It's called basketball because originally you threw the ball into a real basket.
>>152605541no, the ball was made of basket
no, the basket was thrown into each other's balls
Why is it called apehoop now?
>>152605595Are you unaware the humans are one of the great apes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HominidaeIt's called apehoop because it's open to all great apes (gorillas, humans, orangutans). We haven't seen other species of great apes participating in basketball because they don't run or stand well upright.
>>152605595the same reason we call them basketball americans
>>152605541How did they get the ball out? I think the original one had a hole in the bottom. Also in original rules you couldn't dribble, the game was all passing and movement. More than likely it was more exciting and captivating to watch that way.
>>152605541Ahhh so this is where ape squeak came from
>>152605595No one calls it that besides 4chan chuds and incels. Leave your house, you've got a lot of living to do scraggle teeth friend.
>>152605541No because the first star of Joe Naismith's game was Fineas Basket. It was originally called Naismith's Heave For Health, but Basket averaged 8 points a game in his first season so they started calling it Basketball.
>>152606100scram chud. men are talking ball here
>>152606157>scramYeah I am about to go outside and have a glorious day with friends and family, take care anon.
>>152606157we're not talking ball, we're talking baskets.
>>152606299If you're not talking ball, you're not a Big Baller!
>>152605541so the game was over when one team scored or did they have a boy to get it out?
>>152606601They had several balls and when the basket got filled the game was over.
>>152606601Mexicans first immigrated to the US as part of a guest worker program to fill the "basketball retriever" jobs that US citizens wouldn't do.
>>152605541wrong, it's called basketball because Naismith was a fan of Egyptian antiquity, but he also had spelling problems
For me, it’s Basquiatball
