What is the NBA's Mission statement?
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From recent research, it doesn't look like the NBA has a mission statement, but each individual team does.  You can go to www.nba.com and use their search engine to find out what the mission statements are for each team.  Also, this website has a history page where you can view the history of the NBA.  Hope this helps!
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I hate how the NBA promotes the superstar of each team and not the whole team.  \n\nFor example, "Come see Kobe and the Lakers as they play the Shaq and the Heat!"  when they should be saying Lakers vs. Heat.  We all know who the superstar is.  It is a team sport.\n\nThere is no "I" in team.  Although Kobe could say "There is no team without "me".
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check out the nba website for details or may be check google or yahoo
103913
basketball should be reflection of its player.  the argentinan singer doesn't have rap album coming out soon.  basketball has become to bland.  there aren't personalities in the league anymore.  the are a bunch of millionares worrying about their contracts and mistresses.  if you make 10 million dollars a year, what do you care about allstar weekend for.  keep enough fans happy so they will buy your 150 dollar shoes.  david stern is disconnected from his employees.  basketball is nothing how it use to be during the bird and magic era
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It's the total of all fouls by members of the same team in one half.  It's used for determining when a "non-shooting foul" results in free throws rather than possession of the ball.\n\nIn other words, if one player on a team gets three fouls and a couple of other players get one or two fouls each, their team would be "over the limit" for team fouls.
79878
The NBA is a joke now.  That is why it is losing popularity.  It used to be about strategy.  Now it is about showboating and seeing who can make the most slam dunks before the buzzer ends the game.
159456
this year the pistons are going to take...the pistons are a team who do not rely on one or two guys the team relies on itself...what is most each guy is willing to sacrifice himself for the betterment of the team...no one player is looking to be the hero.
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What Cali is describing should be called an offensive foul, but offense is at such a premium in the NBA they almost always call it in favor of the shooter.  Yeah, they need to stop flopping.  Maybe the NBA should take a cue from soccer, I can't believe I'm saying this, and create a foul for flopping.  It's just dumb that they can do it, and now it's starting to enter the college game too.
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it is the WNBA \naka the womens national basketball association
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There are 450 NBA players (broken down into 15 players for each of the 30 teams).  \n\nAs the NBA has done away with the injured reserve, each team has 15 players that are eligible to play in every game.  However, teams must inform the NBA of the 12 active players they will be fielding in an hour before tip off.\n\nLastly, the minimum number of players that must dress for a game is 8.\n\nHope this was helpful.
721999
more interactive programs between fans and players. Change the style of play a bit, by forcing the players to actually play some more defense and make the game more exciting to watch (college ball is kicking nba's ass right now).
260386
what!  go!  Take some claritan and get on the court!  Be a team player!
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The NBA.Drugs,rape,fights,unlawfull possesion,gun charges.It seems to me you see more articals about NBA players being in trouble over something,than in any other sport.
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The CBA is basically the contract between the owners and the players association.  If one doesn't get done by Wednesday, the cap's going to stay right where it is, and a lot of teams are going to have to make a lot more cuts than they wanted too to get under the cap by the deadline.  Most trade rumors will be squashed as well.
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Its is part of the NBA(National Basketball Association) It specifically is listed as WNBA, therefore assigning it as Women's National Basketball League.  Any group or club or organization is allowed by law to establish their own rules and structures.  The struture of this association is design as a league for woman.  Discrimination is when it doesn't establish a bias format and then refuses males.
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The NBA started in 1947, but there were travelling teams well before this.  The pre-cursor to the NBA was an industrial league where company employees played against other companies -- these employees were paid extra for their jobs because they were representing and advertising for the company when they played well.  THis was the inspiration for the NBA.
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it was instituted on october 17 2005 here is some info on it.\n\nNEW YORK -- NBA commissioner David Stern spoke out for the first time on the specifics of the league's new off-the-court dress code on Tuesday.\n\n\n\nOTL: DRESS BLUES \nThe NBA has instituted a new dress code for all its players. What is Commissioner David Stern trying to accomplish? Is he stepping on players rights to choose how they want to dress? Is Stern sending a message about the image of the league and its players? Bob Ley explores the issues on Outside the Lines (tonight, ESPN, 12:40 a.m. ET/9:40 p.m. PT).\n \n\nDespite objections from players like Allen Iverson, who said he will fight to wear clothes in which he is most comfortable, Stern said he was "certain that it will be complied with." \n\n\n\nAlthough Stern wouldn't say exactly how he would enforce the new regulations -- which, among other things, require injured players seated on the bench to wear a sports jacket and outlaw chains, pendants or medallions over the player's clothes while on team or league business -- he did say that the league "will use a broad range of authority" to enforce compliance.\n\n\n\nNBA Dress Code \nIn a memo issued Monday, the NBA set forth a "minimum" dress code starting with the 2005-2006 season. The following highlights are excerpted from the memo: \n1. General Policy: Business Casual \nPlayers are required to wear Business Casual attire whenever they are engaged in team or league business. "Business Casual" attire means:\n•  A long or short-sleeved dress shirt (collared or turtleneck), and/or a sweater.\n•  Dress slacks, khaki pants, or dress jeans. \n•  Appropriate shoes and socks, including dress shoes, dress boots, or other presentable shoes, but not including sneakers, sandals, flip-flops, or work boots.\n\n\n2. Exceptions to Business Casual\nThere are the following exceptions to the general policy of Business Casual attire:\na. Players In Attendance At Games But Not In Uniform\nPlayers who are in attendance at games but not in uniform are required to wear the following additional items when seated on the bench or in the stands during the game:\n•  Sport Coat.\n•  Dress shoes or boots, and socks.\n\n\n3. Excluded Items \nThe following is a list of items that players are not allowed to wear while on team or league business:\n•  Sleeveless shirts.\n•  Shorts.\n•  T-shirts, jerseys, or sports apparel (unless appropriate for the event (e.g., a basketball clinic), team-identified, and approved by the team).\n• Headgear of any kind while a player is sitting on the bench or in the stands at a game, during media interviews, or during a team or league event or appearance (unless appropriate for the event or appearance, team-identified, and approved by the team).\n• Chains, pendants, or medallions worn over the player's clothes.\n• Sunglasses while indoors.\n• Headphones (other than on the team bus or plane, or in the team locker room).\n\n \n\n"If they are really going to have a problem, they will have to make a decision about how they want to spend their adult life in terms of playing in the NBA or not," Stern said.\n\n\n\nStern said he believed that much of the recent criticism over the league-imposed rules had to do with the fact that the players didn't know the specifics, which were released in a memo to the teams on Monday.\n\n\n\nCalling the rules "quite liberal and easygoing," Stern even joked that the dress code is something that "even [Dallas Mavericks owner] Mark Cuban can comply with." But Cuban, who often wears T-shirts and jeans to games, told ESPN.com that there was "no chance, no way" that he would comply with the league's off-the-court dress code for its players. Sleeveless shirts are not allowed under the policy.\n\n\n\nIverson, whose 'do rag will now be banned, recently told the Philadelphia Daily News that "just becau