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the first Basketball was a soccer ball
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What is the first basketball ever used?
A soccer ball.
Was basketball still the same when it first invented?
no they used a real basket insted of a net and basketball players used to wear tights.
When was the new basketball first used?
January 20, 1892
What item was used as the first basketball?
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.
What was basketball's first name?
Basketball doesn't have a first name- basketball is the name of a sport.
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