Dr. James Naismith is known as the world-wide inventor of basketball. Basketball was invented because James needed a game that didn't just need strength to play the game. The YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA in 1891 is where the game was first played at. They used a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as goals. In 1949, the National Basketball Association (NBA) was created with eight teams. Then, in 1967, the American Basketball Association (ABA) began. But there were a lot of money problems so it only lasted about nine years.

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