League (ABL) le NBL, BAA e bile eona ea pele ea ho leka ho bapala haholo-holo libakeng tse kholo metseng e meholo. Nakong ea lilemo tsa eona tsa pele, boleng ba papali ho BAA e ne e se bo ntlafetseng haholo ho feta lipapaling tse qothisanang lehlokoa kapa har'a lihlopha tse ikemetseng tse kang Harlem Globetrotters. Ka mohlala, sebapali sa makhaola-khang sa ABL sa 1948 Baltimore Bullets se ile sa fallela BAA'me sa hapa sehlooho sa 1948 sa selekane seo,' me moqapi oa NBL oa 1948 Minneapolis Lakers o ile a hapa sehlooho sa BAA sa 1949. Leha ho le joalo, pele ho nako ea selemo sa 1948/49, lihlopha tsa NBL tse tsoang Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Minneapolis le Rochester li ile tsa tlolela ho BAA, e ileng ea theha BAA e le selekane sa khetho bakeng sa li-collegians tse batlang ho ba litsebi.  Ka la 3 Phato 1949, lihlopha tse setseng tsa NBL - Syracuse, Anderson, Tri-Cities, Sheboygan, Denver le Waterloo - li ile tsa kopanngoa le BAA. Ho hlompha ho kopanngoa le ho qoba mathata a molao, lebitso la selekane le ile la fetoloa ho ba National Basketball Association ea hona joale, le hoja selekane se kopaneng se ile sa boloka sehlopha se busang sa BAA, ho akarelletsa Maurice Podoloff e le mopresidente. Ho fihlela letsatsing lena, NBA e bolela hore histori ea BAA ke ea eona. Hona joale e nka ho fihla ha lihlopha tsa NBL e le katoloso, eseng ho kopanngoa,'me ha e ananele litlaleho le lipalo-palo tsa NBL.
Selekane se thehiloe New York City ka la 6 Phuptjane 1946, e le Mokhatlo oa Basketball oa Amerika (BAA). E ile ea fetola lebitso la eona ho National Basketball Association ka la 3 Phato, 1949, ka mor'a hore e kopane le National Basketball League e neng e le tlholisano.