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Can you be 40 in the NBA?
There are 31 players who played in the NBA after they turned 40. Following the retirements of the then-42-year-old Udonis Haslem and Andre Iguodala shortly after the 2022–23 season, the oldest active player is the aforementioned LeBron James.
Why did they call it basketball?
After Naismith rejected the name “Naismith ball”, saying that the name would kill the game before it got going, Mahan then said, “Why not call it basket ball?” Dr. Naismith responded to this saying, “We have a basket and a ball, and it seems to me that would be a good name for it.”
What is the simple definition of basketball?
What is basketball? Basketball is a game played between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court, usually indoors. Each team tries to score by tossing the ball through the opponent's goal, an elevated horizontal hoop and net called a basket.
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Who first invented basketball?
James Naismith
Basketball / Inventor
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