120 years b\c i took 1891(which was the year it started in ) and 2011 ( this year) and subtracted them and got 120.
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Basketball has been around for 118 years. It was invented in 1891 by a physical education teacher, James Naismith. Basketball started out with two peach baskets attached to a ten foot railing and played with a soccer ball. Later in 1893 they introduced the iron hoops and the hammock type basket.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) was founded on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America. There are 30 teams in the NBA.