NBL

Pre-NBA basketball

NBL is an abbreviation for the National Basketball League, used for professional basketball leagues in several countries including Australia and the Philippines.

In American sports history, the NBL was a predecessor league that merged to form the NBA in 1949.

Context usually makes clear which league is meant.

basketball

Australian

From the southern continent

playoffs · courts · teams · roster · draft · season · finals · imports · domestic · arena

broadcasting

network

Interconnected system

Lagos · media · station · transmission · signal · programming · broadcast · coverage · channels · airwaves

Categories
Opposites
historical vs. current basketball leagues

NBLNBA

Top-tier American court league

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Concrete · Rated G