The Basketball

Small recall bit, basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith While teaching Springfield College in Massachussetts. The idea comes to him in order to try to maintain his indoor sports class on bad weather. In addition to football and baseball which already had a great success at the time, it developed a new type of sport inspired by a game that appeared during the II Millennium BC. AD, popular among Mayas. By adapting new rules, he gives birth to one of the most popular sports in the world, with baskets that were at the time made with a fishing box placed on each side of the land.

When it comes, sport was played with a football ball But equipment manufacturers such as Sparding will not have waited long to offer the first basketball balls. The brand's first creation comes only 3 years after the invention of this sport, it is considered the original ball. Color side, it remained only Brown Until the end of the years 1950 when Tony Hinkle (Coach of Butter's Bulldogs), wanted to find a more visible ball for players and spectators. This is how the orange balloon has been introduced.

Sport has developed over time and followed by improving the system of boxes, replaced by baskets Better designed and letting the ball pass through. The first associations are starting to multiply and the broadcast accelerates around the world.

Basketball is regulated by national federations. We find it 212, grouped around an instance called Fiba. Some competitions stand out for their popularity and prestige. There are national, continental and international championships. We identify the Olympic Games and the World Championship, but also the Euroligue. Nationally, there is the French, Spain and of course the championship Nba.

There Nba is one of Large American professional leagues With the NHL, the NFL and the MLB. She draws her origin from Basketball Association of America (BAA) which was born in 1946 in New York. Two other American championships also existed at that time: American Basketball League (1925, and the National Basketball League (1898).

Although the level is equivalent between these different leagues, the BAA chooses to set up in the big cities. This choice will be rewarded later since in 1950, the BAA and the NBL merge to become the Nba. With this new union, we count 17 teams to play. The first winners of the championship are the Minneapolis Lakers, which will be transferred to Los Angeles Before the 1960-1961 season.

After this dazzling development, the NBA decides to reduce its name of teams to eight, located in large metropolises in 1955. But in 1967, the NBA is faced with a new competing league called American Basketball Association (ABA). She wants to be innovative in the field and offers new rules, with for example the appearance of the three -point line that did not exist before. Despite the craze, the ABA cannot compete with the NBA and find itself merged in 1976 by the major championship. The four flagship teams of the ABA which are the New York Nets, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Denver Nuggets then joined the NBA.

The NBA gains notoriety in 80 years. Arrivals of great players such as Larry Bird and Magic Johnson in 1979 contribute to developing the League and its popularity. This is without counting the beginnings of Michael Jordan in 1984 In the league that it will experience a dazzling rise. He will wait for the 90s to win his first title of champion with the Chicago Bulls. His participation in Barcelona Olympic Games In 1992 alongside the best NBA players developed the popularity of the American League, which will be felt on the NBA.

In 1995, the championship goes to 29 teams With the integration of Canada: Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies. We find today 30 franchises, divided into 2 conferences: East and West.In the 2000s, franchises win their first title, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks and Cleveland Cavaliers. At the same time, we find the arrival of foreign players such as Tony Parker Or Pau Gasol which will mark the spirits.

The NBA has television rights which are among the highest with more than $ 2.4 billion per season. Salaries dhe players benefit from this increase, the NBA is The championship pays for its most generous players.

Today, theBasketball Place at the 3rd place the most popular sports with approximately 2.2 billion fans around the world. Sport is mainly popular in a few countries: USA, Canada, China and Philippines. He finds himself behind cricket (2.5 billion fans) and football (3.5 billion fans).

Basketball is thus adapted to many formats: films, video games, books and the most important, in figurines !

There are many films on basketball:

Blue Chips (1994), directed by William Friedkin

Here is the first film on basketball that traces the story of an American university coach who will, to bring his team to victory, accept compromises for the first time in his life and how, after victory, he will denounce publicly The shenanigans which he made himself an accomplice.

The Basketball Diaries (1995), directed by Scott Kalvert,

With Dicaprio and Mark Wahlberg

Space Jam (1996) directed by Joe Pytka

With Micheal Jordan and the Looney Tunes

He Got Game (1998) directed by Spike Lee

With Denzel Washington

Video games :

The first game dates from 1973 and is simply called basketball, it is played on Odissey with a layer stuck on TV.

This was followed by basketball (1974), which represents the characters in human form. Playable on arcade terminals, it's a turning point for the video game.

Electronic Arts will release one one one: Dr. J vs Larry Bird in 1983

The first game developed by 2K dates from 1999

Books :

Between stories of the biggest encounters and exciting anecdotes, books are the ideal way to learn more about the orange ball!

Common Practice Basketball

Edo Ball - The Art of Basketball

The figurines:

THE First NBA figurines appear in 90s, with some Brands as Kenner Or Hartland figurines Who adapt players like Magic Johnson, when he was playing Lakers! Today there are many companies that publish miniatures of NBA players, such as Mc Farlane Toys, Kenner, Pop, Medicom Toy or super7 ...

With this growing success, the figurines have continued to appear, by representing the favorite players of several generations. In detailed version or not, in small or large format, there is something for everyone!

And since an article ARTOYZ Wouldn't it really be one without a presentation of a few figurines freshly put online, let's talk a little bit of Super7.

Super7 understood this craze well and offers the adaptation of one of their flagship range to a good number of stars of the orange balloon. The figurines Reaction are a vibrant tribute to the emblematic articulated figurines of ten cm (3 ¾ Action Figure) which populated the rooms and the playgrounds.

NBA Hardwood Classics Supersports

Figures Stephen Curry

(Warriors) - ReAction figure

NBA Hardwood Classics Supersports

LeBron James Figures

(Riders) - ReAction figure

Kevin Durant (Nets) - ReAction figure

Luka Dončić (Dal) - ReAction figure

Medicom Toy also has a wide range of products on the world of basketball, especially with Mafex and the bearbrick.

Mafex - LeBron James -

Los Angeles Lakers

400% + 100% bearbrick Taz

(Space Jam a New Legacy)

400% + 100% bearbrick Titi

(Space Jam a New Legacy)

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400% + 100% bearbrick

Marvin the Martian

(Space Jam)

Also exists in 1000%

Finally, Ron English also launched in basketball figurines with his character named after "Grin basketball", who plays for the Popaganda team.