Novo Basquete Brasil

Novo Basquete Brasil

Current season or competition: 2012–13 NBB season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2009
Commissioner	Cássio Roque
No. of teams	18
Country(ies)	Brazil
Continent	South America
Most recent champion(s)	Flamengo (2012–2013)
Most titles	UniCEUB/BRB/Brasília (3 titles)
TV partner(s)	SporTV
Official website	LNB.com.br

Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) is the Brazilian premier professional men's basketball league. Organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB), in a new format to the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete, this league is managed for the first time by 19 Brazilian basketball associations, all LNB founding members.

Format

NBB is the annual championship promoted by the national Brazilian league (LNB) and endorsed by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation. The first phase of the season consists of fifteen teams playing against each other on a home and away basis. Then the top eight teams go to playoffs where the top ranked team plays against the one in eighth place, the second from top plays the seventh and so on. Each playoff series is a best-of-five apart from the championship final, which is a single game. On all those, the best placed team has home court advantage. Finally, the best placed teams in the league qualify to FIBA Americas League and Liga Sudamericana.

Founding associations

*	Team currently takes part in the NBB

Team	City/Area	Arena	Founded
Araraquara	Araraquara, São Paulo	Ginásio Castelo Branco (Gigantão)	1997
Assis	Assis, São Paulo	Jairo Ferreira dos Santos (Jairão)	2002
Bauru*	Bauru, São Paulo	Ginásio Comendador José da Silva Martha	2007
Brasília*	Brasília, Federal District	Ginásio Nilson Nelson / ASCEB minor games	2000
CETAF/Vila Velha*	Vila Velha, Espírito Santo	Ginásio Municipal João Goulart (Tartarugão)	2002
Flamengo*	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro	HSBC Arena	1895
Franca*	Franca, São Paulo	Ginásio Municipal Pedro Murilla Fuentes (Pedrocão)	1992
Iguaçu	Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro	Ginásio Alberico de Sá Bittencourt
Joinville*	Joinville, Santa Catarina	Ginásio Municipal Ivan Rodrigues	2006
Limeira*	Limeira, São Paulo	Ginásio Municipal Fortunato Lucato Neto (Vô Lucato)	2001
Londrina	Londrina, Paraná	Ginásio Municipal Darcy Côrtez (Moringão)
Minas*	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	Arena Vivo	1935
Paulistano*	São Paulo, São Paulo	Ginásio Antonio Prado Junior	1900
Pinheiros*	São Paulo, São Paulo	Ginásio Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim	1899
Saldanha da Gama	Vitória, Espírito Santo	Ginásio Jayme Navarro de Carvalho	1902
São José*	São José dos Campos, São Paulo	Lineu de Moura	1913
Bira-Lajeado	Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul	Complexo Esportivo da Univates	1955
Uberlândia*	Uberlândia, Minas Gerais	Arena Presidente Tancredo Neves	1943
Ulbra/Rio Claro	Rio Claro, São Paulo	Ginásio de Esportes Felipe Karam	1998

NBB Finals

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Series result	MVP	Coach of the Season
2009	Flamengo	Brasília	3–2	Marcelinho Machado (FLA)	Paulo Sampaio (FLA)
2009–10	Brasília	Flamengo	3–2	Marcelinho Machado (FLA)	Lula Ferreira (BRA)
2010–11	Brasília	Franca	3–1	Guilherme Giovannoni (BRA)	Hélio Rubens (FRA)
2011–12	Brasília	São José	1–0	Murilo Becker (SJO)	Régis Marrelli (SJO)
2012–13	Flamengo	Uberlândia	1–0	Marquinhos (FLA)	Lula Ferreira (FRA)

Finals appearances

Num	Team	W	L
4	Brasília	3	1
3	Flamengo	2	1
1	Franca	0	1
1	São José	0	1
1	Uberlândia	0	1

Total NBB league championships

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons	Runners-up seasons
Brasília	3	1	2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12	2008–09
Flamengo	2	1	2008–09, 2012–13	2009–10
Franca	0	1		2010–11
São José	0	1		2011–12
Uberlândia	0	1		2012–13

Seasons

2009

NBB inaugural season didn't have the participation of founding-members Iguaçu, Londrina, Ulbra/Rio Claro and Uberlândia.

2009–10

For the second NBB edition, LNB confirmed the participation of 14 teams. Limeira and Bira-Lajeado could not keep their squads, thus did not join the season. On the other hand, Londrina joined the League, while an Araraquara/Palmeiras deal brought back to the national competition one of the most traditional Brazilian clubs.

2010–11

The 15 teams from the previous season confirmed their participation. The third NBB edition also featured former national and South American champions Uberlândia, who managed to gather a strong squad sponsored by Brasília's former partner, Universo. After a one-year hiatus, Limeira returned to the League. Besides that, first-timers Rio Claro and Iguaçu joined as well.

