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NBA Draft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (905 words) |
 | The NBA Draft is an annual U.S. event in which the National Basketball Association's (NBA) thirty teams can select young players who wish to join the league. |
| As of the 2006 NBA Draft, however, high school players must wait a year after their graduation class has finished high school before being eligible for selection. |
| The NBA considers all players from outside the 50 United States and the District of Columbia to be "international," even if they come from political entities that share a common citizenship with the U.S., such as Duncan's original home of the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
| Boston Celtics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2771 words) |
| The Celtics were formed in 1946 as a team in the Basketball Association of America, and became part of the National Basketball Association after the merger of the BAA and the National Basketball League to form the NBA in the fall of 1949. |
| However, that year the Celtics' string of NBA titles was broken as they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Finals. |
| The Celtics drafted Len Bias in the 1986 NBA Draft and had high hopes for the young University of Maryland star. |
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