As with most creations. need truly is the mother of invention. Baskets have been around since people have needed to carry things.
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Peach baskets
James Naismith invented the game by nailing a couple of peach baskets on two ends of a court.
We don't know who invented basket weaving (basketry). Baskets are older than writing, and they date from the dawn of history. Having been made some 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, the oldest known baskets come from upper Egypt. A link can be found below.
Basketball today is not played with peach baskets anda ladder.
he invented basket ball with a volleyball and two peach baskets. he was also a teacher at the YMCA
Basketball is known to have been invented by Dr. Naismith. The original game was played with a smaller ball on peach baskets instead of the modern-day hoop.
there was a school and for P.E. class the teacher didn't know what to do with kids so he put up peach baskets and gave the, a ball to try and shoot into the baskets. the kids really loved it so it was made into a sport.
In 1937 Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma City invented a shopping cart which was made of a folding chair with wheels. It was able to hold two separate baskets.
He invented and completed the game of Basketball in 1981. He originally started it with peach baskets in Springfield.
When the game was first invented they used baskets to throw the ball into. They had to climb ladders to retrieve the ball as well. I believe it was invented at a ymca, but not sure on that.