Basketball has been played over 100 years and it is one of the most widely played sport in the world. James A. Naismith started basketball in December 1891. He tried to make a sport that would be played between football and baseball seasons. It should be indoors, due to the weather. He made the rules on December 21,1891. Naismith declined the name Naismith ball. A player suggested the name of basketball. Naismith wanted two square crates but the janitor didn’t have any, but he gave him two peach baskets.
Basketball has develop a lot since it’s founding. The first ever basketball game ever ended with a score of 1-0. Before they used a basketball they used a soccerball.They started with peach baskets, cut the bottom, added backboards, then ten years later came the open nets we used today. In the regular season they played 150 games up in til 1963 league. Each basket was three points. In 1949 there were two professional leagues. The National Basketball league and the Basketball Association of America merged to make the NBA. In the 1960s,pro teams from coast to coast play for million people. The basketball was really big and heavy. By 1897-1898 five players on each team could have on the court There were nets and wire cages around the court. Twenty-two countries entered the sport .In 1959 The Basketball Hall of fame was founded in Springfield, Massachusetts. It includes the names of great players,coaches,referees,and people who contributed to the game.
There has been better coaching and new teams now. When they started they were just passing around the ball and cutting to the opponent’s basket, to shooting the ball. Coaches taught their players to get a wide open shot. The best known team was the original Celtics. In the 1930s the NBA went out of business.
College games are different then NBA games. The first ever
