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Do not fill this in! ===Other developments=== {{Recentism|date=July 2020}} In 2001, an affiliated [[minor league]], the National Basketball Development League, now called the [[NBA G League]], was created.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frequently Asked Questions: NBA G League|url=https://gleague.nba.com/faq/|publisher=National Basketball Association|access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> Two years after the Hornets' move to [[New Orleans]], the NBA returned to North Carolina, as the [[Charlotte Hornets|Charlotte Bobcats]] were formed as an [[expansion team]] in 2004.<!--The NBA officially considers the Bobcats as part of the current Hornets' history.--> The Hornets [[Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the New Orleans Hornets|temporarily moved]] to [[Oklahoma City]] in 2005 for two seasons because of damage caused by [[Hurricane Katrina]]. The team returned to New Orleans in 2007. A [[NBA criticisms and controversies#Microfiber game ball|new official game ball]] was introduced on June 28, 2006, for the 2006β07 season, marking the first change to the ball in over 35 years and only the second ball in 60 seasons.<ref>{{cite news|title=NBA Introduces New Game Ball|url=http://www.nba.com/news/blackbox_060628.html|publisher=National Basketball Association|date=June 28, 2006|access-date=December 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317211343/http://www.nba.com/news/blackbox_060628.html|archive-date=March 17, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Manufactured by [[Spalding (sports equipment)|Spalding]], the new ball featured a new design and new synthetic material that Spalding claimed offered a better grip, feel, and consistency than the original ball. However, many players were vocal in their disdain for the new ball, saying that it was too sticky when dry, and too slippery when wet. Commissioner Stern announced on December 11, 2006, that beginning January 1, 2007, the NBA would return to the traditional leather basketball in use prior to the 2006β07 season. The change was influenced by frequent player complaints and confirmed hand injuries (cuts) caused by the microfiber ball.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2694335 |last=Stein |first=Marc |title=Leather ball will return on Jan. 1 |publisher=ESPN |date=December 12, 2006 |author-link=Marc Stein (reporter) |access-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> The [[NBA Players Association|Players' Association]] had filed a suit on behalf of the players against the NBA over the new ball.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&id=2689744 |title=NBA ball controversy reaches new level |last=Stein |first=Marc |publisher=ESPN |date=December 8, 2006 |author-link=Marc Stein (reporter) |access-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> {{As of|2018|alt=As of the 2017β18 season}}, the NBA team jerseys are manufactured by [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], replacing the previous supplier, [[Adidas]]. All teams will wear jerseys with the Nike logo except the [[Charlotte Hornets]], whose jerseys will instead have the [[Jumpman (logo)|Jumpman]] logo associated with longtime Nike endorser [[Michael Jordan]], who owns the Hornets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2017/6/26/15872910/hornets-jumpman-jerseys-nba-nike-license |title=The Hornets will be the only NBA team to have jerseys licensed by Jumpman |first=James |last=Dator |publisher=SB Nation |date=June 26, 2017 |access-date=July 6, 2017}}</ref> The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) began an investigation on July 19, 2007, over allegations that veteran NBA referee [[Tim Donaghy]] bet on basketball games he officiated over the past two seasons and that he made calls affecting the [[point spread]] in those games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Donaghy under investigation for betting on NBA games |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2943095 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=December 27, 2022 |date=July 20, 2007}}</ref> On August 15, 2007, Donaghy pleaded guilty to two [[2007 NBA betting scandal|federal charges related to the investigation]]. Donaghy claimed in 2008 that certain referees were friendly with players and "company men" for the NBA, and he alleged that referees influenced the outcome of certain playoff and finals games in 2002 and 2005. NBA commissioner [[David Stern]] denied the allegations and said Donaghy was a convicted felon and a "singing, cooperating witness".<ref>{{cite web |title=2002 Lakers-Kings Game 6 at heart of Donaghy allegations |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3436401 |date=June 11, 2008 |access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref> Donaghy served 15 months in prison and was released in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Virgin |first=Ryan |title=David Stern and Tim Donaghy's Motives Are Not That Different |website=Bleacher Report |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/378154-david-stern-and-tim-donaghys-motives-are-not-that-different |date=April 13, 2010 |access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref> According to an independent study by Ronald Beech of Game 6 of the [[2002 NBA Playoffs|2002 Western Conference Finals]] between the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings, although the refs increased the Lakers' chances of winning through foul calls during the game, there was no [[collusion]] to fix the game. On alleged "star treatment" during Game 6 by the referees toward certain players, Beech claimed, "there does seem to be issues with different standards and allowances for different players."