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First Game Ball. The basketball game was invented by a doctor and a physical education teacher, James Naismith, in 1891. He was instructed by the Chairman of the Physical Education Department at the School for Christian Workers (now known as Springfield College), to invent a game that could entertain the school’s athletes even in the winter season.

Top Ten NBA Players of the 60s. The 1960s was a decade full of great NBA players, such as Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson; a decade of records, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a game in 1961-62 season; a decade of the greatest dynasty basketball has ever seen, Boston Celtics won 9 out of 10, 7 of them in a row; but the 1960s was also a decade of great social changes.

Thus far, this list of gay basketball players stands at seven players — five from the college ranks and a couple from the NBA. Certainly there’s more, but this list only includes players that have come via the media. Here are those players listed by the most recent coming outs: Derrick Gordon: With his announcement on April 9, 2014, Gordon become the first openly gay active Division I.

And oh, how, the league changed in the 1970s. The NBA entered the decade with 14 teams and two divisions. That lasted a season. In 1970, three expansion teams entered—the Buffalo Braves.

Nickelodeon Basketball Stars is back and better then ever in Nickelodeon Basketball Stars 2! Nickelodeon Basketball Stars 2 is a fast-paced online basketball game starring your favourite characters from SpongeBob Squarepants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Henry Danger, Power Rangers Ninja Steel, the Loud House and Harvey Beaks. Play as SpongeBob, Patrick, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael.

Les MVP du Rookie Challenge et Rising Stars Challenge NBA Finals MVPs Only one player has one this award six times and only one player has won it while being on the losing team.

Basketball players such as Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kobe Bryant excel at a fast-paced, demanding professional sport.