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Basketball was started as a fun and new sport that allowed kids to have fun and include sportsmanship and teamwork. The game was invented by Dr. James Naismith for his P.E. class, and the game just evolved since then.

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Because, the coach who invented it, wanted to play a game indoors during the heavy snow, using volleyballs, and it was dubbed basketball.
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To play Basketball duuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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A man named James naismith worked at a YMCA. He wanted to create a new sport people could play indoors in the winter. He invented a game where you would throw a ball into a peach basket.

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two bored negros with watermelon and a milk crate

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because they were bored

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To attack the Romans

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