• In present times many of basketballs old rules have changed like the way of defense skills.
• Also now a professional basketball court is 94ft/28.7m long and 54ft/16.5 m wide. While long ago a court was a lot shorter and not as detailed.
• The original height of a professional rim is 10-12ft/3.05 m from the floor.
• And all of the rims have always had a backboard with a square of some type in the center as the mark for a bank shot. A bank shot is when you shoot the ball and it hits the backboard and banks in.
• Now we have also made the jersey that the players wear a lot more creative by putting better designs on them and adding more color, and most of the new team players like how their uniforms are more of the 2000 style than the 1891 styles. For example the wore really short shorts and tight shirts in 1891, but today they wear long baggy shorts and really loose and baggy shirts.
• Boys now aren't the only ones who play basketball, in the past few years girl teams play in not only school oriented ball but also professional ball.
• Right now in the NBA Michael Jordan is making his major come back and the Charlotte Hornets are thinking about bringing their basketball team to St. Louis.
• Basketball now has become one of the most popular sports with soccer being right by it's side.
• In high school there are 8 min. quarters and 20 min. halves.
• In college there are 12 min. quarters.
• In professional ball there is mostly 20-30 min. halves.'
• The team with the possession of the ball in high school have 30 sec. to shoot the ball on their side of the court.
• The team with the possession of the ball in college have 45 sec. to shoot the ball on their side of the court.

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