American Men's Basketball Federation

The American Men's Basketball Federation (AMBF) is the premier men's basketball league in the United States. With the growing of college basketball and small local leagues, a union of businessmen owners and former players collaborated to create one pro league for the best players they could find.

Founding and Initial Growth
Due to the growing of college basketball and small local leagues, a union of businessmen owners and former players collaborated to create one pro league for the best players they could find. They felt that fans also should have one excellent team to root for rather than one college team and one sub-par local team. The idea had a lot of funding and they successfully got permission to play in major venues around the nation. Hence, the league grew fast and rapidly became popular.

Teams
These are all of the teams participating in the AMBF

Differences From the NBA

 * Anybody on the floor can participate in a jump ball
 * The "Trent Tucker Rule" does not exist (yet)
 * A team's draft pick in the first round is based on their record over the past two years, just like the WNBA
 * You cannot advance the ball by calling a timeout
 * If a basket is made from behind the half-court line, 4 points will be awarded to the shooter's team

Postseason Format
The postseason format of the AMBF is simple. The top six in each division qualify. There are four rounds of playoff competition. Each round is the Wild Card, Quarterfinals, the Semifinals and the Finals. Every round is a Best-of-Five series.

Known Champions
Since not all annual champions are known, these are all of the results of the AMBF Finals that are confirmed...

1975: Washington Pitbulls victorious over unknown

1977: Washington Pitbulls victorious over unknown

2000: Philadelphia Cougars over Houston Panic

Awards
These are all of the awards issued annually by the AMBF
 * Most Valuable Player
 * Offensive Player of the Year
 * Defensive Player of the Year
 * Coach of the Year
 * Sixth Man of the Year
 * Most Improved Player
 * Inspirational Man of the Year

Trivia

 * The logo for the league's link is an edited version of http://tinyurl.com/q9tsd9n