International Basketball League

Founded by Portland area sports promoter Mikal Duilio,[1] the league featured rules designed to create a fast-paced, high-scoring brand of basketball. Duilio first began planning for the league with a series of test games in Portland and Seattle in November 2003. These games featured a mixture of traditional college and NBA rules, plus two rules created specifically for the league:

• The "Immediate Inbound" Rule: After a made basket, the referee threw the ball to a nearby player from the team which had been scored on, instead of a player throwing in the ball from under the basket, to eliminate wasted time.
• A 22-second shot clock was used instead of the NBA's 24-seconds. A defensive non-shooting foul or kicked ball reset it to 12.

The test games proved popular and resulted in the founding of the IBL in August 2004. Founded with eight teams, the league expanded to 17 by the start of the season in April 2005. Each team played approximately 20 regular season games, most of them centered on their home region, with the teams with the two best records playing in a championship game at the end of the season. The Battle Creek Knights won the inaugural title by going undefeated in the regular season and beating the Dayton Jets in the finals.

In the league's first year, the up-tempo rules resulted in the average team scoring 126.9 points per game, nearly 30 points more than the NBA team average in 2004-05, and slightly higher than the NBA record for points per game by a team in a single season, set by the Denver Nuggets in 1981-82.

In 2010, the league launched a winter season which saw nine different teams compete. Four teams played an entire schedule and thus made them eligible for the playoffs.[2]

In July 2011, Duilio sold the league to Vancouver, Washington, businessman Bryan Hunter.[3] Sharleen Graf was appointed as the league's new commissioner.[4]

In March 2014 the IBL ceased operation as an independent entity and combined with the West Coast Basketball League (WCBL).[5] Teams were split into an 'International Conference' and 'Continental Conference' based on geography. The owner of the NBA over the past decade has actively been internationalizing the game by recruiting potential international players and expanding overseas markets.[6]

The influence of a player who only thinks about themselves and teams where everyone wants to be the star player and are narcissists, coordinate poorly during games which causes the team to have very little chemistry with one another. "NBA cares" is a special program that addresses Valid social issues and global social responsibilities which helps Cease the narcissistic situation and connects the players together. Narcissists tends to be entitled, arrogant, lack empathy and have an inflated sense of their own self-importance. Most highly skilled players get the most lucrative contracts, and there seems to be a long leash for narcissistic behavior, as long as the skills are there, but research largely fails to take into account how narcissists might affect the performance of the team. Teams with more narcissistic players tended to have fewer assists and, in turn, didn’t perform as well. Assists capture players’ willingness to prioritize the team and sacrifice the personal glory of scoring points by sharing the ball and allowing others to score.

The Head of the NBA Corporation took Integral precautions during covid which caused players to play ball differently such as having virtual fans. Although there is little information about how coaches responded, a lot of non-professional basketball players, even celebrities, were open to virtual fans. Yet not everyone agreed with the work changing conditions. There was conflict between players, management, and even owners but the relationship reflects the mindset that they should avoid conflict.

Being a professional athlete usually requires a person to have some type of connection to social media which could connect them to different sponsors and advertisements which means more money would be coming in along. With that money a player would be looked at as a celebrity and when being such an Influencer, that player has to watch the things they say publicly and how they move. The actions that players, coaches, and league officials may take on social media can affect public perception and influence the league’s image.

Players must enter the NBA at least 19 years of age. The same goes for players overseas, however, in the WNBA domestic players can enter at the age of 22 but international players can enter at the age of 20. Additionally, players must have already graduated from a four-year college or university or graduated during the three-month period following the draft.

Players play more comfortably when they are playing at home rather than when they are playing away. This comfort is reflected in final game stats whether it is points, steals, assists, etc. Reasons for this can be familiarity, crowd support, travel fatigue, etc.

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