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The growth of basketball within the world Early Creation: Basketball was created many years ago by the Americans in 1891 and at the time of its creation its was immensely unknown because no one really knew the sport and the money that would be offered for the people to play the job was very miniature. Therefore the game of basketball was more of a white person game. At the time of its creation, the USA was still undergoing segregation laws and since people of colour could not do as many things as non coloured people the sport was not aimed at them. This wasn't the only reason though, because basketball was a rich sport because it demanded a lot of  money to be played and so only rich people could play it. Becoming a diverse sport:

At around the 1950s to the 1980 basketball had really come to its heights and achieved things many people had not seen coming. Until the year 1950 no one of colour had ever played basketball in their life, but the n a young man called Earl Floyd was given a job in the NBA and from then on many black people started to join and play the game, creating possibly the most diverse game in the world then and by the time it had reached the 1970s black people like Bill Russell were all ready getting championships and MVPs. There was only one problem America was the only country playing this sport so by the year of 1989 it had already gotten global recognition and the first international teams were formed.

The peak era:

On the year 1984 a player called Michael Jordan was drafted to the Chicago Bulls at 5th in the draft. Very quickly he began to take the league by storm and at the end of his career was the first and only basketball player to have 5 MVP awards and he is without doubt the GOAT of basketball. Not only did he win MVP awards but he also successfully ran the Jordan brand which is probably the largest brand in the world at the moment. This changed the sport completely and in very fast procedures became a massive ,market with players coming from Serbia to play. This lead to the basketball we have know. A massively diverse sport in the world and a marketing powerhouse with pure talent.

Fun Facts:


 * Basketball is the 7th most famous sport in the world
 * The first NBA trophy was won by the Boston Celtics in 1964
 * Bill Russel collected 11 championships in 13 yrs making him the winner of the most.

Written BY Iakovos Anastasakis