Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional

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club based in

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, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the

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and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two teams that have never been

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from the top division of the Spanish League. The only other is

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. In 1994, Joventut Badalona became champion of the FIBA European League (today known as the

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), the first Catalan basketball club to accomplish such a grandiose achievement and the first Spanish team to do so in the modern era

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format. Well-known players have included the Margall brothers (with

Josep Maria Margall Josep Maria Margall i Tauler (; born 17 March 1955) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the small forward position. Professional career Margall's number 7 jersey was retired by Joventut Badalona. S ...

Zoran Slavnić Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Мока Славнић; born 26 October 1949) is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and coach. He played with Crvena zvezda and with Partizan. One of the best European point guar ...

Jordi Villacampa Jordi Villacampa Amorós (born 11 October 1963) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player of Joventut Badalona, and former chairman of the club. At 1.96 m (6 ft. 5 in.) tall, he played as a shooting guard-small forward. His main ...

, Rafael Jofresa,

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, Mike Smith, Reggie Johnson,

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, Raül López, Rudy Fernández,

Ricky Rubio Ricard Rubio Vives (born 21 October 1990) is an inactive Spanish professional basketball player. He became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish Liga ACB on 15 October 2005, at age 14. Rubio made his EuroLeague debut on 24 October 2006 ...

Pau Ribas Pau Ribas Tossas (born 2 March 1987) is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He played most of his career for Catalan Liga ACB teams FC Barcelona Bàsquet, FC Barcelona and Joventut Badalona. Standing at , he primarily played in the ...

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, Nicolás Laprovittola, Joel Parra,

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and Ante Tomic.

History

Badalona has had a basketball team since 30 March 1930, when Joventut was founded as ''Penya Spirit of Badalona''. Apart from basketball, the club initially had teams involved in several sports including

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, and

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. In 1932, the club changed its name to ''Centre Esportiu Badaloní'' and in 1939, it was forced to become ''Club Juventud de Badalona''. By 1940, basketball was established as the club's main sport and green and black were adopted as the club's colours. As one of the founding clubs of the Spanish league, Joventut became also one of the top teams in Spain since the 1950s, developing a great rivalry with

and with the other neighbouring teams like

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, playing memorable duels. Joventut won their first

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in 1948 and their two first leagues in

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and

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

. In 1981, Joventut started its golden era by winning their first European title: the

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1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

, by defeating Carrera Venezia in the final played in

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by 105–104 after a game winning shot by Joe Galvin at the buzzer. Joventut repeated title in

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, this time beating

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in the double-legged final. One year later, in 1991, Joventut achieved their third league, the first under the ACB and repeated title in the following season, after losing the final of the FIBA European League against Partizan, that won thanks to a

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. However, in 1994, Joventut won the title after winning the

played in

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against

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with Zeljko Obradovic as coach. After two years of decline, Joventut clinched their seventh national cup and in the 2000s, started a new golden era with players like Rudy Fernández, and

developed in the youth teams of the club. During their years at Badalona, Joventut won a

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2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, by beating

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in the final, a

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in 2008, beating

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in the finals, and the eighth Copa del Rey, also in 2008. Joventut Badalona is one of the only two teams, along with

, to have played every year in the top league. In the 2017–18 season, Joventut was close of the dissolution, but the shareholders voted to save the club. Finally, it could finish the season in the 15th season and avoided the relegation, despite ending in the worst position ever. Since then, Joventut has returned to the elite of Spanish basketball with several ACB and

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semifinals, also being contenders in the Eurocup.

Sponsorship naming

Club Joventut de Badalona has received diverse trade names along its history. These are the Joventut denominations along the years: *Juventud Kalso: 1965–1968 *Juventud Nerva: 1968–1971 *Juventud

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: 1971–1977 *Juventud

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: 1977–1978 *Joventut

: 1978–1981 *Joventut

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: 1981–1982 *Joventut Fichet: 1982–1983 *Joventut

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: 1983–1984 *Ron Negrita Joventut: 1984–1987 *Ram Joventut: 1987–1990 *Montigalà Joventut: 1990–1992 *

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Joventut: 1992–1993 *

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Joventut: 1993–1995 *

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Joventut: 1996–1998 *Pinturas Bruguer Badalona: 1998–2000 *DKV Joventut: 2001–2011 *FIATC Joventut: 2011–2016 *Divina Seguros Joventut: 2016–2019 *Probitas: 2019-2025

Home arenas

*Pavelló de la Plana: (1962–72), before 1962, the team played in open air stadiums. *Pavelló d'Ausiàs March: (1972–91), also known as Pavelló Club Joventut (5,000 seats).pistes de joc
* Palau Olímpic: (1991–present)

Gallery

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Players

Retired numbers

*Even though number #5 had been retired to honor Rafael Jofresa, from 2002 to 2008 Rudy Fernández kept wearing that number during his stay at the professional team.

