probably the Mayans. They had a form of soccor/Basketball combo game but when they played, someone died, the losing team was sacrificed to their deity.
There was not a first person to play NBA basketball ,ritard, basketball is played in teams.
Aren't boys always first to do things...yes they are....so yes they were the first to play basketball.
Yes Michael Jordan was the first african-american to play basketball
The first alley-oop play in basketball history was executed in the 1950s.
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the first basketball team was the USA to win but who played
Of course, the person that invented basketball which was James Naismith.
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First of all, the sport is called basketball. Not a basketball. The objective is to dribble the ball down the court and shoot with your hands into the basketball net.
The first basketball team wasn't segregated. Actually, black players didn't want to play.