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It came from the real middle name of the author, who was Theodore Seuss Geisel.
Dr. James Naismith
Dr. James Naismith invented it in 1891
When Dr. Naismith invented basketball he didn't have a 'basketball' to use. So, he looked around his gymnasium and decided that a soccer ball was the right size and he used that.
Dr James Naismith created the game of basketball in December of 1899 in Springfield Massachusetts, USA