Ngitshele ngomlando wokuthi i-NBA yaqala kanjani?
Context:I-Basketball Association of America yasungulwa ngo-1946 ngabanikazi bezinkundla ezinkulu ze-hockey e-Northeastern naseMidwestern United States naseCanada. NgoNovemba 1, 1946, eToronto, e-Ontario, eCanada, i-Toronto Huskies yamukela i-New York Knickerbockers eMaple Leaf Gardens, emdlalweni i-NBA manje ebhekisela kuwo njengomdlalo wokuqala odlalwe emlandweni we-NBA. Ibhasikidi lokuqala lenziwa u-Ossie Schectman we-Knickerbockers. Yize kwakukhona imizamo yangaphambilini yamaligi e-basketball ochwepheshe, kufaka phakathi i-American Basketball League (ABL) ne-NBL, i-BAA kwakuyiligi yokuqala ukuzama ukudlala ikakhulukazi ezinkundleni ezinkulu emadolobheni amakhulu. Phakathi neminyaka yayo yokuqala, izinga lokudlala e-BAA lalingcono kakhulu kunamaligi ancintisanayo noma phakathi kwamaqembu ahamba phambili azimele njengeHarlem Globetrotters. Isibonelo, i-1948 ABL finalist iBaltimore Bullets yathuthela ku-BAA futhi yanqoba isihloko salowo mqhudelwano ngo-1948, kanti i-1948 NBL champion Minneapolis Lakers yanqoba isihloko se-BAA ngo-1949. Kodwa-ke, ngaphambi kwesizini ka-1948/49, amaqembu e-NBL avela eFort Wayne, e-Indianapolis, eMinneapolis naseRochester agxumela ku-BAA, okwasungula i-BAA njengeligi ekhethiwe yabafundi basekolishi abafuna ukuphenduka ochwepheshe.  Ngo-Agasti 3, 1949, amaqembu asele e-NBL - iSyracuse, i-Anderson, i-Tri-Cities, i-Sheboygan, iDenver neWaterloo - ahlanganiswa ne-BAA. Ukuze kuhlonishwe ukuhlanganiswa futhi kugwenywe izinkinga ezingokomthetho, igama leligi lashintshwa laba yiNational Basketball Association yamanje, yize iligi ehlanganisiwe yagcina indikimba ebusayo ye-BAA, kufaka phakathi uMaurice Podoloff njengomongameli. Kuze kube namuhla, i-NBA ithi umlando we-BAA ngowayo. Manje ibheka ukufika kwamaqembu e-NBL njengokwandiswa, hhayi ukuhlanganiswa, futhi ayiboni amarekhodi nezibalo ze-NBL.
Le ligi yasungulwa eNew York City ngoJuni 6, 1946, njenge-Basketball Association of America (BAA). Yashintsha igama layo yaba yiNational Basketball Association ngo-Agasti 3, 1949, ngemuva kokuhlanganiswa neNational Basketball League.