NBA teams and players in 2007

NBA is the abbreviation of National Basketball Association.

National professional basketball league

Chairman: david stern.

NBA official website: www.nba.com (as long as you know English, you will get the latest information).

2009 NBA All-Star Weekend Schedule

Existing team:

eastern conference

Atlantic Division: new york Knicks, New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers.

Central Division: Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls.

Southeast Division: Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats.

Western Union

Northwest Division: Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Portland Trailblazers, Oklahoma City Thunder (formerly seattle supersonics)

Pacific Division: Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers.

Southwest Division: San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Hornets.

The NBA was founded on June 6th, 1946. When it was founded, it was called BAA, which is the American Basketball Association. It was established by the owners of 1 1 ice hockey venues in order to prevent the venues from being idle outside the ice hockey competition.

When BAA was founded, there were *** 1 1 teams: new york Knicks, Boston Celtics, Washington Congress, Chicago Bucks, Cleveland Rebels, Detroit Falcon, Philadelphia Warriors, Pittsburgh Ironman, Providence Steam Team, St. Louis Bomber and Toronto Eskimo. 1949, BAA annexed another league (NBL) at that time and changed its name to NBA. 1949-50 season, NBA*** 17 team. 1976 NBA annexed American Basketball Association (ABA), and the number of teams increased to 22. 1980 Dallas Mavericks joined the NBA. 1988, New Orleans Hornets and Miami Heat joined the NBA. 1990 Orlando Magic and Minnesota Timberwolves joined the NBA. 1995 Two Canadian teams joined the NBA, Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies (later renamed Memphis Grizzlies), bringing the number of NBA teams to 29. In 2004, the Charlotte Bobcats joined 30 players.

[Edit this paragraph ]NBA player nicknames

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"Answer"-allen iverson (besides the homonym of the name, it also includes handing over the ball when the team needs him, and you will get the answer you need, and the nicknames are "Kid" and "Bad Boy").

"Desperate Saburo"-Artest (also known as the lens killer, because when he was arguing with the coach, an ungrateful reporter came forward to join in the fun. Ron Artest was furious and the camera was killed. There is also a nickname called "the beast")

Elf-nick van exel

Melo)-carmelo anthony (He is called melon because Cameron is a transliteration of watermelon, which means melon when translated. Also, he is loved by Jordan and has the best personal ability, so he is called melon. Another reason is that he laughs like a melon.

"Old Oak"-Charles Oakley

"Candy Man"-olowokandi (play, soft! ! ! )

"Big Dream"-hakeem olajuwon (because of his fantastic steps)

"Mr.0" or "G-zero" is also called "General"-gilbert arenas (wearing No.0).

"Jump to my building" can be translated as "dead soul"-Rafer Alston (also known as the streetball king, everyone on the court is elusive)

"AI"-allen iverson (also called "answer", only it can give you the final answer on the court)

"b

Flying Pig-charles barkley (so fat, so able to jump ...)

"Scoring Machine"-rick barry

"Monster"-Billy Potts

"White Devil"-mike bibby (also known as "Fairy" and "Saint")

"Queen Bee" chris paul

"Big Bird"-larry bird (Big Bird is literally translated from English)

"Little Squirrel"-Burgess

"Robber"-Tyrone Boggs (short defender, steals the ball is his unique skill)

"Bamboo"-shawn bradley (fits his figure too well. Last time McGrady used him for pole vault dunk)

Batman-shane battier (mostly silently waiting in that dark "dead corner", where he showed us one "three points" after another; Pippen, the former Batman, has retired, and Sean? Battier, the "Batman" today, deserves it! )

"Peter Pan"-Kobe (because Kobe has good air control ability)

D

"Glide"-clyde drexler (it is said that the air flight distance is stronger than Jordan)

"Stone Buddha"-Duncan (he basically never smiles, like a stone; And his level is very high, as powerful as Buddha. There is another one called "Stone Pagoda")

"P. Diddy"-byron davis

"Big Diamond" and "Four Carats"-luis scola (homophonic)

F

"Crazy"-Van Elsel (his crazy scores in those years were frightening)

"Little Fish"-Djoko Fisher

"francoise"-steve francis (I don't know if he is called "Fran? ois" in the rocket media, but his original nickname was "Privilege").

G

Iron Man-AC Green

"Iceman"-George Gevin

"Wolf King"-kevin garnett

H

"Penny"-Daphne Hardway

"Beetle"-Tim Hardway

"Thief"-john havlicek

The Masked Man-richard hamilton

"Big Ben"-ben wallace (besides the name, it may also describe his defense).

