Novo Basquete Brasil
{{primary sources|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox basketball league
| title = Novo Basquete Brasil
| current_season = 2023–24 NBB season
| logo = NBB Logo-Cores.png
| pixels = 180px
| founded = {{start date and age|2008}}
| president =
| ceo = Rodrigo Montoro
| teams = 18
| levels = 1st
| relegation = Liga Ouro de Basquete
| related_competitions = São Paulo State Championship
Rio de Janeiro State Championship
| country = Brazil
| champions = Franca (3rd title)
| most_champs = Flamengo (7 titles)
| website = [http://lnb.com.br/ LNB.com.br]
|season=2023–24|organiser=Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB)}}
Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB; English: New Basketball Brazil) is the Brazilian premier professional men's basketball league. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB; English: National Basketball League), in a new format of Brazil's previous top-tier level basketball competition, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete (Brazilian Basketball Championship). The NBB is managed by the Brazilian basketball associations, which were founding members of the LNB.
Format
The NBB is the annual basketball league that is promoted by the national Brazilian league (LNB) organizing body, and is endorsed by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CFB).{{cite web |date=Jan 13, 2014 |title=España2014 – Perfil del Candidato al Comodín de la Copa Mundial de Baloncesto FIBA 2014: Brasil |url=http://www.fibaamericas.com/noticiasread4.asp?r=28D30598332341AE8E59E497F277D854 |access-date=Jan 12, 2016 |publisher=FIBA Americas |language=Spanish}} The first phase of the season consists of fifteen teams playing against each other, on a home and away basis. Then the top eight teams go to the playoffs, where the top ranked team plays against the one in the eighth place, the second from the top plays the seventh, and so on. Each playoff series is a best-of-five, apart from the championship final, which is a single game. In all of those, the best placed team has the home court advantage. Finally, the best placed teams in the league qualify to the South American top-tier level FIBA Americas League and the South American second-tier level FIBA South American League.
=LOB=
{{main|Liga Ouro de Basquete}}
The NBB has a promotion and relegation format with the Brazilian second-tier level league, the Liga Ouro de Basquete (LOB) (Gold Basketball League). The worst performing teams of each NBB season are relegated down to the second-tier level LOB, while the best performing teams of each LOB season are promoted up to the top-tier level NBB.
=LDB=
{{main|Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete}}
The NBB also features an Under-20 age development league, called the Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (LDB) (Developmental Basketball League).
History
=2009 season=
The NBB inaugural season didn't have the participation of founding-members Iguaçu, Londrina, Ulbra/Rio Claro, and Uberlândia.
=2009–10 season=
For the second NBB edition, the LNB confirmed the participation of 14 teams. Limeira and Bira-Lajeado could not keep their squads, thus did not join the season. On the other hand, Londrina joined the League, while an Araraquara/Palmeiras deal brought back to the national competition one of the most traditional Brazilian clubs.
=2010–11 season=
The 15 teams from the previous season confirmed their participation. The third NBB edition also featured 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 returned to the League. Besides that, first-timers Rio Claro and Iguaçu joined as well.
=2012–13 season=
For the first time, the NBB had eighteen participating teams, a record in the NBB's history. The three-time champion, Brasília, came once again as the title favorite. But their greatest rival Flamengo, assembled a team to break this hegemony, and thus win the NBB after four years. Uberlândia emerged as one of the favorites for the title, as well as São José. The rookies were the teams of Suzano, Mogi das Cruzes, Palmeiras, and Basquete Cearense. Of the four, the only team to qualify for the playoffs was Basquete Cearense. The last two were Tijuca and Suzano. Suzano, due to financial difficulties, dismounted their team to the championship final, while Tijuca played a small promotion tournament with Fluminense and Macaé, respectively champion and runner-up of Supercopa Brasil de Basquete. In the playoffs, a surprise: the champions of the past three editions were eliminated in the quarterfinals by São José. In the semifinals, Flamengo eliminated São José 3–2, and Uberlândia swept Bauru by 3–0. The final, played in one game in Rio de Janeiro, was won by the super-team of Flamengo, who after four years, won their second title of the NBB.
