# @NBA on Twitter/X

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1926280770651312494
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30855651-NBA-twitter
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/feda39a761.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-24T14:14:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBA (@NBA) — https://gondola.cc/NBA

## Caption

Today, the NBA celebrates the 75th Anniversary of Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton becoming the first Black player to sign an NBA contract, joining the New York Knicks from the Harlem Globetrotters on May 24, 1950. 

Learn more about one of the Pioneers that helped break the color barrier and paved the way for the generations that followed. #NBAPioneers75

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- **Likes:** 1,059
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- **Comments:** 28

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NBA | @NBA | https://gondola.cc/NBA | Professional Basketball League |

## Tags

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