"Roaring Buddha"-Rasheed Wallace (needless to say, everyone knows his temper)

Buffalo-Jahidi White

"Mr. Big shot"-Robert Holly (from the Rockets to the Lakers to the Spurs, all the time)

"Rip"-richard hamilton

"Superman"-Dwight Howard (in the 2008 dunk contest, he performed a "Superman dunk", so he got his nickname) (also known as "Warcraft")

"Black Pearl"-carl landry

J

"Engine"-Jason Kidd

"Sucrose"-Mike Kiel

"AK-47"-andrei kirilenko (Russian-made weapon is Qiang, with the initials AK and the jersey number 47).

"Argentine Flying Man"-Manu Ginóbili also has a nickname "Pampas Eagle".

"Tiangou"-Kerim Abdullah Jabbar (nickname comes from hook shooting, but his hook is a bit outrageous)

"Big ticket"-kevin garnett (the head of the Timberwolves, also known as "big ticket", is a symbol of the box office. Now he has left his old club "Timberwolves" and went to "Boston Celtics" on August 0 1 2007.

"Spanish Rabbit"-Pau Gasol (too white and too tender)

"Captain Jack"-steven jackson

K

Alien (ET)-Sam Castle (ET)

"Half Man and Half Magic" and (V Insanity)-vincent carter (also known as "UFO", which means that people who play in the air should now be trapezes in New Jersey).

Rain Man-shawn kemp (his nickname was reignman at first). The pronunciation of "rule" is similar to that of "rain", which translates as "rain man". )

"Special K"-Larry Ken Young

L

Rodman (also known as "Rebound King", "No.1 Madman in NBA" and "Hua Hua Tai Sui")

"Defensive Genius"-Bill Rasl

"Blocking expert"-bill russell (also known as "defensive genius" because of his skill, and "Lord of the Rings" because he won eleven championship rings).

"Sugar"-Ray Allen (ray allen's nickname is sugar, which is sugar)

"Jesus"-Ray Allen (ray allen once played a basketball genius named Jesus in a movie)

The True Story of Ah Q (Ah Q)-Quentin Richardson

"Admiral"-david robinson is also nicknamed "Five-Star Admiral". When Robinson retired from the navy, he was only a captain. I don't know what the media touted, but he became a general.

"Z-Bo"-Zach Randolf

M

"Stabury"-Stephon Marbury (former Timberwolves player, self-proclaimed world's number one point guard, unique)

Thunder-Dan Maagel

"Pistol"-pete maravich

The Matrix-Sean Marion (also known as Super Mary and Gibbon)

"Postman"-karl malone (Malone always appears in the right position and throws the ball into the basket in the most appropriate way)

The Lonely Warrior-moses malone

"Slam Dunk Madman"-McGott

"Sleeping Devil"-McGrady (I saw Sohu translate it into "Brave Man" several times, and foreign countries called it "McGrady". The reason is that McGrady's first three quarters are unremarkable, but the fourth quarter is equally crazy, so fans will definitely know the 35 seconds 13 minutes of that scene (now nicknamed "Miss Tracy" by netizens).

"Terminator"-reggie miller (sometimes called "Big Mouth" and "Passionate Black Boy")

Cats-Catino Mobry

"ZO"-Allonzot Mourning (I think everyone remembers some hot pots in this year's finals)

"God's Left Hand"-Mu Lin

The Mountain of Africa-Dikembe Mutombo (now called Uncle Mu, "barrel" means respect for him, from Congo).

Kenyon martin's "k-mart"

"Dice"-Macdyess

ordinary

"Booster"-Nash (also known as "Son of the Wind")

"Ramstein"-dirk nowitzki (German)

O

"Dr. J"-Julius Erving (he created a lot of layups, and the wind of off-court gentlemen is also the source of his nickname)

"Shaq"-shaquille o'neal (isn't a huge body like a big shark)

"Goods"-Lamar Odom

"Little Shark" Jermaine ONeal (second only to the big shark's figure)

P

"Director"-robert parish

Gloves-gary payton (metaphor for his personal defense)

"The Truth"-paul pierce

"Batman"-Scott Pippen (also known as "Bison" and "Batman" come from his omnipotence, and Jordan admits that his skills are more comprehensive than himself).

