The History of Basketball

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Basketball has grown to be one of the most enjoyable sports worldwide. It is played around the world in many different countries. It is known to be the sixth most popular sport in the world, played in countries such as China, France, United States, Lithuania, and many more. This sport is so popular because it is so easy to play yet, so fun and addicting. I believe it is the most fun sport in this entire world.It was created by a man named James Naismith. It is not as difficult as playing the sport of football. It is easy to play because there are so little rules to the game of basketball. Basketball has such an interesting history towards it that no ones really knows about. In the following, the history of basketball and other information about basketball will be elaborated and introduced. It was all started by an Irish man by the name of James Naismith in 1891. James was a teacher at the YMCA. he created this game while he was taking care of little kids. The very first equipment used to play the game of basketball was peach baskets as hoops and a football was used before they created basketball. The game became popular and the word about this new game had started to spread. This game had spread like wildfire as it became an official olympic sport in 1936. It only took 45 years from when it was created all the way to it became an international game. It grew from peach baskets and a football as the ball to professional hoops, courts, and basketball. This sport became extremely popular in the United States. The first official professional basketball league was created in 1927. There were two different leagues at the same time when it was created. There were two different leagues because both leagues had big disagreements to rules. Both leagues only had eight teams. They eventually combined to form the NBA league or national basketball association. This made the
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