Iced Water Ballin

With little debate, the NBA, time and time again have been deemed as the most progressive sports league in the world. Not only now, in light of the George Floyd - Black Lives Matter movement in the past month, but this has been an occurring theme for most of the NBA's history. This is a topic that is easily bigger than basketball, now more than ever. Suddenly, the league going at a halt due to the Coronavirus matters less for everyone, for good reason. The NBA, having been established in 1946, drafted their first African-American player by the name of Chuck Cooper in the second round of the 1950 draft by the Boston Celtics, making it the third professional sports league on US soil to draft an African-American behind Kenny Washington of the NFL in 1940, and Jackie Robinson of the MLB in 1947, all legends in their respective sports. As of 2015, according to racial equality activist Richard Lapchick, the NBA composes of 74.4% of black players, making it a vast majority of the league. 

This first piece is something I've been planning to write about for years. This is part of a line of articles I will make, which are analysis' of leagues from around the world, excluding the NBA. I feel the world of basketball outside the NBA is extremely underappreciated. Yes, there is no doubt that the NBA is the best league in the world, but it is far from the only good league. Every respective league has its pros and cons, and that's what I want to share with the world. I am no expert on global leagues, and like most casual basketball fans, I only know my fair share of the NBA, and the national league local to you. Though I will dive into it with good old research.  What better league to analyze other than the NBA, than the PBA or Philippine Basketball Association, the main and most popular, but the not only league in the Philippines, my home country. Though to be honest, though I grew up here, I've always been watching the NBA growing up, which means I know very li