From 1990 to 2008, the top-tier level league competition in Brazil also held the name of Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete.

In 1990, it was replaced by the Campeonato Nacional de Basquete (National Basketball Championship).

Since 2009, Brazil's top-tier level basketball championship is contested in the Novo Basquete Brasil.

The league is managed, for the first time, by 19 Brazilian basketball teams, all of which were LNB founding members.

During the 2005–06 season, the Campeonato Nacional de Basquete, which was organized by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CBB), was cancelled due to a legal dispute between the CBB and the Nossa Liga de Basquetebol (NLB).