"Prince"-Prince Tehian (literally translated as "Prince", once said to be "Prince on Ice")

"Death"-Mouche Parker (the terrible "death" in Streetball)

"Mo-Pete"-Maurice Peterson

Q

"Flying Man"-Michael Jordan (needless to say, God is flying in the sky)

S

Spider-Man-John Salley

"Super Spring Legs"-sampson

"Snowflakes"-Si Nuo (literally translated as snow)

"Crazy"-Label Sprewell (he has been crazy since he was a young coach)

"Statistics"-Amar Stoudemire

"Big Mouse"-damon stoudamire (both Stoudemire nicknames are related to their playing style, and Damon has a tattoo of a mouse on his arm).

"General"-john stockton

"Stack"-stackhouse (surnamed stackhouse)

"man-made machine" Jr Smith

T

"Criminals"-jamaal tinsley (abuser on the streetball field)

Isiah thomas, the smiling assassin (formerly known as Zeke), is another name for Isaija in the Bible. "Smiling assassin" is another nickname of isiah thomas. The nickname came into being because Thomas's opponent once commented on him, "(on the court) he always smiles at you first and then kills you." )

"Jet"-Jason Terry

W

"chris webber"-chris webber

"Potato"-Spud Webb

"The Flash"-Dwyane Wade (said by O 'Neill at first, thinking that he was as fast as lightning, so he became Wade praised by the world).

"The Essence of Human Movies"-dominique wilkins (his dunk is like people's fantasy)

"White Chocolate"-jason williams (passing behind the back is a unique skill)

"Garbage Dog"-Jerome Williams (dirty and tired contractor)

"Big Spoon"-Clarence Weatherspoon

Godfather-Jerry West

"Red Giant Star"-Bill Walton

"Eye snake"-Worth it

X

"Glass Man"-damon hill (it is said that he is always injured, as fragile as glass)

"Good boy"-grant hill (different from those "bad boys", but now he is also a "glass man", and another nickname is "Dashan", because Hill literally translates as Mountain).

"Late Captain"-james silas (nicknamed because he always walks behind and always saves the world, also known as "snake").

"Roof of the World"-West Zonenko (height 2.37).

Y

"Little Giant"-Yao Ming

"Big Z" (Z)-Ilgoskas (height+first letter)

"Orangutan"-Patrick Ewing (there is nothing to say, look at him, he is also called "Empire State Building")

"Magician"-Owen Johnson (nicknamed for his magical passing)

"Little General"-avery johnson

"Aunt"-larry johnson (once the best player in upper limb strength)

"Hot microwave oven"-eddie johnson

Yi Jianlian, Yi Yi in Space

Z

"King James"-lebron james (also known as "Barbarian" and "Four-step layup king")

"Basketball Emperor"-wilt chamberlain (also known as "Beidou" and "Stilts") is generally called "Zhang Dashuai" in the forum. Score 100 in a single game, becoming the person who scored the most in a single game in NBA history)

[Edit this paragraph] The origin of the names of 30 NBA teams

1, Oklahoma City Thunder

1967, the team officially joined the NBA and was named "SuperSonics". At that time, Seattle was famous for producing Boeing aircraft. A year later, the company began to cooperate to develop a new type of aircraft, which is known as the "supersonic vehicle" of human beings. In fact, that kind of plane never flew into the sky. But Seattle became famous for it, and the SuperSonics became the name of the new basketball team. In the summer of 2008, seattle supersonics moved their home to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and named it Oklahoma Thunder. Supersonic speed has since become history.

2. Toronto Raptors

Among the NBA teams, the Raptors are a relatively young team. In the 1990s, an American film called Jurassic Park swept the world. Because of the popularity of this film, the image of dinosaurs is accepted by many young people. When the club asked the fans to vote for the team name, the Raptors won the hearts of young fans at once. On May 1994, the club announced the name of the team as "Raptors".

3. Utah jazz

1974, the NBA headquarters approved the city of New Orleans to form a new team. This team was named "Jazz" because the jazz band in this city is world-famous, and New Orleans is also recognized as the jazz capital of the world. The team moved to Salt Lake City on 1979, but kept its original name.

4. Memphis grizzlies

During the 1995- 1996 season, the team officially became a member of the top 29 NBA29 teams. The club owner decided to choose "Grizzly Bear" as the name of the team. Vancouver is the hometown of grizzly bears, with more than 20,000 wild grizzly bears in the province. 200 1, the grizzlies moved back to Memphis, USA, and changed its name to Memphis grizzlies.

