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…showed last 75 words of 756 total…had its rough moments, the league still increased in popularity and became the NBL, National Basketball League, in 1937, which is now called the NBA, National Basketball Association. But two years after this, and three years after it had become an olympic sport, James died in 1937, in Lawrence, Kansas. Although this is now all history, his legend still lives as he has had many basketball oriented museums, trophies, and hall of fames named in his honour.