Basketball is a game that is famous worldwide. There is no one around the world who does not know about basketball or even heard about the game. And nowadays, there are different leagues and governing bodies for the game; NBA being the most famous league and FIBA as the highest governing body. With its popularity, basketball is now being played in most parts of the worlds. The game is even included in the Olympics.
Though almost everyone knows the game, not all knows about the history of basketball. Perhaps only a portion of basketball fans know how basketball really begun and where. To better understand basketball and its history, here are the few important facts about it;
James Naismith he is the inventor of basketball. He is a Canadian educator as well as a sports recreationalist.
1981 this was the year when James Naismith invented basketball.
Springfield, Massachusetts where the game was invented
Did You Know?
That it took James Naismith and his team about 14 days to form the rules of basketball.
That basketball was initially played using peach baskets as hoops.
That it was then played with 9 players on the...