5. Washington Wizards

1946, a basketball team named Bullets was established in Baltimore. Later, the team disbanded and the original Chicago Park (later renamed Chicago Zephyr) moved to Baltimore. 1963, the team adopted the name "bullet". From 65438 to 0996, the club owner Pauline decided to change the name of the team with violent tendency, and finally decided to use the "wizards" symbolizing infinite energy and super power. This is also Pauline's hope for the team. I hope this is a team full of wisdom and magic.

6.atlanta eagle

1946, NBL League began to form basketball teams in three cities along the Mississippi River: Moline, Rock Island and Davenport. Because the Indian Black Hawk tribe is located on a rocky island, the Black Hawk campaign in 183 1 was also carried out around, and that basketball team was named after the "Three Cities Black Hawk". 1949, the club changed to NBA, 195 1 year, the team moved to Milwaukee, and the team name was simply "Eagle". 1955, the team moved to St. Louis again and finally moved to Atlanta in 1968.

7. Boston Celtics

The team was established on 1946. Boss walter brown founded the Boston Garden Company and named the team after himself. At that time, when naming the team, there were many candidate names: whirlwind, Olympics, unicorn and so on. But Brown picked "Celtic" at a glance, on the grounds that new york has a famous basketball team, from 19 14 to 1939, called Celtic Aboriginal Team.

8. New Orleans Hornets

Before the team joined the NBA, the original name of the basketball team was "Charlotte Spirit". But North Carolina people have never accepted this name. 1988, the club collected team names from fans, and finally "Bumblebee" was elected. The name can be traced back to the War of Independence, when a British general named Charles Kangwa Lees wrote in a report to the British royal family at the front of the war: The war here is fierce, just like "a swarm of bees fighting in a hive". In the summer of 2004, the Hornets moved to New Orleans and changed its name to New Orleans Hornets.

9.chicago bulls

After Bulls 1966 joined the NBA, Dick Clay, the first owner of the club, personally decided his name. Clay said: "Bulls are indomitable and fearless in times of crisis. What is more precious than this spirit on the basketball court? ! "So the bull became the name of the team, which took half a century.

10, Cleveland Cavaliers

1970, a new basketball team was established in Cleveland, and Jerry Tomcoe's "Knight" became the champion in a prize-winning activity held by the newspaper. Explaining his inspiration, he said: "Knights represent a group of brave and fearless people. No matter what their ultimate fate is, they never give in. "

1 1, Dallas Mavericks

This name was also born from the naming of fans and prize-winning activities. 1980, on WBAP radio station in Dallas, after some contests, the club executive Committee finally decided to use "calf" because it best fits the image of Texas cowboys.

12, Denver Nuggets

1967 when the team was in the ABA league, it was called the Denver rockets. In the same year, a San Diego Rockets (now Houston Rockets) was born in the NBA. Seven seasons later, the Denver Rockets joined the NBA, so the club decided to change its name. /kloc-in the 0/9th century, Colorado was rich in minerals, which attracted people from all over the world to come to gold and silver smelting. In view of this historical background, the club named the team after the "gold digger". According to records, when NBA 1949- 1950 was founded, there was also a club called Denver Nuggets, which later went bankrupt.

13, Detroit piston

Originally, it was a team located in Fontainebleau, belonging to NBL (American Basketball League). The owner of the club, Zener, is also the owner of a company specializing in piston production. He personally decided to name the team after our company's products, which is unique in the history of basketball team naming. The original name of the team is very long, called "Wenweinazina Pistons". 1957, the motorcade moved to Detroit, which has the reputation of American automobile capital, so the word "piston" still applies, but the place name and the name of the owner of the piston factory disappeared.

14, Golden State Warriors

1946, an NBA team was built in Philadelphia, and the boss named the new team after an old team. 1925, ABL Philadelphia basketball team was named "Warriors". 1962 after the team moved westward, it was renamed San Francisco Warriors, and then it was renamed Golden State Warriors again, which means that this team represents the whole of California. The team moved to Auckland on 197 1.

15, Los Angeles Lakers

The Lakers 1948 just joined ABA and have been stationed in the cold Minneapolis. Understandably, the team named "Lakers" after the geographical nickname of "10000 lakes" in Minnesota. The name of the Lakers won the recognition of the local people. Under the leadership of super center Macon, the Minneapolis Lakers also won five championships. In order to continue the victory, even after the team 1960 moved to Los Angeles in the west, they decided to continue to use the old name of the Lakers.

