Novo Basquete Brasil

Novo Basquete Brasil

Current season or competition: 2010-11 NBB season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2009
Commissioner	Kouros Monadjeni
No. of teams	15
Country(ies)	Brazil
Continent	South America
Most recent champion(s)	UniCEUB/BRB/Brasília
Most titles	UniCEUB/BRB/Brasília (2 titles)
TV partner(s)	SporTV
Official website	LNB.com.br

Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) is the Brazilian premier profissional men's basketball league. Organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB), in a new format to the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete, this league is managed for the first time by 19 Brazilian basketball associations, all LNB founding members.

Format

NBB is an annual championship endorsed by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation. The first phase consists in fifteen teams playing against each other in a home/away basis. Then the top eight teams go to playoffs where the first ranked team plays against the eighth team and so on. Each playoff series is a best-of-five. The best placed teams in the league qualify to FIBA Americas League and Liga Sudamericana.

Founding associations

Finals

Seasons

2008–2009

NBB inaugural season didn't have the participation of founding-members Iguaçu, Londrina, Ulbra/Rio Claro and Uberlândia.

2009–2010

For the second NBB edition, LNB confirmed the participation of 14 teams. Limeira and Bira-Lajeado couldn't keep their squads, thus won't join the following season. On the other hand, Londrina is joining the League just like an Araraquara/Palmeiras deal is also bringing back to the national competition one of the most traditional Brazilian clubs.

2010–2011

The 15 teams from the previous season confirmed their participation. The third NBB edition will also feature former national and South American champions Uberlândia, who managed to gather a strong squad sponsored by Brasília's former partner, Universo. After a one-year hiatus, Limeira is back in the League. Besides that, first-timers Rio Claro and Iguaçu are joining as well.

Notable players

• Alex Garcia
• Baby Araújo
• Bruno Fiorotto
• Duda Machado
• Guilherme Giovannoni
• Hátila Passos
• Helinho
• Marcelinho Machado
• Murilo Becker
• Nezinho
• Shilton
• Valtinho
• Joel Muñoz
• Ronald Ramón
• Juan Pablo Figueroa
• Facundo Sucatzky
• Durelle Brown
• Robby Collum
• Kyle Lamonte
• Joseph Shipp
• Shamell Stallworth
• Larry Taylor
• Bernardo Robinson

External links

• Official website

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