This book tells the story of the National Basketball League, a league that is obscure or unknown to most basketball fans, despite the fact that it was the top professional league in the country from 1937 to 1949. The book traces the creation of the league from its forerunner, the Midwest Conference, that operated from 1935 to 1937, through the life of the association. During that time franchises came and went, but there was a stable core, which dropped to three during World War II when most of the top players were absent at some point
