Professional basketball

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Basketball is a team sport which is played by several professional leagues throughout the world. Some countries also have woman professional basketball.

Modern professional leagues [edit]

Africa [edit]

BAI Basket is the professional basketball league in Angola.

Americas [edit]

United States and Canada [edit]

Now the U.S and Canada have two professional male leagues the National Basketball League of Canada and the National Basketball Association and a women's league the Women's National Basketball Association

Asia [edit]

Iran [edit]

The Iranian Basketball Super League is a professional basketball league in Iran founded in 1998.

Japan [edit]

Korea [edit]

South Korea has a men professional basketball Korean Basketball League and a women professional basketball Women's Korean Basketball League.

China [edit]

China's one and only Chinese Basketball Association has a major professional basketball league followed by NBA in U.S and Canada.

Philippines [edit]

The Philippine Basketball Association is the oldest professional basketball league in Asia was founded in 1975. The league used the hybrid rules from the NBA and FIBA

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