16, new york Knicks

The founder of the Knicks was Ned Ethiopia, who decided to name his team Knickerbockers. Coincidentally, the first baseball team in new york's history was called the knickerbockers. Bloomers are an extension of Dutch immigrants who took root in new york from17th century. They wear knee-length trousers, so they are called bloomers. Because the name is too long, people call it "Knicks" for short. This is the Knicks.

17, New Jersey Net

Nets 1967 was established in new york. Only one year later, the Nets found it impossible to grab the basketball market from the Knicks, so they moved to New Jersey, just across the river from new york. It is named Nets, because Nets is an indispensable part of basketball. In addition, there are famous baseball teams Mets and American football teams Jets in new york. We want to get a net that is homophonic with them, and we also want to touch the brilliance of these two big-name teams. However, at first they asked the new york Nets to hang out in Aba. 1976 After it was merged into the NBA, the Knicks in new york already existed, so it was forced to change its name to the New Jersey Nets.

Indiana Pacers, 18

1967, the top management of Indiana professional basketball team decided to name their team in a way different from other teams: named the team after its goal. They are eager for this team to become a good example of professional basketball (set a good pace) and move forward step by step, so their team is called Pacers. Another explanation is that in the Indy 500 racing car that Indiana is crazy about, the safety car is called Pacecar, and the team is named after the pedestrians, which obviously can rub the popularity of Indy 500.

20. Charlotte Bobcats

Since the 2004-2005 season, the NBA has established a new team named Bobcats in Charlotte. Bobcats are the choice of Charlotte people. Bob Johnson, the new owner of the team, wants his name to appear in the team name, while Charlotte has a tradition of naming professional teams after cats. It is worth mentioning that the Houston Rockets' NASA.

2 1, San Antonio Spurs

1973, 1967 After Chapalals moved to San Antonio, people chose the "Spurs" representing Texas culture through public voting, because the spurs on riding boots are an essential tool for every cowboy.

[Edit this paragraph ]NBA-related games and entertainment

Many teams in NBA have mascots, which are local rare animals. When the time is suspended, the mascot will come out and perform in the center of the venue. There are many kinds of performances, including fancy dunks with extremely high difficulty (of course, there are spring pads to help jump) and beautiful cheerleaders. NBA Live developed by EA and NBA 2K developed by Sega are popular NBA games at present, but NBA 2K didn't launch PC version until 2K9. In addition, there is NBA Street, the manager of NBA basketball. NBA live series.

[Edit this paragraph ]NBA and China.

1In August, 979, the Washington Wizards, led by head coach Dimotta, played two exhibition games with China and China Bayi Rockets.

1985 10, before the start of the NBA regular season, China national basketball played a series of games with NBA teams. China played Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers, New Jersey Nets, new york Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers and Washington Wizards.

1987, Song Tao was selected by Atlanta Hawks with the 67th overall pick in the third round (but later failed to play in the NBA due to a comminuted knee fracture).

1March, 992 10, the NBA first set up a branch outside the mainland, and NBA Asia Limited was established in Hong Kong.

On June 8th, 1994, China CCTV broadcasted the NBA finals for the first time. From then on, China audiences can watch the NBA Finals live on TV.

1On June 30th, 999, in the 2000 NBA Draft, China player Wang was selected.

On April 5th, 20001,Wang, as a member of Dallas Mavericks, played against Atlanta Hawks, becoming the first China basketball player to officially go to the NBA.

On June 3rd, 2002, China Dallas Mavericks center Wang issued his first personal stamp in the United States.

On June 26th, 2002, in the 2002 NBA Draft, Yao Ming from Shanghai, China stood out among 17 international players and joined the Houston Rockets as the top pick.

On June 8th, 2002, 10, the NBA set up an office in Beijing, China.

On October 30th, 2002/KLOC-0, China player Yao Ming played against Indiana Pacers in the first game of NBA.

On February 1 1, 2003, Yao Ming became the first Asian player to be selected for the All-Star starting lineup.

On February 20th, 2004, chinese basketball association announced that he would hire Dale Harris, assistant coach of Dallas Mavericks, as the head coach of China National Men's Basketball Team.

On June/KOOC-0/0-June/KOOC-0/4, 2004, the NBA preseason came to China for the first time.

In 2008, NBA has become the most popular sport in China.