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Basketball also evolved out of being played with peach baskets and balls which were originally designed for other sports(like "football" or soccer); these balls were made out of leather and such, which had a natural orange-tan colour that most likely was retained and then enhanced as the sport became more formalized.

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the man who coached the first b-ball game wore an orange shirt to every game and when he passed away in his honor they colored the hoop orange.

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I started high school in Oregon in 1948 and the hoops were black. They changed them later , maby 1949, and I would like to know exactly when but nobody knows. I don't believe it was for the inventors orange shirt though.

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There is no specific reason basketball rims are orange.

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so you can freaking see it

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