<ref>{{cite web |last=Beech |first=Ronald |title=Reviewing the calls: Lakers-Kings Game 6 |url=http://www.82games.com/lakerskingsgame6.htm |year=2008 |access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref> The NBA Board of Governors approved the request of the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] to [[Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City|move]] to Oklahoma City on April 18, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=NBA Board of Governors Approve Sonics Move to Oklahoma City Pending Resolution of Litigation|url=http://www.nba.com/news/bog_sonics_080418.html|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=NBA.com|date=April 18, 2008|access-date=December 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520212020/http://www.nba.com/news/bog_sonics_080418.html|archive-date=May 20, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The team, however, could not move until it had settled a lawsuit filed by the city of [[Seattle]], which was intended to keep the SuperSonics in Seattle for the remaining two seasons of the team's lease at [[KeyArena]]. Following a court case, the city of Seattle settled with the [[Professional Basketball Club|ownership group]] of the SuperSonics on July 2, 2008, allowing the team to move to Oklahoma City immediately in exchange for terminating the final two seasons of the team's lease at KeyArena.<ref>{{cite news|title=NBA Commissioner David Stern Statement on Settlement Between Sonics and the City of Seattle|url=http://www.nba.com/news/sternsonicsstatement_080702.html|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=NBA.com|date=July 2, 2008|access-date=December 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705063414/https://www.nba.com/news/sternsonicsstatement_080702.html|archive-date=July 5, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] began playing in the 2008β09 season. The [[NBA outdoor games|first outdoor game]] in the modern era of the league was played at the [[Indian Wells Tennis Garden]] on October 11, 2008, between the [[Phoenix Suns]] and the [[Denver Nuggets]].<ref>{{cite news|last=McMenamin|first=Dave|title=Outdoor game sees shooting, temperature drop|url=http://www.nba.com/2008/news/features/dave_mcmenamin/10/12/101108mcmenaminoutdoor/|publisher=National Basketball Association|date=October 12, 2008|access-date=July 25, 2010}}</ref> The first official NBA league games on European ground took place in 2011. In two matchups, the [[New Jersey Nets]] faced the [[Toronto Raptors]] at the [[The O2 Arena (London)|O2 Arena]] in London in front of over 20,000 fans. After the 2012β13 season, the New Orleans Hornets were renamed the [[New Orleans Pelicans|Pelicans]].<ref>{{cite news|title=New Orleans Pelicans Officially Adopt New Namesake|url=http://www.nba.com/pelicans/news/new-orleans-pelicans-officially-adopt-new-namesake|website=Pelicans.com|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|date=April 18, 2013|access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> During the 2013β14 season, Stern retired as commissioner after 30 years, and deputy commissioner [[Adam Silver]] ascended to the position of commissioner. During that season's playoffs, the Bobcats officially reclaimed the Hornets name, and by agreement with the league and the Pelicans, also received sole ownership of all history, records, and statistics from the Pelicans' time in Charlotte. As a result, the Hornets are now officially considered to have been founded in 1988, suspended operations in 2002, and resumed in 2004 as the Bobcats, while the Pelicans are officially treated as a 2002 expansion team.<ref name=hornets_name_returns>{{cite news|title=Charlotte Hornets Name Returns to Carolinas|url=http://www.nba.com/hornets/charlotte-hornets-name-returns-carolinas|website=Hornets.com|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|date=May 20, 2014|access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> (This is somewhat similar to the relationship between the [[Cleveland Browns]] and [[Baltimore Ravens]] in the [[National Football League|NFL]].) [[Donald Sterling]], who was then-owner of the [[Los Angeles Clippers]], received a lifetime ban from the NBA on April 29, 2014, after racist remarks he made became public. Sterling was also fined US$2.5 million, the maximum allowed under the NBA Constitution.<ref>{{cite news|title=Clippers owner Sterling banned for life by the NBA|url=http://www.nba.com/2014/news/04/29/nba-bans-donald-sterling.ap/|agency=Associated Press|publisher=National Basketball Association|date=April 29, 2014|access-date=April 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229050022/http://www.nba.com/2014/news/04/29/nba-bans-donald-sterling.ap/|archive-date=December 29, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Becky Hammon]] was hired by the [[San Antonio Spurs]] on August 5, 2014, as an assistant coach, becoming the second [[List of female NBA coaches|female coach in NBA history]] but the first full-time coach.<ref>{{cite news|title=Spurs make WNBA's Hammon first female NBA assistant|url=http://www.nba.com/2014/news/08/05/spurs-becky-hammon.ap/|agency=Associated Press|publisher=National Basketball Association|date=August 5, 2014|access-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref><ref name=borntocoach>{{cite news|last=Fagan|first=Kate|title=Becky Hammon was born to coach|url=http://espn.go.com/wnba/story/_/id/11313239/wnba-san-antonio-stars-future-spurs-assistant-becky-hammon-was-born-coach|publisher=ESPN|date=August 5, 2014|access-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> This also makes her the first full-time female coach in any of the [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|four major professional sports]] in North America.