2018 JBA season | |
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League | Junior Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | June 21, 2018 – August 12, 2018 |
Number of teams | 8 |
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Regular season | |
Top seed | Los Angeles Ballers |
Top scorer | LiAngelo Ball (Los Angeles) |
Playoffs | |
Finals | |
Champions | Los Angeles Ballers |
Runners-up | Seattle Ballers |
Finals MVP | LiAngelo Ball |
The 2018 JBA season was the only season of the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), an American men's professional basketball league. The JBA was designed as an alternative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), allowing high school and junior college players to immediately play professionally. The season began on June 21 and concluded with the JBA Finals on August 12, 2018. After the season concluded, the JBA selected many of its top players to take part in what was originally a 28-game international season against teams from various countries in Europe and Asia. However, an incident in Lithuania lead to a shortening of the event, with teams dropping out of matches and Asian teams cancelling their matches for late 2018 and early 2019 altogether.