=NBB rivalries=
{{main|Novo Basquete Brasil rivalries}}
Teams
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Team ! Home city ! Arena ! Capacity |
| Bauru
| Bauru | Ginásio Panela de Pressão | 2,000 |
| Botafogo
|Ginásio Oscar Zelaya |1,500 |
| Brasília
| Brasília | 11,397 |
| Caxias do Sul
| Ginásio do SESI | 4,500 |
| Corinthians
| 6,500 |
| Flamengo
| 11,800 |
| Fortaleza/Cearense
| Centro de Formação Olímpica | 17,100 |
| Franca
| Franca | 6,000 |
| Minas
| 4,000 |
| Mogi das Cruzes
| Ginásio Professor Hugo Ramos | 5,000 |
| Pato
| Ginásio do SESI | 1,000 |
| Paulistano
| Ginásio Antônio Prado Junior | 1,280 |
| Pinheiros
| Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim | 850 |
| São José
| Ginásio Lineu de Moura | 2,620 |
| São Paulo
| 1,918 |
| União Corinthians
| Ginásio Poliesportivo Arnão | 6,000 |
| Unifacisa
| Arena Unifacisa | 1,200 |
| Vasco
|Ginásio Vasco da Gama |1,000 |
Results
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| Season | Champion | Final result | Runner-up | Season MVP | Coach of the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Flamengo (1)
| {{center|3–2 (series)}} | Brasília | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Marcelinho Machado (FLA) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo Sampaio (FLA) | |
| 2009–10 | Brasília (1)
| {{center|3–2 (series)}} | Flamengo | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Marcelinho Machado (FLA) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Lula Ferreira (BRA) | |
| 2010–11 | Brasília (2)
| {{center|3–1 (series)}} | Franca | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Guilherme Giovannoni (BRA) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Hélio Rubens (FRA) | |
| 2011–12 | Brasília (3)
| {{center|78–62}} | São José | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Murilo Becker (SJO) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Régis Marrelli (SJO) | |
| 2012–13 | Flamengo (2)
| {{center|77–70}} | Uberlândia | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Marquinhos (FLA) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Lula Ferreira (FRA) | |
| 2013–14 | Flamengo (3)
| {{center|78–73}} | Paulistano | {{Flagicon|USA}} David Jackson (LIM) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo de Conti (PAU) | |
| 2014–15 | Flamengo (4)
| {{center|2–0 (series)}} | Bauru | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Alex Garcia (BAU) | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Dedé Barbosa (LIM) | |
| 2015–16 | Flamengo (5)
| {{center|3–2 (series)}} | Bauru | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Marquinhos (FLA) | {{Flagicon|BRA}} José Alves Neto (FLA) | |
| 2016–17 | Bauru (1)
| {{center|3–2 (series)}} | Paulistano | {{Flagicon|USA}} Desmond Holloway (PIN) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo de Conti (PAU) | |
| 2017–18 | Paulistano (1)
| {{center|3–1 (series)}} | Mogi das Cruzes | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Marquinhos (FLA) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo de Conti (PAU) | |
| 2018–19 | Flamengo (6)
| {{center|3–2 (series)}} | Franca | {{Flagicon|BRA}} J.P. Batista (MOG) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Léo Figueiró (BOT) | |
| 2019–20 | colspan=5|{{center|Canceled after the regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil{{cite web|url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/sp/mogi-das-cruzes-suzano/basquete/nbb/noticia/apos-votacao-dos-clubes-lnb-encerra-temporada-do-nbb-20192020.ghtml|title=Após decisão unânime dos clubes, LNB encerra temporada do NBB 2019/2020|trans-title=After unanimous clubs decision, LNB ends the 2019/2020 NBB season|date=4 May 2020|website=Globo Esporte|language=Portuguese}}}} | ||||
| 2020–21 | Flamengo (7)
| {{center|3–0 (series)}} | São Paulo | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Lucas Mariano (SPA) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo de Conti (FLA) | |
| 2021–22 | Franca (1)
| {{center|3–1 (series)}} | Flamengo | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Caboclo (SPA) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Helinho Garcia (FRA) | |
| 2022–23 | Franca (2)
| {{center|3–2 (series)}} | São Paulo | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Lucas Dias (FRA) | {{flagicon|BRA}} Helinho Garcia (FRA) | |
| 2023–24
|Franca (3) |{{center|3–1 (series)}} |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Lucas Dias (FRA) |{{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo Cézar Jaú (BAU) |
