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TV partner (s) CBS / Paramount+. Official website. BIG3.com. Big3 (stylized BIG3) is a 3-on-3 basketball league founded by hip-hop musician and actor Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz. The league consists of 12 teams whose rosters include both former NBA players and international players.
Basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith as a less injury-prone sport than football. Naismith was a 31-year-old graduate student when he created the indoor sport to keep athletes indoors during the winters. [ 1]
It is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world. [3] The NBA was created on August 3, 1949, with the merger of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (NBL). The league later adopted the BAA's ...
Structure of North American leagues (franchise and minor league system) All cities in the US and Canada with at least one team in the MLB, MLS, NBA, NFL or NHL, 2021. Professional sports leagues in North America comprise a stipulated number of teams, known as franchises, which field one team each. [ 1] The franchises have territorial rights ...
The Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league based in the United States. It is composed of 12 teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play started in 1997. The regular season is played from May to ...
The Basketball League (TBL), formerly North America Premier Basketball ( NAPB ), is a professional basketball organization. The league began operating in North America in 2018 with eight teams, and expanded to 38 teams as of 2024 . The Basketball League is a professional basketball league providing player salaries from $500 to $6,500 per month ...
The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines consisting of 29 teams.. Founded in 2017 by eight-division boxing world champion Manny Pacquiao, the MPBL is not intended to be a competitor to the top-flight Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), but rather to provide a gateway for local, homegrown talents to showcase their skills.
2023–24 Pro A season. The LNB Élite, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite, [ 3] is the top-tier men's professional basketball league in France. The competition has existed since 1921. Since 1987, the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) has governed the league. Formerly known as the LNB Pro A, each season consists of 18 teams.