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The start of BasketBall
Dr James Naismith, was a teacher at a Christian Workers school. He invented basket ball (two words at the time) in Spring Field, Massachusets. -
Publicity
The christan workers played the first public game of basket ball. -
Soccer Ball
The first two years of the sport a soccer ball was used not a basket ball -
PRO's
The first professional known game is played -
You can dribble now
Beginning in 1910 a player could dribble the ball, but could not shoot after dribbling. Not until 1916, following heated debate, that players were allowed to shoot after dribbling. -
Changeing Name's
They change the name from Basket ball to Basketball as on word instead of two. -
Olympics
Basketball becomes an olympic sport when USA -
TV's first
The first basketball game to be put on TV. It was over NBC The game, in which Pittsburgh beat Fordham 50-37 -
Naismith Hall of Fame
The Naismith Basket ball Hall of Fame opens in Springfeild Massachussetts -
NBA First Three Pointer
The NBA first three point shot was made by Chris Ford of the Boston Celtics on October 12, 1979 in a game against the Houston Rockets. -
Michael jordan
Rookie of the Year; Five-time NBA MVP; Six-time NBA champion; Six-time NBA Finals MVP; Ten-time All-NBA First Team; Nine time NBA All-Defensive First Team; Defensive Player of the Year; 14-time NBA All-Star; Three-time NBA All-Star MVP; 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; Ten scoring titles -- an NBA record and seven consecutive matching Chamberlain -
Basketball Players go International
USA Basketball was made in 1974 and known as the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America. It started with just amateurs playing but then they started letting profesinals play.
