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this is the man who created basketball holding a hoop for a little girl
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the early basketball hoop had no backboard
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2 years after basketball was created the backboard was added to the hoop
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they added a square to the backboard
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the first basketball wasn't manufactured till 1894 they used a soccer ball before that.
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the first metal rim was in 1901
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in 1912 they replaced the basket with a net
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the first glass backboard was used at the university of Indiana practice facility
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The NBA started in 1946
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this was the first american basketball association
