Do-you-know-when-basketball-was-invented

Doyouknowwhenbasketballwasinvented?Basketballisamuch–lovedandsportthatisenjoyedbymanyforfunandexercise.Itisover100yearsoldandisplayedbymorethan100millionpeopleinover200countries.Itisbelievedthatthefirstbasketballgameinhistorywasplayedondecember21,1891.Thenin1936inBerlin,itbecameanevenatheOlympics.BasketballwasinventedbyaCanadiandoctornamedJamesNaismith,whowasbornin1861,whenhewasacollegeteacher,hewasaskedtothinkofagamethatcouldbeplayedinthewinter.DrNaismithcreatedagametobeplayedinsideonahardfloor.Hedividedthemeninhisclassintotwoteamsandtaughtthemtoplayhisnewgame.Playersonthesameteammustworktogethertogettheballintheotherteam’sbasket.Atthesametime,theyneedtostopthecompetingteamfromgettingtheballintotheirownbasket.Today,thepopularityofbasketballhasrisenaroundtheworld,withmanyyoungpeopledreamingofbecomingfamousplayers,InChinayoucansometimesseepeopleplayingbasketballintheparks,schoolsandevenfactories.Basketballhasnotonlybecomeapopularsporttoplay,butithasbecomeapopularsporttowatch.althoughAmerica’sNBAgamesarethemostfamous,theCBAgamesarebecomingmorepopularinChina.Thenumberofforeignplayers,includingChineseplayers,intheNBAhasincreased;therearealsomoreandmoreforeignplayersinCBA.Manyyoungpeoplelookuptothesebasketballheroesandwanttobecomelikethem.Thesestarsencourageyoungpeopletoworkhardtoachievetheirdreams.