- In 1898 the first basketball league, the National Basketball League (NBL), was formed. It had 6 teams from New Jersey to Pennsylvania.
- The National Basketball League is one of the original leagues prior to. The National Basketball League was a professional basketball league in the united states in 1937-1949.
- The NBL started with 13 peviously independent teams in 1937-38.
The league was created by three corporations General Electric, Firestone
and Goodyea. - In 1925, the first major porfessional league was formed, the American Basketball League
- In 1946 the BAA, the league that would eventually become the NBA, was founded. The general belief that interaction between races was still separate and sports was no different in sports.