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Remembering the Early NBA

bobkuska
May 16, 2021
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Yesterday, we profiled broadcasting legend Marty Glickman and his tips from 1949 on broadcasting a basketball game. Today, we present Glickman’s memories of the original Basketball Association of America (BAA) and early NBA. These memories are pulled from the 1996 book Vintage NBA: Pioneer Era (1946-1956). If you don’t know the book, you should. It’s “a…

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