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I am sure James Naismith
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I am sure James Naismith


Aug 27, 2020, 8:10 PM

Would be rolling over in his grave if he saw what was going on now....for you NBA players he invented your game in 1891.....in Good ole USA!!
I dont think he developed it for political statements, rather more for improvement of ones physical being...
But thats just historical information.....

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He created BB so Americans could exercise and compete


Aug 27, 2020, 8:14 PM

indoors in the winter time. Period.

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Re: He created BB so Americans could exercise and compete


Aug 28, 2020, 12:00 AM

... and the "original" hoop was a peach basket. On a side note, Dean Smith played at Kansas and was coached by a guy at Kansas who was coached by Naismith. Screw the holes, but that's a pretty impressive line of association. Like Artur Schnabel, a great Austrian-American pianist who was taught piano by a guy who was taught piano by Beethoven.

Go Tigers!!!

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Ahhh. Cultural appropriation at it's finest.


Aug 27, 2020, 8:34 PM

Black men stealing white culture. 8-)

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