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basketball today

today the game of basketball has changed alot, There is basically no more of the center position and player like LeBron James and Stephen curry dominate the era.

2000s

the 2000s were dominated by the Lakers and spurs and features players like Shaq and Kobe, LeBron James Carmelo Anthony and Dwayne wade.  this was the best era of basketball in my opinion

1990s

the 1990s was the golden era of basketball player like Michael Jordan, Stockton and Malone, Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon. dominated the era. While the 1990s Chicago bulls dominated the era winning six championships.  Signature shoes and apparel also started to be come more popular.

1980s

 

The 1980s featured player like Michael Jordan Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. The Celtics and the ShowTime Lakers dominated the era and the game began to be nationally televised. Players also started to get their own signature shoes.

1970s

Basketball continued to grow in the 1970s although most games weren't even televised until later in the decade. Teams like the Los angeles lakers made history by setting the record for most win consecutively which still stand today, the record by the way is 33. The NBA and ABA also merged and the Nba took and brought over 5 ABA teams including the spurs, the nuggets, the nets, And the pacers. The best players in this era were players such as DR.J Julius Erving, Kareem Abdul jabbar, and players like jerry west and David Thompson.

1960s

 

 

In the 1960s the NBA was formed and the Boston Celtics dominated the era. They went on an eleven title championship run. the ABA (American basketball league) was also gaining popularity. Player like jerry west, Elgin Baylor, Bob Cousey, and Jerry Lucas.

 

1950s

 

Basketball really started to gain popularity in the 1950s with teams like the Celtics and Lakers dominating everybody. In the 1950 the NBL was made and basketball started to become nationally televised. The great players of the Decade were player like Bob Cousey, Paul Arzin, Bob Petit, and also George Mikan

1940s

Miniapolis Lakers(above)

Philidelphia warriors(above) 

 

 

Teams like the Minneapolis Lakers led by George Mikan dominated in the 1940s while there were still a lot of separate leagues in America basketball was also still gaining popularity with  the introduction of players like bob petit and Bob Cousey . Joseph 'Chick' Reiser,Clarence 'Kleggie' Hermsen,Joe Fulks,Frank Bauhmolz,John Simmons were all famous player during the 1940s

The creation of professional basketball teams (1930s)

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(The new York Celtics)

In the 1930s early teams such as the new York Celtics were created who brought new innovations to the game such as player contracts, due to the fact that back in those days players were just switching from team to team depending on who payed them the most. Back in those days there wasn't a set league that everybody played in, there were multiple leagues around the country.

first competive leagues (1890s 1920s)

The First Competitive Leagues.
The First competitive basketball leagues where all local leagues, usually within the larger east coast cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. On some occasions’ teams from other regions would travel to play another team. Once such occasion took place on November 7, 1896. this was the first known professional basketball game was played in Trenton New Jersey between the Trenton YMCA and the Brooklyn YMCA. The game was played at the Trenton Masonic temple, and an admission fee was charged for admittance into the game. Each player got $15 dollars except Fred Cooper who got $16 dollars, and became the first highest paid player. Trenton defeated Brooklyn 15-1 to win the first ever professional basketball game.
Two years after the first professional basketball game was played six teams for Philadelphia and New Jersey formed the National basketball league(NBL). Shortly after the NBL formed, other leagues began to form all over the Eastern United States including the Philadelphia Basketball League, Eastern League, New York State League, and the Interstate league. Most early basketball leagues never lasted more then a few weeks, the NBL itself only lasted five seasons. In 1902 the New England Basketball League got a huge boost in national exposure when it allowed an African American named Bucky Lew play in a game
1901 marked a landmark year for the game of basketball as colleges began sponsoring games. At first only a few Colleges participated including Yale, Minnesota, Dartmouth, Columbia, Chicago, Utah, and Navy. In the early days of collegiate sports most teams played less then 10 games with the lucky ones playing maybe 15 or 16. In 1901 Yale would go 10 and 4 to win the first college national championship.  The next year the University of Minnesota would go 11 and 0 to become the first undefeated team in basketball. These early games always had problems with injuries, as fouling rules where in place but a shortage of trained referees made it impossible to have good refs at every game. In the time from 1905-1910 many American activist groups were calling for the government to step in and place restrictions on the sport. In 1910 President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt urged the colleges of America to create a governing body for itself before it was too late, in the summer of 1910 they did and formed the Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
While the Colleges where just setting up the pro leagues came and went, but not all teams were in leagues. Some teams remained independent and would travel the country playing local teams for money, they were known as Barnstormers; some of these teams were the Original Celtics, the SPHA’s, the Buffalo Germans, the Trojans of New York, and two all African American teams, the New York Renaissance Five(or Rens) and the most famous of all the Barnstorming teams, and the only one still in existence today-the Harlem Globetrotters

The Birth of Basketball

 

  Dr. James Naismith is known world-wide as the inventor of basketball. He was born in 1861 in Ramsay township, near Almonte, Ontario, Canada. The concept of basketball was born from Naismith's school days in the area where he played a simple child's game known as duck-on-a-rock outside his one-room schoolhouse. The game involved attempting to knock a "duck" off the top of a large rock by tossing another rock at it. Naismith went on to attend McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. After serving as McGill's Athletic Director, James Naismith moved on to the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA in 1891, where the sport of basketball was born. In Springfield, Naismith was faced with the problem of finding a sport that was suitable for play inside during the Massachusetts winter for the students at the School for Christian Workers. Naismith wanted to create a game of skill for the students instead of one that relied solely on strength. He needed a game that could be played indoors in a relatively small space. The first game was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as goals.