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Originally posted by Snagglepulse Basketball: Invented in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts

by James Naismith, a Canadian physed teacher from Ontario, educated in Quebec.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbasketball.htm

researching isn't that hard.

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 by James Naismith, a Canadian physed teacher from Ontario, educated in Quebec. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbasketball.htm researching isn't that hard.

nope you are wrong it was invented in springfield, ma ... go to the nba hall of fame website and look it up ... i should know i live only about 30 min from it and that is why they have the hall of fame place there

Why does some pro soccer fan always have to come into every sport thread that isn't soccer related and feel to need to say that they hate it. The question relates to if basketball is only for tall freaks, not if you like basketball or not.

Basketball is not a game for freaks to get back on topic. When it was started (during the all white man days) rarely where their super tall people who played the game. Remember back when people never used to dunk the ball? I think now you just have super athletes, people are getting taller with each generation and you have to factor in the black athlete who on average are taller and can jump higher than their white counterparts. Also factor in that many of the players that get the fame tend to be powerforwards and centers like Duncan, Shaq, Ming, etc when most of the guards and shootnig guards are only 6' - 6' 5" tall which really isn't that tall. The average male height is 5' 9". The whole point of the center is to be a "tall freak" as that is what the job of the center does. You wouldn't recruit a 6' tall guy to be a center as their job is to be the middle man, the blocker, etc. It is nothing more than any other job description in life. You wouldn't hire a plumber if you were looking for an accountant.

Also look at overseas teams which are generally smaller and quicker or in high school and college where everyone isn't superhuman heights. I think globally basketball is for anyone, sure professionals have to be bigger, stronger, and more athletic but that is the same with any sport or else everyone would be a professional.

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Originally posted by Partibrejker nope you are wrong it was invented in springfield, ma ... go to the nba hall of fame website and look it up ... i should know i live only about 30 min from it and that is why they have the hall of fame place there

are you retarded? did you bother to go to the link?

Yes, it was invented in Springfield...by JAMES NAISMITH, who was a Canadian. You do know how to read don't you?

Well, it was invented IN the USA.

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 are you retarded? did you bother to go to the link? Yes, it was invented in Springfield...by JAMES NAISMITH, who was a Canadian. You do know how to read don't you?

didn't bother to look at the link when i already kno the place where it was invented .. who invented it and where he is from i could care less .. anyways topic is you dont have to be tall to play basketball

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Originally posted by Partibrejker didn't bother to look at the link when i already kno the place where it was invented .. who invented it and where he is from i could care less .. anyways topic is you dont have to be tall to play basketball

oh...ok, I see your logic here. So the location of an invention is more important than the brains behind it? Interesting.

The average offensive lineman in the NFL is 6'7", 325 pounds. That's more freakish than 6'8" 195 pounds (a fairly average forward on an NBA team), in my opinion.

Height is an advantage in almost every sport. Pitchers in Major League baseball have an advantage when they're towering over the batter's box since they can angle the ball to more effectively clip the bottom of the strike zone. Isn't Randy Johnson 7'?

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 oh...ok, I see your logic here. So the location of an invention is more important than the brains behind it? Interesting.

brains behind it .. .. we are talking about a sport invention here not electricity and such other things where brains actually were used .. :-D ... this guy could have easily sat his ass on a chair and shot paper at the trash can and said hmmm basketball ... that don't take brains ..

I'd rather have Muggsy over Bradly anyday.

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Originally posted by Partibrejker brains behind it .. .. we are talking about a sport invention here not electricity and such other things where brains actually were used .. :-D ... this guy could have easily sat his ass on a chair and shot paper at the trash can and said hmmm basketball ... that don't take brains ..

then why didn't somebody think of it before? I don't even like basketball but when you invent a sport that is played around the world (though let's not kid ourselves, most people outside the USA couldn't give a shite), you deserve some credit.

Unlike most other big sports (proper football, baseball, hockey), basketball has a single man responsible for its birth.

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 then why didn't somebody think of it before? I don't even like basketball but when you invent a sport that is played around the world (though let's not kid ourselves, most people outside the USA couldn't give a shite), you deserve some credit. Unlike most other big sports (proper football, baseball, hockey), basketball has a single man responsible for its birth.

How do you know that people don't give a shit about it outside of USA ... look at Argentina, look at European countries .. most of the countries now consider b-ball as their 2nd sport after futbal .. 2002 Yugoslavia won the world championship, 2004 argentina were the olympics champs ... i guess there are more countries that consider basketball as one of the main sports in their country. I don't think it would be considered as number sport, cuz of futbal but its up there ...

true .. it has single man responsible for its birth, but ask around basketball ppl and they won't know who invented the game ..

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Originally posted by Partibrejker How do you know that people don't give a shit about it outside of USA ... look at Argentina, look at European countries .. most of the countries now consider b-ball as their 2nd sport after futbal .. 2002 Yugoslavia won the world championship, 2004 argentina were the olympics champs ... i guess there are more countries that consider basketball as one of the main sports in their country. I don't think it would be considered as number sport, cuz of futbal but its up there ... true .. it has single man responsible for its birth, but ask around basketball ppl and they won't know who invented the game ..

that's because most people are ignorant and don't give the history of ANYTHING a second thought.

True, basketball is a big sport in some countries, but so is hockey and I honestly don't think hockey is a truly global sport. In those countries you mentioned, proper football easily takes the crown.

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 that's because most people are ignorant and don't give the history of ANYTHING a second thought. True, basketball is a big sport in some countries, but so is hockey and I honestly don't think hockey is a truly global sport. In those countries you mentioned, proper football easily takes the crown.

well yeah football kicks ass anywhere in europe or south american countries ... but basketball is becoming more and more of a played sport ... like i said before it wont take over the football but its going to stay 2nd sport in a lot of countries ..i don't know about hockey i am not sure if a lot of european countries play it .. maybe russia, and the more colder ones ... doubt anybody in australia, asian or south america plays it ... lets not mentoin africa

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