* Inner city kids growing up in poorer neighborhoods (same reason that Brazil soccer is excellent). It's easier for these kids to put up a basket and toss around the ball rather than more team oriented sports that require many participants and much more room to play their sports (i.e. Baseball and Football)
* For many kids this is their ticket out of the ghetto and they will play Basketball through most of the night
* Television dollars continue to act as a catalyst for the sport
* Global adoption of the sport also contributes to the continued growth
* Longevity of these excellent athletes is greater than most sports (assuming they make it to the professional level)
* For audiences they get to watch incredible athletes in action for a much more concentrated period of time. In other words the games are action packed and only take a fraction of the time to play.
no basketball is not presently an Olympic sport today
Basketball doesn't have a first name- basketball is the name of a sport.
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Both Lithuania and Latvia (Baltic states) have basketball as the national sport. However, Latvia has two national sports: basketball in the summer, ice hockey in winter.
Dr James Naismith used a peach basket for the basket and for the ball was a socccer ball.
Basketball is the best sport ever
Basketball is the bigest sport in the world.
Basketball is a better sport
Bow wow's favorite sport is basketball
Yes basketball is his favorite sport!!
his favorite sport is basketball.
I love basketball! :) Its a fantastic sport,everybody should be involved
no basketball is not presently an Olympic sport today
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Basketball and football
I dont know if it is her fave sport but I know she likes Basketball