hey everyone welcome back to flow dunk interesting facts today we're diving into some quirky and there I say a bit useless facts about the exciting world of basketball yet ready to learn some things that might surprise even the biggest sports fans Fact one the first basketball game did you know that the first basketball game was played with a soccer ball that's right in 1891 basketball's inventor James nasmith used a soccer ball ant to Peach baskets to create what we now know as basketball the idea was to come up with an indoor sport for winter and
who would have thought that simple invention would become one of the most popular sports in the world fact to player Heights have you ever noticed that many basketball players are really tall but here's a fun fact the shortest player to ever play in the NBA is the OWN mugy Bogues who stands at just 5' 3 in tall and he made history going up against some of the tallest and most dominant players in the league height isn't everything in basketball sometimes Ty and and determination can overcome any stature fact three the original basketball the original baskets
used in the first basketball game were actually Peach baskets and guess what they still had bottoms so the ball had to be retrieved with a stick every time a point was scored it wasn't until 1906 that the bottoms of the baskets were removed leading to the modern basketball hoops we know today fact four the 242 rule here's an interesting fact about the 242 rule it was created to make the game faster and more exciting before this rule some teams used tactics to stall the game and run down the clock the idea was to force teams
to attempt a shot within 20 for seconds of gaining possession and it was a huge success in keeping the game fast-paced and action-packed so what do you think of these quirky basketball facts which one was your favorite if you enjoyed the video be sure to give it a thumbs up subscribe to the channel and hit the notification Bell so you don't miss any of our content leave a comment with your favorite basketball Factor one you know see you next time
