NBA All Star Contact

1. The NBA was founded on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1949 to become the NBA.

2. Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for the most points scored in a single NBA game with 100 points, achieved on March 2, 1962, while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knicks.

3. Michael Jordan, widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and earned five regular-season MVP awards.

4. The Boston Celtics have the most NBA championships in history, with 17 titles to their name.

5. The NBA implemented the three-point line in the 1979-1980 season, with the first player to make a three-point shot in an NBA game being Chris Ford of the Boston Celtics.

6. The San Antonio Spurs have the highest winning percentage in NBA history during the regular season, with a percentage of .603 as of the end of the 2022-2023 season.

7. LeBron James is the youngest player to reach 30,000 career points in the NBA, accomplishing this feat at 33 years and 24 days old.

8. The Golden State Warriors set an NBA record for the most wins in a single regular season with 73 wins during the 2015-2016 season, breaking the previous record of 72 wins set by the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls.

9. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holds the record for the most career points scored in NBA history, with 38,387 points scored during his illustrious career.

10. The NBA All-Star Game features a unique format where players are selected through a draft by team captains, rather than dividing teams by conference affiliations.