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Oiggamed t1_j4xnct8 wrote

I understand they used to use a ladder to get the ball out of it before the bottom finally fell out of it.

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downwardspiralstairs t1_j4xpacw wrote

And that's how you can tell basketball was invented in Springfield.

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sheeplewatcher t1_j4ydi9m wrote

I can imagine the conversation where william Morgan says “hey, why not have the bottom removed to save the work needed to pull out the ladder, etc.”

James Naismith and his supporters- “GTFO and take your ball to Holyoke”

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BradMarchandsNose t1_j50ap8u wrote

He was actually the one who decided to remove the bottom of the basket pretty soon after he invented the game. The basket was still too small for the ball to small through though, so they’d use a stick to push it out the top every time.

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