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How did basketball become an American sport?

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∙ 16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Basketball was invented in America by a P.E. teacher to begin with. Many people loved the new game he invented, and it started spreading rapidly. Eventually, the sport was made into a professional sport, the NBA, and caught on quickly.

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