The rules of the game is simple, there are two teams and each team has 5 players on the court at a time and you have to put the ball in the opponents hoop to score a point and the opposing has to try to stop you from scoring. The First competitive basketball leagues where all local leagues, usually within the larger east coast cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. On some occasions’ teams from other regions would travel to play another team. Once such occasion took place on November 7, 1896. This was the first known professional basketball game was played in Trenton New Jersey between the Trenton YMCA and the Brooklyn YMCA. The game was played at the Trenton Masonic temple, and an admission fee was charged for admittance into the game. Each player got $15 dollars except Fred Cooper who got $16 dollars, and became the first highest paid player.
Now the game of basketball has changed over the years to Vietnam to the Moon, Americans’ eyes were turned constantly to the TV. For the NBA (National basketball association), this meant big money from lucrative TV deals, it also meant others would try to challenge them for the new found wealth that TV brought. By decades end the Basketball world would know two major professional leagues, one of the larger markets and the other of smaller markets. Both with their own stars and own rules, but both would dramatically shape the way the game is played. After the NBA being created in the United states they created professional leagues outside the US called the erouleague.
They have also created awards for players now such as:
There is also all star weekend that have special events:
