The National Basketball League was the first professional basketball league in the world. Centered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the league's teams stretched from New York City to Central New Jersey, through the Philadelphia area and down to Wilmington, Delaware. The league began operations with the 1898–99 season and disbanded in January ...

The 1898-99 season saw six teams in the league. Three were in Philadelphia (Clover Wheelmen, Germantown Nationals, and Hancock Athletic Association), and three were in New Jersey (Millville Glass Blowers, Camden Electrics, and Trenton Nationals).

Two of the Philadelphia teams folded before New Year's Eve 1898, but the other four completed the season, with the Trenton Nationals winning the first championship with an 18-2-1 record. The 1898-99 season saw six teams in the league.

2024年7月6日 · 1891年，美国人詹姆士·奈史密斯博士发明了篮球这项运动。 1898年，第一个职业篮球组织——“国家篮球联盟”NBL（National Basketball League）成立。 NBL状况介绍：由于各球队经济实力和技术水平相差甚远，加上没有成熟的市场运作经验和规则，NBL仅仅经过三四个赛季便名存实亡了，竞技术水平和经营水平都很低下。 NBL成立之后，美国又出现了许多类似的职业篮球组织，但都如过眼云烟、自生自灭。 30年代，NBL在一些中小城市中复苏，进行一些规模 …

NBL was the first professional basketball league, formed in 1898, seven years after the invention of the game. Six teams participated in the first season, three from Philadelphia (Germantown Nationals, Clover Wheelman and Hancock Athletic Association) and three from New Jersey (Camden Electrics, Trenton Nationals and Millville Glass Blowers).

In early August of 1898, in the office Horace Fogel, the sports editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, the first professional basketball league, the National Basketball League, was organized. Centered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the league's teams stretched from New York City to Central New Jersey, through the Philadelphia area and down ...

2024年3月12日 · 1898年，美国成立了世界上第一个职业篮球组织——“国家篮球联盟”（National Basketball League，简称NBL）。这个联盟的成立标志着篮球运动正式进入了职业化时代。在NBL的推动下，篮球比赛的规则逐渐统一，球员的技术水平也得到了极大的提高。

The NBL that game was played on a court that was ringed by a 12-foot, chain-link “cage” separating players from fans. The idea was that a cage would make the game faster by stopping all out-of-bounds delays, but the cage also made pro basketball an incredibly rough sport as players engaged in hockey-style body checks against the wire.

Standings Trenton 18 2 1 .900 … Millville 14 6 2 .700 4 Camden 7 13 1 .350 11 Philadelphia 5 14 1 .263 13 Germantown (1) 1 4 0 .200 Hancock (2) 0 6 1 .000 Notes: (1) Dropped out of the league on December 26, 1898 (2) Dropped out of the league […]

National Basketball League. In 1898, the first professional basketball league NBL was formed. National Basketball League announced its arrival on December 1, 1898 with a game between Trenton Nationals and Hancock Athletic Association.