<ref name=borntocoach/> The NBA announced on April 15, 2016, that it would allow all 30 of its teams to sell corporate sponsor advertisement patches on official game uniforms, beginning with the 2017β18 season. The sponsorship advertisement patches would appear on the left front of jerseys, opposite [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]'s logo, marking the first time a manufacturer's logo would appear on NBA jerseys, and would measure approximately 2.5 by 2.5 inches. The NBA would become the first [[major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major North American professional sports league]] to allow corporate sponsorship logos on official team uniforms, and the last to have a uniform manufacturer logo appear on its team uniforms.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mahoney|first=Brian|title=NBA to begin selling jersey sponsorships in 2017β18|url=http://www.nba.com/2016/news/04/15/nba-to-begin-selling-jersey-sponsorships-in-2017-18.ap/index.html|agency=Associated Press|publisher=National Basketball Association|date=April 15, 2016|access-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> The first team to announce a jersey sponsorship was the [[Philadelphia 76ers]], who agreed to a deal with [[StubHub]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Philadelphia 76ers And StubHub Announce First Jersey Sponsorship in Major American Professional Sports|url=http://www.nba.com/sixers/philadelphia-76ers-and-stubhub-announce-first-jersey-sponsorship-major-american-professional-sports|website=Sixers.com|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|date=May 15, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> On July 6, 2017, the NBA unveiled an updated rendition of its logo; it was largely identical to the previous design, except with revised typography and a "richer" color scheme. The league began to phase in the updated logo across its properties during the [[2017 NBA Summer League]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A first look at the NBA's refreshed logo|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2017/07/06/first-look-nbas-refreshed-logo-2017-18-season|publisher=National Basketball Association|date=July 6, 2017|access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref> The NBA also officially released new [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] uniforms for all 30 teams beginning with the 2017β18 season. The league eliminated "home" and "away" uniform designations. Instead, each team would have four or six uniforms: the "Association" edition, which is the team's white uniform, the "Icon" edition, which is the team's color uniform, and the "Statement" and "City" uniforms, which most teams use as an alternate uniform.<ref>{{cite news|last=Whitaker|first=Lang|title=NBA, Nike unveil new uniforms for 2017β18 season|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2017/07/18/nba-nike-new-uniforms#/|publisher=National Basketball Association|date=July 18, 2017|access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, the NBA also released the "Earned" uniform.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Teams unveil Earned Edition uniforms for 2018β19 season|url=https://www.nba.com/news/nba-unveils-earned-edition-uniforms|publisher=National Basketball Association|date=December 12, 2018|access-date=April 25, 2021}}</ref> In 2018, Adam Silver showed support in the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court's]] decision to overturn a federal ban on [[sports betting]]. Silver thought it would bring greater transparency and integrity as well as business opportunities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NBA's Adam Silver on Why He Supports Legal Sports Betting |url=https://www.wsj.com/video/nba-adam-silver-on-why-he-supports-legal-sports-betting/27DC4F82-D2D1-4890-AF3D-C551375620A2 |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=WSJ}}</ref> Before naming [[DraftKings]] and [[FanDuel]] co-official sports betting partners of the NBA in 2021, the NBA first named [[MGM Resorts International|MGM]] as the exclusive official gaming partner of the NBA and WNBAβthe first major American sports league to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DraftKings, FanDuel become NBA's co-official sports betting partners |url=https://www.nba.com/news/draftkings-fanduel-become-nbas-co-official-sports-betting-partners |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=NBA.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-09 |title=NBA now first U.S. league with betting sponsor |url=https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/24245142/nba-first-league-betting-sponsor-deal-mgm |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> With a deal between the 76ers and then-sportsbook FOX Bet as the first agreement between an NBA team and a sportsbook app, more teams partnered with operators thereafter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Matthew Impelli |date=2019-11-25 |title=Philadelphia 76ers Partner With Mobile Sports Betting Brand, FOX Bet |url=https://www.newsweek.com/philadelphia-76ers-become-first-nba-team-partner-online-sports-betting-brand-1473968 |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Newsweek}}</ref> This early acceptance of sports betting translated to basketball being the most bet on sport in the United States over football in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Molter |first=Michael |date=2024-01-25 |title=Basketball Eclipsing Football As Most Bet On Sport In USA |url=https://www.usaonlinegambling.com/news/basketball-eclipsing-football-as-most-bet-on-sport-in-usa-01-25-2024/ |access-date=2024-01-30}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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