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Basketball Makes a slam Dunk on the new world of indoor sports
in 1891 a man Named Dr. James Nasmith was instructed to come up with a new indoor sport. And did With Two Peach Baskets and a soccerball. -
Back Boards
The Backboard was introduced to keep Fans from interfering with the players shots. -
The First Professionial Leauge
In 1898 the first professional basketball leauge was introduced. In New Jersey and Pennsylvania. -
The Dribbler Can Shoot
The new rule Permitting The ball dribbler(Ball Carrier)To shoot the ball. -
Rules Get Standardized
The NCAA Rules were standardized -
Players are back in
In 1920 a rule permits a player that has been taken out of the game for some reason to be allowed to be put back in. -
ABL
The first big Leauge for basketball is formed and is called the ABL (American Basketball Leauge was the first leauge to sighn players to longer contracts and most of the teams were located in the major cities). -
Bye Bye double dribble
Professional leauges eliminated the double dribble -
mid court
The mid court line is introduced to stop stalling -
The NBL
The National Basketball League is formed. (The Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers and Sacramento Kings can all trace their heritage beck to the the NBL, and the league featured many future NBA stars such as George Mikan, Jim Pollard, Dolph Schayes, Bob Davies and Red Holzman) -
The BAA
The Basketball Association of America, a forerunner of the NBA is formed. (Three of the league's orginal 11 franchises are still playing today- the New York Knickerbockers, Boston Celtics and Philadelphia (now Golden State) Warriors) -
The NBA finnaly arrives
The BAA merges with the National Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association. -
The NBA starts Racial Integration
The NBA begins racial integration when Earl Loyd, Nat Clifton and Chuck Cooper join the league. -
Hello Shot Clock
The NBA introduces the shot clock to curtail stalling tactics -
Lakers!!!
The Minneapolis become the first team to move to the West Coast as they become the Los Angeles Lakers -
Three Pointers
The rival American Basketball League begins play and introduces the three-point shot. -
See Ya ABL
The ABL disbands -
ABA
A rival to the NBA, the American Basketball Association is formed. -
NBA gets Bigger
The NBA expands to include the ABA's surviving franchises. (the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs) -
Here we come Olympics
Professional basketball players are allowed in the Olympics and the "Dream Team" (featuring Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson) is born.
