Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) (

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: New Basketball Brazil) is the

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ian premier professional men's

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league. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB) (National Basketball League), in a new format of Brazil's previous top-tier level basketball competition, the

Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete The Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete (English: Brazilian Basketball Championship) is the annual championship title of the top-tier level men's professional basketball league in Brazil. Over the years, the championship has been held under differ ...

(Brazilian Basketball Championship). The NBB is managed by the Brazilian basketball associations, which were founding members of the LNB.

Format

The NBB is the annual basketball league that is promoted by the national Brazilian league (LNB) organizing body, and is endorsed by the

Brazilian Basketball Confederation The Brazilian Basketball Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Basketball, CBB), also known as Basketball Brazil ( Portuguese: Basquete Brasil), is the governing body of basketball in Brazil. The confederation represents Brazil in ...

(CFB). The first phase of the season consists of fifteen teams playing against each other, on a home and away basis. Then the top eight teams go to the

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, where the top ranked team plays against the one in the eighth place, the second from the top plays the seventh, and so on. Each playoff series is a best-of-five, apart from the championship final, which is a single game. In all of those, the best placed team has the

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. Finally, the best placed teams in the league qualify to the South American top-tier level

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and the South American second-tier level

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LOB

The NBB has a

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format with the Brazilian second-tier level league, the Liga Ouro de Basquete (LOB) (Gold Basketball League). The worst performing teams of each NBB season are relegated down to the second-tier level LOB, while the best performing teams of each LOB season are promoted up to the top-tier level NBB.

LDB

The NBB also features an Under-20 age development league, called the Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (LDB) (Developmental Basketball League).

History

2009 season

The NBB inaugural season didn't have the participation of founding-members Iguaçu,

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, Ulbra/Rio Claro, and

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2009–10 season

For the second NBB edition, the LNB confirmed the participation of 14 teams.

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and Bira-Lajeado could not keep their squads, thus did not join the season. On the other hand, Londrina joined the League, while an

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Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

deal brought back to the national competition one of the most traditional Brazilian clubs.

2010–11 season

The 15 teams from the previous season confirmed their participation. The third NBB edition also featured former national and South American champions Uberlândia, who managed to gather a strong squad sponsored by

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's former partner, Universo. After a one-year hiatus, Limeira returned to the League. Besides that, first-timers Rio Claro and Iguaçu joined as well.

2012–13 season

For the first time, the NBB had eighteen participating teams, a record in the NBB's history. The three-time champion, Brasília, came once again as the title favorite. But their greatest rival

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football ...

, assembled a team to break this hegemony, and thus win the NBB after four years. Uberlândia emerged as one of the favorites for the title, as well as São José. The rookies were the teams of Suzano,

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, Palmeiras, and Basquete Cearense. Of the four, the only team to qualify for the playoffs was Basquete Cearense. The last two were

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and Suzano. Suzano, due to financial difficulties, dismounted their team to the championship final, while Tijuca played a small promotion tournament with

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and

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, respectively champion and runner-up of Supercopa Brasil de Basquete. In the playoffs, a surprise: the champions of the past three editions were eliminated in the quarterfinals by São José. In the semifinals, Flamengo eliminated São José 3–2, and Uberlândia swept

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by 3–0. The final, played in one game in

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, was won by the super-team of Flamengo, who after four years, won their second title of the NBB.

NBB rivalries

Founding associations

Current teams

NBB Finals

NBB championships performance by club

NBB awards

NBB All-Star Weekend

Notable players

* Rafael "Bábby" Araújo *

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* Vítor Benite * Valtinho da Silva * Bruno Caboclo * Gui Santos *

Cristiano Felício Cristiano Silva Felício (born July 7, 1992) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for Covirán Granada of the Spanish Liga ACB. He previously played in his home country of Brazil for Minas Tênis Clube and Flamengo, in the National Ba ...

* Alex Garcia * Guilherme Giovannoni *

Vítor Faverani Vítor Luiz Faverani Tatsch (born May 5, 1988) is a Brazilian professional basketball player who plays for Flamengo of the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). He has also represented Brazil in international competition and holds a Spanish passport. Pro ...

* Didi Louzada *

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* Duda Machado * Marcelinho Machado *

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Raul Neto Raul "Raulzinho" Togni Neto (; born 19 May 1992) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team ...

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Marquinhos Vieira Marcus Vinicius Vieira de Souza (born May 31, 1984), commonly known as Marquinhos Vieira, or simply Marquinhos, is a Brazilian professional basketball player. He currently plays with São Paulo FC in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). He also repr ...

* Lucas Nogueira * /

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* Walter Herrmann * Federico Kammerichs *

Nicolás Laprovíttola Nicolás "Nico" Laprovíttola (born January 31, 1990) is an Argentine professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He is also a member of the Argentina national basketball team. His mother is politi ...

* Facundo Sucatzky *

Franco Balbi Franco Nicolás Balbi (born August 21, 1989), is an Argentinian professional basketball player who currently plays with Boca Juniors in the Liga Nacional de Básquet. At a height of 6'2" (1.88 m) tall, he plays at the point guard position. Profe ...

* Joel Muñoz * Ronald Ramón * Darington Hobson * Marc Brown * Robby Collum * Tyrone Curnell * Robert Day * Kyle Fuller *

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* David Jackson * Kyle Lamonte * Jerome Meyinsse * Bernard Robinson * Joseph Shipp * Shamell Stallworth *

Rashad McCants Rashad Dion McCants (born September 25, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player who has played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as well as overseas. He played for Trilogy in the BIG3 three-on-three league. High schoo ...

References

External links

Official website

New Basketball Brazil at Latinbasket.com
{{Men's professional basketball leagues 2008 establishments in Brazil Novo

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