One of four major professional leagues in North America, the NBA has 30 teams and is without a doubt, the best professional basketball league in the world. Founded in 1946, after WWII, in New York City, the league's inaugural season was 1946-1947. In 1946, the league's leading scorer, Joe Fulks, who averaged 23.2 points per game, was paid $8000 per season. Most NBA players had regular jobs during the off-season in order to make ends meet. In 1970, two of the best players ever in the history of the NBA, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain, were both making $250,000 per season. In 2021, the highest-paid player in the NBA is Stephen Curry, and he earns $45.7 million per season.