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Basketball initiation
Basketball was created by 1891. The location where all of this started was in a YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts where Dr.James Naismith accepted the job of an instructor.The main idea of the sport was it to be indoors and a small space -
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History of Basketball
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First basketball game
The First true basketball game as we know it was on January 20th, 1892 in Springfield, Massachusetts at the YMCA museum. -
College basketball
The first ever college basketball game with five players on each side was played on this day, January 18, 1896, when the University of Iowa invited student athletes from the new University of Chicago for an experimental game -
dribble added
Dr. James Naismith’s original 13 rules of basketball did not allow dribbling. Players could not run with the ball at all. By 1910, basketball rules had changed to allow players to dribble the ball, but dribblers could not shoot the ball until 1916. -
Formation of FIBA
World basketball was growing, but it was on June 18, 1932 that a real international organization was formed, to coordinate tournaments and teams: that day, Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and Switzerland founded the International Basketball Federation. Its work was fundamental for the first inclusion of basketball in the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936. -
Introduced to Olympics
1936 basketball became an official medal event at the Olympics. Basketball soon became the largest tournament of team sports. -
3 point line invented
Herman Sayger, a high-school basketball phenom cum coach in the midwest, came up with the idea of a three-point shot in a scoring system that rewarded distance of the shot being made;The three point line, as well as other rule changes, were tested in a game between Columbia and Fordham on February 07, 1945. -
The Basketball League
The Basketball league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America -
Basketball size changed
By 1948–49, when the laceless molded ball was made official, the size had been set at 30 inches (76 cm). -
NBA invented
Six teams from the NBL join the BAA. the resulting 17 teams form the National Basketball Association(NBA). and name Maurice Podloff as President. -
Naismith hall of fame
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Opens in Springfeild Massachussetts -
The best player in basketball
Coming off a gold medal performance at the 1984 Olympics prospered in the pro game with a fabulous first season, earning the 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 Chamberla -
Professional Basketball Players go International
USA Basketball was organized in 1974 and known as the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America (ABAUSA). The name change to USA Basketball occurred Oct. 12, 1989, shortly after FIBA modified its rules to allow professional basketball players to participate in international competitions. USA Basketball then admitted the NBA as an active member and made the change. -
NBA Start a Womens Nation Basketball Association
NBA Start a Womens Nation Basketball Association -
First women referee
Violet becomes the first woman to referee a major sporting event. she is soon joined by Dee Kanter. -
Yao Ming First Drafted Person Not from the U.S.
The Houston Rockets Draft Yao Ming to be the first #1 overall pick to never play College ball in the US. Yao, the biggest import ever seen in the NBA, figuratively and literally, brought the expectations of an entire nation with him.
