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Basketball · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.4

The NBA Today

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 24 October 2026 · markdown

How the league is organised, the play-in, the NBA Cup, the draft and lottery, contracts and the cap, recent champions, recent MVPs, international stars, young stars and number-one picks, and trophies.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1How the league worksTake a test

  1. Every team plays in one of two conferences.

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  2. Half at home, half away.

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  3. Three in each conference, five teams in each.

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  4. They are set by geography.

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  5. He took over from David Stern.

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  6. The Grizzlies moved from Vancouver to Memphis in 2001.

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  7. Division titles no longer guarantee a top seed.

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  8. 30, 15 and 5 teams.

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  9. 1975, 1984, 2014.

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  10. Two conferences of fifteen.

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Test 2The play-inTake a test

  1. It began in the 2020-21 season.

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  2. The loser gets one more chance.

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  3. Only one chance for the bottom two.

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  4. More teams stay in the race until April.

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  5. 7v8, 9v10, then the 8th-seed game.

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  6. The top seed meets the last team in.

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  7. It must win against 9th, then against the loser of 7v8.

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  8. The first two are played on the same nights.

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  9. The 6th is in; the 7th needs one win; the 10th needs two.

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  10. The loser of 7v8 meets the winner of 9v10.

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Test 3The NBA CupTake a test

  1. It was later named the NBA Cup.

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  2. The last four meet at a neutral venue.

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  3. He led the Lakers to the title.

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  4. The final was played in December 2023.

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  5. Counting it would give two teams an extra game.

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  6. Prize money is a big draw for some players.

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  7. Group games are regular-season games.

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  8. From November groups to a December final.

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  9. December, February, June.

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  10. It beat Oklahoma City.

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Test 4The draftTake a test

  1. Usually about 60 picks in all.

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  2. The lottery sets the order of the first picks.

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  3. The change was made to discourage losing on purpose.

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  4. The flatter odds aim to reduce it.

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  5. The rest follow the reverse order of records.

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  6. Dallas took him out of Duke.

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  7. Only four picks are drawn; the worst team can slide to fifth.

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  8. Results, lottery, scouting, picks.

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  9. 2023, 2024, 2025.

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  10. The worst three get 14% each.

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Test 5Contracts and the capTake a test

  1. The NBA uses a 'soft' cap with exceptions.

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  2. Big spenders pay extra money.

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  3. Teams far over the tax lose some trade options.

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  4. Pay depends on where a player was picked.

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  5. It is set as a share of the cap.

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  6. Rich teams cannot simply buy every star.

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  7. The apron limits what such teams can do.

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  8. Each line brings tighter rules.

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  9. From the fringe to the stars.

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  10. Time is shared with the G League.

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Test 6Recent championsTake a test

  1. It was their first title in 50 years.

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  2. Milwaukee beat Phoenix.

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  3. Curry won his first Finals MVP.

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  4. They passed the Lakers' 17.

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  5. Boston beat Dallas.

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  6. It was the club's first title in Oklahoma City.

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  7. Five different champions from 2021 to 2025.

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  8. 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025.

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  9. 18, 17 and 7.

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  10. The series went to seven games.

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Test 7Recent MVPsTake a test

  1. He won two in a row with Milwaukee.

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  2. 2021, 2022 and 2024.

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  3. The Philadelphia centre was born in Cameroon.

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  4. He also won the title that season.

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  5. Greece, Serbia, Cameroon and Canada.

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  6. The rule was added in the 2023 labour deal.

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  7. Most top awards now need 65 games.

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  8. 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025.

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  9. C, C, G, S.

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  10. Three, two, one and one.

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Test 8International starsTake a test

  1. Few expected him to become an MVP.

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  2. His parents had moved to Greece from Nigeria.

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  3. Anthony Davis went the other way.

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  4. He was EuroLeague MVP at 19.

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  5. Academies and leagues abroad produce top talent.

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  6. He grew up in Ontario.

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  7. Serbia has under seven million people.

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  8. 2013, 2014, 2018, 2023.

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  9. 2014 draft, 2021 MVP, 2023 title.

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  10. From a handful to over a hundred.

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Test 9Young starsTake a test

  1. San Antonio took him.

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  2. Every voter put him first.

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  3. He played near Paris.

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  4. Two Frenchmen went first and second.

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  5. Dallas won the lottery with only 1.8% odds.

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  6. He played one season there.

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  7. Charlotte took him.

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  8. 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.

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  9. 2023, June 2023, 2024, August 2024.

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  10. Risacher went first and Sarr second.

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Test 10Trophies and awardsTake a test

  1. Awards were renamed after legends in 2022.

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  2. He won it twice.

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  3. It was named after Russell in 2009.

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  4. It is named after a former commissioner.

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  5. Each team gets a challenge to use on certain calls.

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  6. The awards were renamed in 2022.

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  7. One for the season, one for the Finals.

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  8. 1984, 2009, 2022.

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  9. The season awards come first, the title last.

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  10. It honours Michael Jordan.

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Sources

FIBA, NBA, WNBA, EuroLeague and Olympic results, general references; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Records that can still move are kept out of the keys. Numbered FIBA rules belong to the Rules category.

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