The National Basketball Association or NBA is the most prominent, professional body of American basketball players. It is an umbrella organization of 30 franchised basketball teams, out of which one is based in Canada while the remaining 29 are from the US.
NBA was founded in 1946, and from there it has continued to progress and evolve. Today it is the most popular and most successful basketball league in the country. It is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the foremost basketball governing body in the country.