Basketball Trivia

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Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith. He set out to invent a game to occupy students between the football and baseball seasons.
Basketball is part of the Olympic and Commonwealth Games
In 1962, the Libyan men's basketball team included the world's tallest athlete. He stood 8 foot 0.4 inches tall, one of the few men ever to be measured over 8 ft. (see tallest athletes)
The Larry O'Brien Trophy is awarded to the winner of the NBA playoffs. The trophy is a statue of a basketball on plinth, made out of silver and vermeil. See more NBA Finals Trivia

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