10 Rising D-League Stars Who Could Make the NBA <p>The D-League is filled with a lot of intriguing talent, and many <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/nba">NBA</a> teams would be wise to explore the waters in order to find some help in the depth department.</p><p>Now that teams can now sign players to 10-day contracts in the league, there should be more than a few guys getting their number called before very long.</p><p>The best part about prospects are that they can hold appeal to a variety of different teams for a lot of different reasons, and the 10 guys listed here could very well help in the right situation.</p><p><a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1055156-10-rising-d-league-stars-who-could-make-the-nba">Begin Slideshow</a></p>
National Basketball History By Jena Luthovski The history of what today is called the National Basketball Association (NBA) began in 1946. In 1946, it was called the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The league was mostly started by people who owned sports arenas in the United States, most importantly the Madison Square Garden in New York City. Earlier attempts had been made to start a league. There had been leagues like the American Basketball League and the National Basketball League. What made the BAA different from these leagues was they were going to play in large arenas in major cities. The early years were not good for BAA as the quality of play was not much better than competing leagues or the leading independent leagues like the Harlem Globetrotters. The Baltimore actually moved from the ABL and won the BAA title. The Minneapolis Lakers switched from the NBL to the BAA and won the BAA championship.
After the 1949 season, the BAA merged with the NBL and renamed the National Basketball
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