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| Organising body | Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008; 18 years ago (2008) |
| Country | Brazil |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Level on pyramid | 1st |
| Relegation to | Liga Ouro de Basquete |
| Related competitions | São Paulo State Championship Rio de Janeiro State Championship |
| Current champions | Franca (4th title) (2024–25) |
| Most championships | Flamengo (7 titles) |
| CEO | Rodrigo Montoro |
| TV partners | ESPN |
| Website | LNB.com.br |
 2024–25 NBB season | |
Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB;English: New Basketball Brazil) is theBrazilian premier professional men'sbasketball 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, theCampeonato Brasileiro de Basquete (Brazilian Basketball Championship). The NBB is managed by the Brazilian basketball associations, which were founding members of the LNB.
The NBB is the annual basketball league that is promoted by the national Brazilian league (LNB) organizing body, and is endorsed by theBrazilian Basketball Confederation (CFB).[1] 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 theplayoffs, 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 thehome court advantage. Finally, the best placed teams in the league qualify to theSouth American top-tier levelFIBA Americas League and the South American second-tier levelFIBA South American League.
The NBB has apromotion and relegation format with the Brazilian second-tier level league, theLiga 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.
The NBB also features an Under-20 age development league, called theLiga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (LDB) (Developmental Basketball League).
The NBB inaugural season didn't have the participation of founding-membersIguaçu,Londrina,Ulbra/Rio Claro, andUberlândia.
For the second NBB edition, the LNB confirmed the participation of 14 teams.Limeira andBira-Lajeado could not keep their squads, thus did not join the season. On the other hand, Londrina joined the League, while anAraraquara/Palmeiras deal brought back to the national competition one of the most traditional Brazilian clubs.
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 byBrasília's former partner, Universo. After a one-year hiatus, Limeira returned to the League. Besides that, first-timersRio Claro and Iguaçu joined as well.
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 rivalFlamengo, 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 asSão José. The rookies were the teams of Suzano,Mogi das Cruzes, Palmeiras, andBasquete Cearense. Of the four, the only team to qualify for the playoffs was Basquete Cearense. The last two wereTijuca and Suzano. Suzano, due to financial difficulties, dismounted their team to the championship final, while Tijuca played a small promotion tournament withFluminense andMacaé, respectively champion and runner-up ofSupercopa 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 sweptBauru by 3–0. The final, played in one game inRio de Janeiro, was won by the super-team of Flamengo, who after four years, won their second title of the NBB.
| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauru | Bauru | Ginásio Panela de Pressão | 2,000 |
| Botafogo | Rio de Janeiro | Ginásio Oscar Zelaya | 1,500 |
| Brasília | Brasília | Nilson Nelson Gymnasium | 11,397 |
| Caxias do Sul | Caxias do Sul | Ginásio do SESI | 4,500 |
| Corinthians | São Paulo | Ginásio Wlamir Marques | 6,500 |
| Flamengo | Rio de Janeiro | Ginásio do Maracanãzinho | 11,800 |
| Fortaleza/Cearense | Fortaleza | Centro de Formação Olímpica | 17,100 |
| Franca | Franca | Ginásio Pedrocão | 6,000 |
| Minas | Belo Horizonte | Juscelino Kubitschek Arena | 4,000 |
| Mogi das Cruzes | Mogi das Cruzes | Ginásio Professor Hugo Ramos | 5,000 |
| Pato | Pato Branco | Ginásio do SESI | 1,000 |
| Paulistano | São Paulo | Ginásio Antônio Prado Junior | 1,280 |
| Pinheiros | São Paulo | Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim | 850 |
| São José | São José dos Campos | Ginásio Lineu de Moura | 2,620 |
| São Paulo | São Paulo | Ginásio do Morumbi | 1,918 |
| União Corinthians | Santa Cruz do Sul | Ginásio Poliesportivo Arnão | 6,000 |
| Unifacisa | Campina Grande | Arena Unifacisa | 1,200 |
| Vasco | Rio de Janeiro | Ginásio Vasco da Gama | 1,000 |
| Teams | Win | Loss | Total | Year(s) won | Year(s) lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flamengo | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2009,2013,2014,2015,2016,2019,2021 | 2010,2022, 2024 |
| Franca | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2022,2023, 2024, 2025 | 2011,2019 |
| Brasília | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2010,2011,2012 | 2009 |
| Bauru | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2017 | 2015,2016 |
| Paulistano | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2018 | 2014,2017 |
| São Paulo | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 2021,2023 |
| São José | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2012 |
| Uberlândia | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2013 |
| Mogi das Cruzes | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2018 |
| Minas | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2025 |
Similarly to other basketball leagues around the world, the NBB organises anall-star game in which its showcases the best players of the league. In addition to the game, adunk contest, three-point contest and "Skills Challenge" are organised.
Source:Veja recordes do NBB
As of the first round of the 2022/23 season.
| Rank | Player | Games | Career |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |  Carlos Olivinha | 495 | |
2 |  Shamell Stallworth | 471 | |
3 | Larry Taylor | 461 | |
4 | Alex | 460 | |
- | Jhonatan Luz | 460 | |
6 | Rafael Mineiro | 451 | |
7 | Marquinhos Vieira | 450 | |
8 | Jefferson William | 443 | |
9 | Shilton dos Santos | 434 | |
10 | Guilherme Teichmann | 430 |
Source:Veja recordes do NBB
As of the first round of the 2022/23 season.
| Rank | Player | Points | Games | Career | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shamell Stallworth | 8,374 | 471 | ||
2 | Marquinhos Vieira | 7,977 | 450 | ||
3 | Alex | 7,161 | 460 | ||
4 | Carlos Olivinha | 6,558 | 495 | ||
5 | Larry Taylor | 5,987 | 461 | ||
6 | Jefferson William | 5,884 | 443 | ||
7 | Guilherme Giovannoni | 5,792 | 349 | ||
8 | Marcelinho Machado | 5,709 | 314 | ||
9 | Betinho Duarte | 5,471 | 417 | ||
10 | Lucas Mariano | 5,208 | 380 |
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Joel Muñoz
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