Basketball is a sport.There are famous
Basketball players like Scottie pippen he was one of the famous players in chicago bulls.Nate thurmond He was
one of the famous players in golden state bridge.
Those two are not the best,but they are still the best basketball players in history. Basketball is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective
is to shoot a ball through a hoop 10 feet high mounted to a backboard at each end. It was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a teacher at a YMCA in Springfield, who was looking for an indoor
recreational activity.
YMCA stands for young, men's christian association.The first basketball game was held on January 20, 1892. The
court was half the size of courts used at the NBA league today and only one point was scored in the whole match.
There were nine players in each team.