National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league located in North America, founded on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA); the league adopted its current name on August 3, 1949, after a merge with the competing National Basketball League (NBL). The NBA is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues.

Ties to Looney Tunes

 * The NBA is featured as a major plot point in the film Space Jam.