NBA
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Noun — The National Basketball Association: the main professional men's basketball league in North America, made up of thirty teams from the United States and Canada.
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Standard in sport and general use. Always capitalised, and normally takes 'the'.
Etymology
An initialism of National Basketball Association.
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What is the difference between the NBA and the NCAA?
The NBA is the professional league where players are paid employees of a franchise. The NCAA governs college sport in the United States, so its basketball players are university students, and most NBA players are drafted out of NCAA teams.
How many teams are in the NBA?
Thirty — fifteen in the Eastern Conference and fifteen in the Western Conference. All but one, the Toronto Raptors, are based in the United States.