Definitions for "National Basketball League"
The National Basketball League was a professional basketball league in the United States from 1937 to 1949. The NBL started with 13 previously independent teams in 1937–38. The league was created by three corporations General Electric, Firestone and Goodyear.
The National Basketball League is Australia's top-level professional basketball competition.
The National Basketball League that was based in Canada lasted only one and a half seasons. It rose from the ashes of the World Basketball League which folded after the 1992 season, and had teams in various Canadian and American cities. The first game was played on May 1, 1993 when the Cape Breton Breakers visited the Halifax Windjammers.