Basketball's history begins just like everything else's history, with its creation which was in 1891 by Dr James Naismith. Naismith created the sport because it was less prone to injury than football and was easier to play during the winter months. Its popularity began to spread and eventually began to be played in colleges. Then after only a short time of being played only in college, a professional league was founded. The sports popularity only grew over time and is now seen as a part of American culture.
December 21, 1891 was the day the first basketball game was played. The game was initaly played with 9 players on each team with far different rules from what we have today. For example there was no dribiling in the first game. Eventually the very small sport would grow after it was introduced to the YMCA, which helped spread the sport to a lot of people. Since more people now knew about the game, it only began to become more popular than ever and become the game we know and love today.
