Ndiudzei nezvenhoroondo yokuti NBA yakatanga sei?
Context:Basketball Association of America yakavambwa muna 1946 nevaridzi venhandare huru dzehockey yechando kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva uye Midwestern United States neCanada. Musi waNovember 1, 1946, muToronto, Ontario, Canada, Toronto Huskies yakagamuchira New York Knickerbockers paMaple Leaf Gardens, mumutambo uyo NBA zvino inotaura semutambo wekutanga wakatamba munhoroondo yeNBA. Tswanda yokutanga yakaitwa naOssie Schectman weKnickerbockers. Kunyange zvazvo kwakanga kwave kuine kuedza kwekutanga kwemitambo yebhasikiti yepamhizha, kusanganisira American Basketball League (ABL) uye NBL, BAA ndiyo yaiva yekutanga yekuedza kutamba kunyanya mumitambo mikuru mumaguta makuru. Mumakore ayo okutanga, kunaka kwekutamba muBAA kwakanga kusiri nani zvikuru kupfuura mumakwikwi emakwikwi kana pakati pemakwikwi akazvimirira akadai seHarlem Globetrotters. Semuenzaniso, 1948 ABL yekupedzisira Baltimore Bullets yakatamira kuBAA ndokukunda zita re1948 religi, uye 1948 NBL shasha Minneapolis Lakers yakahwina zita re1949 BAA. Pamberi pemwaka wa1948/49, zvisinei, zvikwata zveNBL kubva kuFort Wayne, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, neRochester zvakasvetukira kuBAA, iyo yakasimbisa BAA senhabvu yesarudzo yevadzidzi vepakoreji vari kutsvaga kuita nyanzvi.  Musi waAugust 3, 1949, zvikwata zvakasara zveNBL - Syracuse, Anderson, Tri-Cities, Sheboygan, Denver, uye Waterloo - zvakabatanidzwa muBAA. Mukuremekedza kubatanidzwa uye kudzivirira zvinetso zvepamutemo, zita remutambo rakashandurwa kuva National Basketball Association yazvino, kunyangwe hazvo ligi rakabatanidzwa rakachengetedza dare rinotonga reBAA, kusanganisira Maurice Podoloff semutungamiri. Kusvikira kuzuva rino, NBA inotaura nhau yeBAA seyayo imene. Iye zvino inorangarira kusvika kwezvikwata zveNBL sekuwedzera, kwete kubatanidzwa, uye haizive zvinyorwa zveNBL uye manhamba.
Chikwata ichi chakavambwa muNew York City musi wa6 Chikumi, 1946, seBhasikiti Association of America (BAA). Yakachinja zita rayo kuva National Basketball Association musi waAugust 3, 1949, mushure mekubatana neNational Basketball League.