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== == The man who started Basketball was James Naismith and he started teaching basketball where ever he worked then basketball became popular and colleges started to adopt the sport. Eventually, the fad caught on and basketball was a hit everywhere. From an elementary and middle school game to a high school game to college and finally the NBA, basketball has also made it's appearance globally.

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The sport of basketball originates in 1891 when James Naismith played the game in a gym class. The sport evolved to include hoops and baskets and is now one of the world's most popular sports.

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basketball has become so popular because of the nba!! the nba has attracted many viewer4s all over the world !!

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during the war people wanted something to occupy their time during the winter. they gave James Naismith 14 days to think of an indoor sport, thus basketball.

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The same reason why any other sport became a professional sport: because people became very talented at it.

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it was around World War 2

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