[1] The idea of a professional organization like the PBWA began to be discussed in the early 1970s.
[1] For NBA beat writers, the league did not have a specific policy regarding access to locker rooms, team practices, players, coaches, general managers, and other executives.
[1] On January 18, 1972, interested sportswriters gathered formally for the first time, to begin organizing what was to become the Pro Basketball Writers Association of America (PBWAA).
[1] The meeting occurred at the Century Plaza Hotel, in Los Angeles, California, during the NBA All-Star Game weekend.
[1] The PBWAA organized formally one year later, on January 23, 1973, at a meeting in the O'Hare Hyatt Regency Hotel, in Chicago, Illinois.