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Basketball was invented on 1891 by a Canadian physical education teacher named Dr. James Naismith. During the winter most of the boys could not go out and play and became very board. To solve this problem he then nailed two peach baskets to the balcony at each end of the gym and came up with about thirteen rules for the game in 1892. Later on formed two teams with nine players on each team. The goal of the game was for each team to then dribble a soccer ball on the courts and try to get the ball into the other teams basket.  Around 1893 is when the iron hoops and a hammock-style basket were made. 

In  1936 basketball became a Olympic sport for men. In 1976 it then became one for women also.  The national Basketball League (NBL) was formed on 1949. The Basketball Association of America (BBA) was formed in the summer of 1946. Then both NBL and the BBA merged together to form the National Basketball Association (NBA).