# The NBA Today · Basketball Level 10: Professional

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The NBA Today in Basketball (Level 10: Professional) on Insporta: 100 sourced facts behind 10 tests. Covers: how the league works; the play-in; and more.

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.

## Test 1: How the league works

- Every team plays in one of two conferences. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Half at home, half away. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Three in each conference, five teams in each. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- They are set by geography. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- He took over from David Stern. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The Grizzlies moved from Vancouver to Memphis in 2001. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Division titles no longer guarantee a top seed. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 30, 15 and 5 teams. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 1975, 1984, 2014. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Two conferences of fifteen. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)

## Test 2: The play-in

- It began in the 2020-21 season. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The loser gets one more chance. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Only one chance for the bottom two. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- More teams stay in the race until April. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 7v8, 9v10, then the 8th-seed game. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The top seed meets the last team in. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- It must win against 9th, then against the loser of 7v8. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The first two are played on the same nights. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The 6th is in; the 7th needs one win; the 10th needs two. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The loser of 7v8 meets the winner of 9v10. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)

## Test 3: The NBA Cup

- It was later named the NBA Cup. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The last four meet at a neutral venue. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- He led the Lakers to the title. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The final was played in December 2023. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Counting it would give two teams an extra game. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Prize money is a big draw for some players. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Group games are regular-season games. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- From November groups to a December final. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- December, February, June. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- It beat Oklahoma City. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)

## Test 4: The draft

- Usually about 60 picks in all. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The lottery sets the order of the first picks. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The change was made to discourage losing on purpose. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The flatter odds aim to reduce it. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The rest follow the reverse order of records. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Dallas took him out of Duke. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Only four picks are drawn; the worst team can slide to fifth. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Results, lottery, scouting, picks. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 2023, 2024, 2025. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The worst three get 14% each. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)

## Test 5: Contracts and the cap

- The NBA uses a 'soft' cap with exceptions. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Big spenders pay extra money. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Teams far over the tax lose some trade options. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Pay depends on where a player was picked. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- It is set as a share of the cap. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Rich teams cannot simply buy every star. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The apron limits what such teams can do. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Each line brings tighter rules. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- From the fringe to the stars. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Time is shared with the G League. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)

## Test 6: Recent champions

- It was their first title in 50 years. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Milwaukee beat Phoenix. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Curry won his first Finals MVP. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- They passed the Lakers' 17. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Boston beat Dallas. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- It was the club's first title in Oklahoma City. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Five different champions from 2021 to 2025. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 18, 17 and 7. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The series went to seven games. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)

## Test 7: Recent MVPs

- He won two in a row with Milwaukee. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 2021, 2022 and 2024. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The Philadelphia centre was born in Cameroon. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- He also won the title that season. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Greece, Serbia, Cameroon and Canada. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The rule was added in the 2023 labour deal. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Most top awards now need 65 games. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- C, C, G, S. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Three, two, one and one. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)

## Test 8: International stars

- Few expected him to become an MVP. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- His parents had moved to Greece from Nigeria. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Anthony Davis went the other way. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- He was EuroLeague MVP at 19. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Academies and leagues abroad produce top talent. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- He grew up in Ontario. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Serbia has under seven million people. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 2013, 2014, 2018, 2023. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 2014 draft, 2021 MVP, 2023 title. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- From a handful to over a hundred. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)

## Test 9: Young stars

- San Antonio took him. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Every voter put him first. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- He played near Paris. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Two Frenchmen went first and second. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Dallas won the lottery with only 1.8% odds. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- He played one season there. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Charlotte took him. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 2023, June 2023, 2024, August 2024. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Risacher went first and Sarr second. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)

## Test 10: Trophies and awards

- Awards were renamed after legends in 2022. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- He won it twice. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- It was named after Russell in 2009. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- It is named after a former commissioner. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- Each team gets a challenge to use on certain calls. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The awards were renamed in 2022. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- One for the season, one for the Finals. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- 1984, 2009, 2022. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- The season awards come first, the title last. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)
- It honours Michael Jordan. (Source: General basketball reference, the NBA today)

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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