2011-12 will be the 66th NBA season (1945-46 was the inaugural season)
- The NBA has 80 million fans 6 years and older*
- 85 international players from 41 countries and territories ended the 2010-11 season on NBA rosters. Twenty-eight of the 30 teams feature at least one international player
- NBA games and programming reached 215 countries and territories in over 40 languages during the 2010-11 season
- NBA.com receives more international traffic than any other U.S.-based sports website, with more than 50% of NBA.com’s visitors coming from outside of North America
- The NBA is the No. 1 U.S. sports league on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, with the most fans, followers, and videos viewed on each, respectively
- More than 300 licensees manufacture, sell and market NBA-branded products that are sold in more than 125,000 retail locations, in 100 countries on six continents. More than 30% of merchandise sales are currently generated from outside the United States
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