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Also Known As	NBA
Date	1949 - present
Areas Of Involvement	basketball • professionalism
Related People	LeBron James • Steve Nash • Phil Jackson • Dwyane Wade • Gregg Popovich • Kobe Bryant • Tim Duncan • Allen Iverson • Shaquille O’Neal • Kevin Garnett • Jerry Reinsdorf • Magic Johnson • Hakeem Olajuwon • Larry Bird • Dolph Schayes

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