1, the NBA championship trophy is known as the
O'Brien Cup (American football)
, in honor of Larry O'Brien (1917~1990), the third president of the NBA.
2, O'Brien succeeded Walter Kennedy as NBA president in 1975, after a 30-year career in U.S. politics as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
3, O'Brien served as president of the NBA only a short period of nine years, but during this period has completed the annexation of the ABA, so that the NBA basically unified the U.S. basketball market, in addition, he made outstanding contributions to the legalization of the NBA, laying the groundwork for the glory of the NBA since the twentieth century since the 1980s.
4, 1984 O'Brien retired, the NBA in order to recognize his achievements, the championship trophy named O'Brien Cup. The NBA Most Valuable Player MVP Trophy is called the "Maurice Podolov Cup", named after the first president of the NBA.
O'Brien Cup
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Larry O'Brien was named president of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1975 and left in 1984. One of O'Brien's first major accomplishments was the successful merger of the ABA (American Basketball Association), which solved the problems of skyrocketing salaries and declining ticket sales due to the vicious competition between the two leagues, including the very difficult "Oscar Robertson jersey" incident.
O'Brien's new labor agreement with the NBA players' union in 1983 is considered the blueprint and foundation for the development of the NBA league; and his greatest contribution to the reform of NBA rules was the establishment of the three-point line in 1979. Shortly after O'Brien's departure (1984), the NBA named the championship trophy the Larry O'Brien Cup.In 1991, O'Brien was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
1, The NBA championship trophy is known as the O'Brien Cup in honor of Larry O'Brien (1917~1990), the third president of the NBA.
2, O'Brien succeeded Walter Kennedy as NBA president in 1975, after a 30-year career in U.S. politics as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
3, O'Brien served as president of the NBA only a short period of nine years, but during this period has completed the annexation of the ABA, so that the NBA basically unified the U.S. basketball market, in addition, he made outstanding contributions to the legalization of the NBA, laying the groundwork for the glory of the NBA since the twentieth century since the 1980s.
4, 1984 O'Brien retired, the NBA in order to recognize his achievements, the championship trophy named O'Brien Cup. NBA MVP trophy is called "Maurice Podolov Cup", named after the first president of the NBA.
