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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kosandpol" data-source="post: 3398266" data-attributes="member: 105851">Alexander Graham Bell was a savy <a href="http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/NFL" target="_blank">Republican</a> <a href="http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Texas" target="_blank">businessman</a> and James Naismith was a dumb jock who died pennyless.  Initially, basketball was originally conceived as a simple friendly family game that even the wife and children could participate in. The basic rules started off very primordial and the goal was to be the first to get five points. The player would stand three yards away from a wooden fruit basket suspended 9 feet above the ground and nailed to a wall or street lamp (the basket didn't become bottomless until 1931 when the Attention-Deficit Disorder Union demanded the game be faster). The player would close their eyes and throw the ball with one hand (after Naismith's death in 1939, players were allowed to use both hands). If the ball successfully made it through the basket, the player got to scream "H!" and the game would continue in this fashion until someone was able to spell the word "Horse" first. Eventually, families in the neighborhood began to play against other families. This eventually led to official city teams playing against other teams outside home cities. In 1948, the concept of movement around a court came about due to numerous reports of men on opposing teams often fighting about whose turn it was. During most games, players would become so frustrated that they would simply take the ball away from an opposing player and run away with it. The opposing team would chase the thief around in circles until the thief either threw the ball to another player on his team or made a shot, adding a point for his team despite players on the other team yelling "HEY! YOU CAN'T DO THAT! THAT'S ILLEGAL!". Because so many people were playing basketball in this manner (mostly school children), this was eventually incorporated into the game. Incidentally, this is also how the splinter game known as "Keep Away" was invented.</blockquote>

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