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The National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada; (フランス語:Ligue Nationale de Basketball du Canada)) is a Canadian professional men's basketball league founded in 2011. For the first season, three teams formerly of the Premier Basketball League joined, with four expansion teams officially joining to form the NBL's "Original Seven". In 2012, an eighth franchise based in Windsor, Ontario joined the league. The current champions are the Windsor Express, having defeated the Halifax Rainmen 4–3 in the 2015 NBL Finals. ==History== In May 2011, it was announced that three former members of the Premier Basketball League—the Halifax Rainmen, Quebec Kebs, and Saint John Mill Rats—would come together to form the National Basketball League of Canada. Eventually, following the summer, the newly-created London Lightning, Moncton Miracles, Oshawa Power, and Summerside Storm joined the league for its inaugural 2011–12 season. At this time, a professional team based in Kingston, Ontario applied to became a member, hoping to play their home games at the K-Rock Centre. Despite efforts from Andre Levingston and Sam Mitchell, the team would never feature. In August 2011, the league reached a long-term agreement with Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc., which would provide the NBL with a website, real-time scoring, and statistics. The CEO and president of the service, Scott Secord, said, "The NBL is an ideal flagship account for our new services for basketball organizations."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cksn.ca/2011/08/pointstreak-captures-new-market-with-signing-of-national-basketball-league-of-canada/ )〕 The team salary cap would be $150,000 and franchises would have an annual operating budget ranging from $500,000 to $750,000. There would be 10–12 players on each roster, with a minimum two Canadians, and they would earn $2,000 to $4,000 per month, a salary similar to the NBA Development League and many international leagues.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://metronews.ca/news/207148/nbl-canada-finalizes-league-rules/ )〕 There would be a 36-game schedule, per Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball (FIBA) rules, and the regular season would begin in November following the conclusion of training camp and preseason.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.journalpioneer.com/Sports/2011-08-24/article-2722647/NBL%3A-Does-Moncton-believe-in-Miracles/1 )〕 Teams were expected to see an average of 2,000 fans at each game.〔 On August 21, 2011, the NBL held its first-ever draft at the Rogers Centre. Morgan Lewis, who led the University of Findlay to a title at the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship in 2009, was selected by the Oshawa Power with the first overall pick. Panola College point guard Jerome Brown, who was taken with the fifth overall by the Saint John Mill Rats, became the first Canadian to be drafted. With the help of Dome Productions, the 2011 draft was live-streamed online and had 6,000 unique viewers from 93 different countries. The league gained 100 followers on Twitter that hour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nblcanada.rave7.net/nblcanada/images/nbl_canada_2014-15_a_pre-season_guide.pdf )〕 The Quebec Kebs defeated the Moncton Miracles on October 29, 2011, with a score of 102–97, at the Colisée de Laval. Yannick Anzuluni and Boubacar Coly, who were from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Senegal respectively, debuted as the first international players in the league's history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://basketball.realgm.com/international/boxscore/2011-10-29/Moncton-Miracles-at-Laval-Kebs/93658 )〕 Within a week, every team in the league had featured in at least one game. The regular season stretched until March 4, 2012. Six different players with past experience in the National Basketball Association (NBA) competed in the inaugural NBL Canada season as well: Will Blalock, Rodney Buford, Soumaila Samake, Orien Greene, Eddie Robinson, and Dontell Jefferson. On April 1, 2012, the league held its first-ever All-Star Game at the Halifax Metro Centre, appointing Joey Haywood and Eddie Smith as captains for the two teams. In the playoffs, the top four teams qualified for the best-of-three semifinals and advanced onto the 2012 NBL Canada Finals, which was played in a best-of-five format. The London Lightning topped the Halifax Rainmen for the title under head coach Micheal Ray Richardson.〔 For its second season, the league welcomed the Windsor Express and began using 2 Four-team divisions, the Central and the Atlantic. Following the 2013-14, the league announced its first national broadcast deal with beIN Sports. Starting with the 2014-15 season, 2 regular season games will be aired each week with special coverage for playoffs and special events such as the All Star Weekend. The deal runs through the 2016-17 season. The 2014-15 NBL Season ended in controversy as the Windsor Express were declared winners of the Championship series after the Halifax Rainmen failed to show for the seventh and deciding game. The Rainmen organization claimed that their players feared for their safety following a physical altercation earlier in the day with the Express for not playing the game. 〔http://www.lfpress.com/2015/04/30/another-black-eye-for-national-basketball-league-of-canada〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Basketball League of Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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