June 6-The Basketball Association of America (BAA) is founded Maurice Podoloff is named leagues president(1946) 17-Four former ABA teams-San Antonio, Dallas, Denver, and New York Nets join the NBA. the ABA folds(1976) 18-The NBA Draft goes from 10 rounds to 7(1985) The Washington Wizards draft Kwame Brown as the first ever high schooler to be drafted #1 overall in the NBA(2001) 26-the Houston Rockets Draft Yao Ming to be the first #1 overall pick to never play College ball in the US.(2002)