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Domestic players: * Rudy Fernández *

Tomás Jofresa Tomás Jofresa Prats (born 25 January 1970) is a Spanish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics with Spain. During his 16-year long career, he played mainly in Spain, with stints in Italy, Greece and Po ...

* Andrés Jiménez * Rafa Jofresa * Raúl López *

* Ferran Martinez *

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Alberto Abalde Alberto Abalde Díaz (born 15 December 1995) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He has experience on the Spain under-18 and under-20 national teams, having won the bronze ...

Pere Tomàs Pere Tomàs (born 5 September 1989) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Granada of the Liga ACB. Professional career Tomàs signed with ICL Manresa on August 5, 2016. On August 9, 2022, he signed with Covirán Granada of the Span ...

Albert Oliver Albert Oliver Campos (born June 4, 1978) is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as an assistant coach for Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB. Standing at , he played at the point guard position. Professional ...

Sergi Vidal Sergi Vidal Plana (born 9 April 1981) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player, who played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Professional career Vidal signed with the Spanish League giants Real Madrid in August 2009, ...

Albert Miralles Albert Miralles (born 14 May 1982) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. Professional career NBA draft Miralles was drafted by the Toronto Raptors in the 2004 NBA draft. The Miami Heat acquired his rights from the Toronto Rapto ...

* Alfonso Martinez *

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* Lluis Miquel Santillana * Joel Parra (Non- EU players): *

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Kyle Guy Kyle Joseph Guy (born August 11, 1997) is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as assistant coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team. He played college basketball for Virginia as a shooting guard fo ...

* Derek Willis * Mike Smith * Reggie Johnson * Charles Gaines *

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* Ed Johnson *

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Bosman players: *

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* Jamie Arnold *

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* Andrew Betts *

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* Jan-Hendrik Jagla *

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* Marko Todorovic * Juan Alberto Espil *

* Nicolas Laprovittola *

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* Petar Popović *

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* Nenad Dimitrijevic * Arturs Zagars *

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* Ante Tomic ''For a complete list of current and former players, see the

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Players at the
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Head coaches

* Xavier Estruch: 1939–1941 * Luis Antoja: 1941–1943 * Gironés: 1943–1944 * Xavier Estruch: 1944–1946 * Vicenç Lleal: 1946–1947 * José Tomas: 1947–1948 * José Vila: 1947–1950 * José Maria Costa: 1950–1951 * José Grau: 1951–1953 * Joaquín Broto: 1953–1955 * J. Jiménez: 1955–1956 * Joaquín Broto: 1956–1958 * Rafael Murgadas: 1958–1959 * José Grau: 1959–1961 * Joan Canals: 1961–1962 * Antonio Molina: 1962–1963 * Albert Gasulla: 1963–1964 * Antonio Molina: 1963–1964 * Eduardo Kucharski: 1965–1969 * Josep Lluís Cortés: 1969–1972 * Clinton Morris: 1972–1973 * Josep Lluís Cortés: 1973–1975 * Eduardo Kucharski: 1975–1976 * Josep María Meléndez: 1975–1977 * Antoni Serra: 1977–1979 * Josep Lluís Cortés: 1979–1980 * Manel Comas: 1980–1982 * Joaquín Costa Prat: 1981–1982 * Jack Schrader: 1982–1983 *

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: 1983–1985 * Miquel Nolis: 1985–1986 * Alfred Julbe: 1986–1989 *

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: 1989–1990 *

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: 1990–1993 *

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: 1993–1994 *

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: 1994–1995 * Miquel Nolis: 1994–1995 *

: 1995–1996 * Alfred Julbe: 1996–2000 * Josep María Izquierdo: 1999–2001 * Manel Comas: 2000–2003 *

: 2003–2008 *

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: 2008–2010 * Pepu Hernández: 2010–2011 * Salva Maldonado: 2011–2016 * Diego Ocampo: 2016–2018 * Carles Duran: 2018–2024 * Daniel Miret: 2024–present

Logos

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Uniforms

The Joventut jerseys have always been green with a black stripe across the chest, and the shorts have been traditionally black, with the exception of some years that have been green too. The traditional away jerseys have been white, although in 2008–09 a new silver alternate jersey was introduced.

Rivalries

Joventut has a traditional rivalry with provincial neighbours

. Both teams face in the Catalan basketball derby.

