| The history of basketball is much easier
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| | them in WWII and the history of
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| to trace than other sports. It is clear
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| | basketball became global.
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| that Dr. James Naismith is credited with
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| | U.S. colleges accepted the game and began
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| creating basketball and much of
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| | to have it as a standard college sport.
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| basketball history. Dr. Naismith, born in
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| | College basketball history took off
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| 1861 in Ontario, Canada first came up
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| | around the late 1890's and the first
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| with the concept of basketball during his
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| | college game began at the Madison Square
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| youth school days in the area where he
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| | Garden in New York.
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| played a game that involved knocking a
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| | Professional basketball history first
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| rock off an object by attempting to throw
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| | began when the National Basketball League
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| another rock at it. The game obviously
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| | was created in the late 1800's around
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| evolved from there and began the history
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| | 1898. The league however did not last
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| of basketball.
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| | and was broken up after 5 years providing
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| Mr. Naismith taught at the YMCA School in
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| | a rough start to basketball history. The
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| Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891, where
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| | break up just led to a number of random
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| the sport of basketball was created. He
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| | leagues forming themselves in the early
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| was faced with a problem of finding a
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| | 1900's and each was very loosely
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| sport that could be played indoors during
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| | organized. Ironically enough the first
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| the harsh Massachusetts winters. He
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| | super team was the Celtics but they were
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| needed to come up with a game that could
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| | from New York City not Boston. The
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| be played in and outdoors and one that
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| | famous Harlem globetrotters were also
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| adopted a sense of skill and not just
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| | founded around this time in 1927 and hold
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| brawn. He first developed the game by
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| | a place in basketball history as being
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| involving a soccer ball and two peach
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| | the most entertaining of basketball
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| baskets, who would have ever thought
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| | teams.
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| basketball history, could come from a
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| | It wasn't until 1949 that two
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| soccer ball.
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| | professional basketball leagues the NBL
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| In addition to creating basketball Dr.
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| | and the BAA merged to create what we all
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| Naismith became a medical doctor focused
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| | know now as the National Basketball
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| on sports science and was a minister.
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| | Association or the NBA. The Boston
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| Naismith watched his sport grow to become
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| | Celtics dominated the NBA from the late
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| one of the world's most popular sports
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| | 1950s through the 1960s. By the 1960s,
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| that saw its entrance in the Olympics in
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| | professional teams had formed throughout
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| 1936 at Berlin and he fixed himself a
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| | the United States and basketball was a
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| spot in basketball history.
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| | mainstream powerhouse. Players such as
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| The history of basketball began with
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| | Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russel and Kareem
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| teams of five and was the sports standard
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| | Abdul-Jabar all became household names
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| by 1897. The sport became popular to
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| | that drew millions to watch them play as
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| both men and women and began to spread
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| | they all found a spot in basketball
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| throughout Canada and the US. The US
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| | history.
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| servicemen took the sport overseas with
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