The league did publish the pre-1953 winners in their 1994–95 edition of the Official NBA Guide and the 1994 Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia, but those winners have not been listed in subsequent publications.
A liga publicou os gañadores anteriores a 1953 na "Official NBA Guide" (do inglés: Guía Oficial da NBA) de 1994–95 e na "Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia" (Enciclopedia Oficial da NBA) de 1994, mais non volveron aparecer en sucesivas edicións.