Season by season

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Spanish League : Winners (4): 1966–67, 1977–78, 1990–91, 1991–92 : Runners-up (10):

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1968–69, 1970–71,

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, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93 *

: Winners (8): 1948, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1969, 1976,

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: Runners-up (13): 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974,

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

* Spanish Super Cup : Winners (2): 1986, 1987 : Runners-up (1): 1988

European competitions

: Winners (1): 1993–94 : Runners-up (1): 1991–92 : Final Four (2):

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup, founded as ''FIBA European Cup Winners Cup'', was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against eac ...

(defunct) : Runners-up (1): 1987–88 : Semifinalists (4): 1971–72,

, 1976–77, 1985–86 *

(defunct) : Winners (2): 1980–81, 1989–90 : Semifinalist (3): 1975–76, 1977–78, 1990–91 *

EuroCup Basketball EuroCup Basketball, commonly known as the EuroCup and currently called BKT EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional basketball club competition organized by Euroleague Basketball. The league is regarded as Euroleague Basketbal ...

: Winners (1): 2007–08 : Semifinalists (2): 2002–03, 2022-23 *

FIBA EuroChallenge FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run by FIBA Europe. It is not to be confus ...

(defunct) : Winners (1): 2005–06 *

European Basketball Club Super Cup The European Super Cup was a semi-official professional men's basketball club tournament that was held by ACB, and FIBA on one occasion. It took place between 1983 and 1991. It was played between the winners of the European-wide top-tier level ...

(semi-official, defunct) : Runners-up (2):

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

: 3rd place (1):

Worldwide competitions

McDonald's Championship The McDonald's Championship (sometimes called the McDonald's Open) was an international men's basketball competition that featured a representative of the National Basketball Association (representing North America) against champion club teams ...

(defunct) : Runners-up (1):

Other competitions

FIBA International Christmas Tournament FIBA International Christmas Tournament also known as the Christmas Tournament (''Torneo de Navidad'') was a men's basketball international friendly competition at the club level (and in some editions with national teams), organized by FIBA at its ...

(defunct) : Runners-up (3):

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

*Vielha, Spain Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2014

Regional competitions

* Catalan League : Winners (11):

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, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008 : Runners-up (14):

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 * Catalan Championship (defunct) : Winners (5): 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957 : Runners-up (5): 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player ACB Most Valuable Player is an annual award of the Liga ACB, the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain. The ACB handed out the award first after the 1991–92 ACB season. Since then, four players have won the award more than once: Darr ...

– 2002 ACB Rising Star/Best Young Player *

– 2007 *

Guillem Vives Guillem Vives Torrent (born 16 June 1993) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. He is also a member of the senior Spain national team. At a height of 1.92 m (6'3 "), he plays primarily at the ...

– 2014 ACB Finals MVP *

– 1991 * Mike Smith – 1992 Spanish Cup MVP *

– 1997 * Rudy Fernández – 2004, 2008 ULEB Eurocup Finals MVP * Rudy Fernández – 2008

EuroChallenge Final Four MVP The FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four MVP, or FIBA EuroChallenge Finals MVP, was the most valuable player award that was presented to the basketball player who most exhibited exceptional play during the FIBA EuroChallenge's Final Four stage, which was t ...

* Rudy Fernández – 2006

EuroLeague Rising Star The EuroLeague Rising Star in an annual EuroLeague awards, award of the EuroLeague, which is the European professional club basketball system, top-tier level European-wide professional club basketball league, that is given to the player the EuroLe ...

* Rudy Fernández – 2007

All-ACB Team The All-Liga ACB Team () is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. It is the yearly selection of the league's top 10 basketball players by position. The award began with the 2003–04 season. Th ...

* Rudy Fernández – 2007, 2008 *

– 2008 * Nicolás Laprovittola – 2019 *

Klemen Prepelič Klemen Prepelič (born 20 October 1992) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Slovenian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he plays at ...

– 2020 * Xabier López-Arostegui – 2021 ACB Slam Dunk Champion *

– 2009

Wheelchair basketball

Joventut Badalona has also a

wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as ...

team which currently plays in the División de Honor, the Spanish top league.Information and news about Joventut wheelchair basketball team
In 2011 the team, which was known as Joventut GAM by sponsorship reasons, was dissolved and two years later was re-launched again. In its first season after the re-opening, the team promoted to División de Honor.

Season by season

Notes

References

External links

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History

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Home arenas

Gallery

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

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Head coaches

Logos

Uniforms

Rivalries

Season by season

Honours

Domestic competitions

European competitions

Worldwide competitions

Other competitions

Regional competitions

Individual awards

Wheelchair basketball

Season by season

See also

Notes

References

External links

Players at the
NBA draft The NBA draft is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) annual event, dating back to 1947 BAA draft, 1947, in which the teams in the league can Draft (sports), draft players who declare for the draft and that are Eligibility for the NBA dr ...