2012–13

For the first time, NBB had eighteen participating teams, a record in the NBB's history. The three-time champion Brasília came once again as title favorite. But his greatest rival Flamengo assembled a team to break this hegemony, and thus win the NBB after four years. Uberlândia emerged as one of the favorites for the title, as well as São José The rookies were the teams of Suzano, Mogi das Cruzes, Palmeiras and Basquete Cearense. Of the four, the only team to qualify for the playoffs was Basquete Cearense. The last two were Tijuca and Suzano. Suzano, due to financial difficulties, dismounted his team to the championship final, while Tijuca has played a small tournament Access/descent with Fluminense and Macaé, respectively champion and runner-up of Supercopa Brasil de Basquete. In the playoffs, a surprise: the champions of the past three editions have been eliminated in the quarterfinals by São José. In the semifinals, Flamengo eliminated São José 3-2 and Uberlândia swept Bauru by 3-0. The final, played in one game in Rio de Janeiro, was won by the super-team of Flamengo, who after four years won his second title of the NBB.

2013-2014 season teams

Confirmed at the moment

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	Last season	Head coach	NBB seasons
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	HSBC Arena	18,000	1st	José Alves Neto	6th
Uberlândia	Uberlândia	Ginásio Homero Santos	3,500	2nd	Helio Rubens Garcia	4th
Bauru	Bauru	Ginásio Panela de Pressão	3,000	3rd	Jorge Guerra	6th
São José	São José dos Campos	Ginásio Lineu de Moura	2,620	4th	Régis Marrelli	6th
Brasília	Uberlândia	Ginásio da ASCEB	3,050	5th	Sergio Hernández	6th
Franca	Franca	Ginásio Pedrocão	6,000	6th	Lula Ferreira	6th
Pinheiros	São Paulo	Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim	824	7th	Cláudio Mortari	6th
Paulistano	São Paulo	Ginásio Antônio Prado Junior	1,500	8th	Gustavo de Conti	6th
Basquete Cearense	Fortaleza	Ginásio Paulo Sarasate	9,000	9th	Alberto Bial	2nd
Minas	Belo Horizonte	Arena Vivo	4,000	10th	TBD	6th
Limeira	Limeira	Ginásio "Vô" Lucato	1,800	11th	Demétrius Ferracciú	5th
Liga Sorocabana	Sorocaba	Ginásio Gualberto Moreira	3,000	12th	Rinaldo Rodrigues	3rd
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Ginásio Palestra Itália	1,500	13th	Ênio Vecchi	2nd
Mogi das Cruzes	Mogi das Cruzes	G.M. Professor Hugo Ramos	5,000	14th	Paco García	2nd
Joinville	Joinville	Centreventos Cau Hansen	4,000	15th	TBD	6th
Vila Velha	Vila Velha	Ginásio Municipal João Goulart (Tartarugão)	3,500	16th	TBD	6th
Tijuca	Rio de Janeiro	Gináio Álvaro Vieira Lima	4,500	17th	TBD	3rd
Macaé Basquete	Macaé	Ginásio Juquinha	2,000	–	Léo Costa	1st
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima	4,500	–	Márcio Andrade	1st
Universo/Goiânia	Goiânia	Ginásio Rio Vermelho	4,500	–	João Marcelo Leite	1st

NBB All-Team

#	Season		PG	SG	SF	PF	C
1	2009		Larry Taylor (Bauru)	Alex Garcia (Brasília)	Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo)	Murilo Becker (Minas)	Rafael "Baby" Araújo (Flamengo)
2	2009–10		Fúlvio de Assis (São José)	Alex Garcia (Brasília)	Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo)	Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasília)	Murilo Becker (Minas)
3	2010–11		Larry Taylor (Bauru)	Alex Garcia (Brasília)	Marquinhos (Pinheiros)	Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasília)	Murilo Becker (São José)
4	2011–12		Fúlvio de Assis (São José)	Alex Garcia (Brasília)	Marquinhos (Pinheiros)	Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasília)	Murilo Becker (São José)
5	2012–13		Fúlvio de Assis (São José)	Robert Day (Uberlândia)	Marquinhos (Flamengo)	Rafael Mineiro (Pinheiros)	Caio Torres (Flamengo)

Notable players

Alex Garcia Rafael "Bábby" Araújo Bruno Fiorotto Duda Machado Guilherme Giovannoni Hátila Passos Helinho Leandro Barbosa Marcelinho Machado Marquinhos Murilo Becker Nezinho dos Santos Olivinha Shilton Valtinho

Vitor Benite Joel Muñoz Ronald Ramón Juan Pablo Figueroa Facundo Sucatzky Federico Kammerichs Durelle Brown Marc Brown Robby Collum Robert Day Kyle Lamonte Bernard Robinson Joseph Shipp Shamell Stallworth Tony Stockman

- Larry Taylor

LDB

Main article: Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete

NBB rivalries

Main article: NBB rivalries

NBB All Star Weekend

Main article: NBB All Star Weekend

See also: NBB All Star Game

Awards

Individual Awards

• NBB MVP Award
• NBB Best Sixth Player
• NBB Revelation Player
• NBB Most Improved Player
• NBB Best Defender
• NBB Coach of the Year

External links

• Official website