The first basket for Basketball used was accutally a peach basket and basketball was invented by a canidian named James Naismith! :)
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∙ 11y agoA peach basket.
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The first basketball hoop was a peach basket.
A soccer ball was used for the ball and a peach basket was used as the basket.
put the ball in the basket
Dr James Naismith used a peach basket for the basket and for the ball was a socccer ball.
better chance of making a basket
no they used a real basket insted of a net and basketball players used to wear tights.
Because the first basket was a peach basket by Dr James Naismith who invented basketball.
There was a basket...and a ball...and they tried getting the ball IN the basket...hence basketball
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The name "Peach Basket" doesnt have relation to the Celtics itself, but it was the original name for basketball. Basketball was invented in Springfield, Massachussetts in 1891 and the game consisted of a peach basket (basket used to hold peaches) and a soccer ball.