Many folks think it was because of Wilt Chamberlain, but I am thinking there were other reasons as well. Thanks
2006-10-27 08:49:54 · 4 answers · asked by Peter S 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
It was ten feet at the conception of the game - simply because that was the height of the railing on the balcony from where the Naismith had the "original" buckets - the peach baskets - hung. There was some debate at the professional level on RAISING the rims to twelve feet BECAUSE of players like Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, and others but nothing has ever came of it.
2006-10-27 08:58:25 · answer #1 · answered by dmspartan2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RAISED to 10 feet? It started out at 12 when James Naismtih invented the game. It came down because it was too hard for peope to score on. Maybe putting it back now would mean that the passing game becomes more important again. But if you take a look at how early players shot, even on at 10 foot hoops, the percentages are scary. It was one dull game...
2006-10-29 08:20:14 · answer #2 · answered by mooseymoose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
December 1891 - no reason for it being at 10 feet, but the NCAA outlawed dunking at one poitn because of Lew Alcindor (aka, Kareen Abdul-Jabbar). Did you know that a member of the present Harlem Globetrotters can dunk a basketball into a hoop raised to twelve feet. Dammmmmmmnnnnnnnn!
2006-10-27 08:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by thomas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It needs to be raised to fifteen feet now. Then basketball would be a game of skill again, rather than a game of genetics.
2006-10-27 08:58:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