Titles by club
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
!Teams!!Win!!Loss!!Total!!Year(s) won!!Year(s) lost | |||||
| style="text-align:left"| Flamengo | 7 | 2 | 9 | style="text-align:left"|2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 | style="text-align:left"|2010, 2022 |
| style="text-align:left"| Brasília | 3 | 1 | 4 | style="text-align:left"|2010, 2011, 2012 | style="text-align:left"|2009 |
| style="text-align:left"| Franca | 3 | 2 | 5 | style="text-align:left" |2022, 2023. 2024 | style="text-align:left" |2011, 2019 |
| style="text-align:left"| Bauru | 1 | 2 | 3 | style="text-align:left"|2017 | style="text-align:left"|2015, 2016 |
| style="text-align:left"| Paulistano | 1 | 2 | 3 | style="text-align:left"|2018 | style="text-align:left"|2014, 2017 |
| style="text-align:left"| São Paulo | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | style="text-align:left"|2021, 2023 |
| style="text-align:left"| São José | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | style="text-align:left"|2012 |
| style="text-align:left"| Uberlândia | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | style="text-align:left"|2013 |
| style="text-align:left"| Mogi das Cruzes | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | style="text-align:left"|2018 |
NBB awards
{{main|Novo Basquete Brasil awards}}
All-Star Weekend
{{main|NBB All-Star Weekend|NBB All-Star Game}}
Similarly to other basketball leagues around the world, the NBB organises an all-star game in which its showcases the best players of the league. In addition to the game, a dunk contest, three-point contest and "Skills Challenge" are organised.
Notable players
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- {{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael "Bábby" Araújo
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Leandro Barbosa
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Anderson Varejão
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Vítor Benite
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Valtinho da Silva
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Caboclo
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Gui Santos
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Cristiano Felício
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Alex Garcia
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Guilherme Giovannoni
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Vítor Faverani
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Didi Louzada
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Luz
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Duda Machado
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Marcelinho Machado
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Olivinha
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Raul Neto
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Fab Melo
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Marquinhos Vieira
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas Nogueira
- {{flagicon|BRA}}/{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Taylor
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Pablo Figueroa
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Walter Herrmann
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Kammerichs
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Nicolás Laprovíttola
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Facundo Sucatzky
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Balbi
- {{flagicon|PAN}} Joel Muñoz
- {{flagicon|DOM}} Ronald Ramón
- {{flagicon|USA}} Darington Hobson
- {{flagicon|USA}} Marc Brown
- {{flagicon|USA}} Robby Collum
- {{flagicon|USA}} Tyrone Curnell
- {{flagicon|USA}} Robert Day
- {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Fuller
- {{flagicon|USA}} Desmond Holloway
- {{flagicon|USA}} David Jackson
- {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Lamonte
- {{flagicon|USA}} Jerome Meyinsse
- {{flagicon|USA}} Bernard Robinson
- {{flagicon|USA}} Joseph Shipp
- {{flagicon|USA}} Shamell Stallworth
- {{flagicon|USA}} Rashad McCants
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See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://lnb.com.br/ Official website] {{in lang|pt}}
- [https://www.latinbasket.com/Brazil/basketball.aspx New Basketball Brazil at Latinbasket.com]
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