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== Basketball == basket ball is the best sport in the world

Basketballl is a sport you can get fouled an double dribble — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.211.100.2 (talk) 13:42, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

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delete "non-contact"

Anyone who has played the game knows that contact is an integral part of it. Saying "non-contact" is... silly. 87.88.109.203 (talk) 10:07, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Agreed. Should be "limited contact." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.247.62.158 (talk) 16:09, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Agreed, should be deleted. --H-Hurry (talk) 11:20, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

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I recently evaluated this article as part of a class assignment. I found that this article can be improved in the following ways: One way it can be improved is updating the tallest player in the NBA currently. As of right now, Sim Bhullar is no longer in the NBA. Another thing that can be improved is the history of the WNBA. I feel that there is way more information on the male side of basketball then the female side. --Evan1731 (talk) 17:12, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

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Basketball is a limited contact sport, it is mostly a team sport. The objective of basketball is to defend your basket and stop the other team from scoring. Which translate to defensive that can turn in to offense Kendrap59 (talk) 22:31, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

 Already done The text adequately explains this already. — IVORK _Discuss 23:42, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

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A point guard is as a coach on the floor, who can handle and distribute the ball to teammates. Shahrozian (talk) 15:22, 13 March 2018 (UTC) please add point guard is as a coach on the floor, who can handle and distribute the ball to teammates to usually the fastest player on the team, organizes the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the right player at the right time, because its true and its additional information and explanation to what point guards do.

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Please add Its reserved for the team's best ball handler and/or best passer. to usually the fastest player on the team, organizes the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the right player at the right time. because https://www.sportingcharts.com/dictionary/nba/point-guard.aspx Shahrozian (talk) 14:40, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

That text is already in the article. —C.Fred (talk) 14:43, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Shouldn't the lead photo for the article on basketball be a modern view of the game similar to Baseball instead of a historical photo? Nomader (talk) 15:08, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

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The introduction has a comma splice in its third paragraph. Please remove the comma after "player positions" and replace it with a colon. 208.95.51.38 (talk) 20:21, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

 Done —KuyaBriBri^Talk 20:28, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

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5 players per "team"?

Initiating a discussion-- The article states that basketball consists of "team members" of "5 per side", and other similar references to team size in multiple locations. Does this need clarification? I realize that the game is played with 5 players per team on the court at a time--but the teams themselves almost never consist of only five players. They're typically 10 to 12 players, allowing for substitutes, etc. Should this distinction be clarified in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.237.9.10 (talk) 23:32, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

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At least one point of the metadata of this article states that basketball is an "indoor" sport. Clearly, the game is played outdoors as well, at many levels. Please remove "indoor" reference.

Clarification of request: When I search on the Wikipedia app on my iPhone, and type "basketball", the first item in the search summary says, "Basketball--Team sport played on an indoor court with baskets on either end". This is the "indoor" for which I am requesting removal.

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 Done JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 04:53, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

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"... and United States high school varsity games use 8 minute quarters." Not true. As stated elsewhere in this discussion page, Minnesota has used 18 minute halves for decades, and Wisconsin has used 18 minute halves since 2015. http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/preps/varsity-basketball-games-will-have-two-18-minute-halves-next-season-b99526786z1-309878981.html Please change, to either "...and most United States varsity high school games use 8 minute quarters", or ".... Timing of United States high school games varies from state to state."

 Done --Danski454 (talk) 15:04, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

The article currently makes a vague and uncited claim (not mentioned in the article on dribbling or the one on the ball itself) that "Dribbling only became a major part of the game around the 1950s^{[citation needed]}, as manufacturing improved the ball shape." Surviving film from the 1950s and earlier decades actually does show players dribbling the ball, oftentimes as skillfully as today's players. Timothy Horrigan (talk) 22:39, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

If somebody could put that in the shooting section (page is protected). Collected and organized all types of shots. It gives a quick overview. 213.149.61.73 (talk) 17:51, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

what is a over and back in basketball? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.225.245.197 (talk) 19:18, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player to ever live, he could jump so high his head would hit the ceiling! He was amazing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CougarMan1357 (talk • contribs) 16:11, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

an over and back in basketball is when the ball has been brought over half it cannot be taken back over that half, the ball can only be played on that side of the court otherwise you will be called on "over and back" and the other team will get possession of the ball. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.204.254.30 (talk) 03:08, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

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In the "Height" section, please change "The tallest current NBA player is Sim Bhullar, who stands at 7 feet 5 inches (2.26 m)." to "The tallest current NBA player is Boban Marjanović, who stands at 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m)." Ben.T.Larson (talk) 19:08, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

 Partly done: I've removed Sim Bhullar (not cited and no longer in the NBA either). Please provide a reliable source to support the claim that Boban Marjanović, is the tallest. Meters (talk) 19:26, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

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May I please edit I want to add more current info so it is more relevant. OllieSwish11 (talk) 23:04, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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Jbbjkb555 (talk) 12:21, 17 October 2019 (UTC)  can i work on stuff

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Change the years since basketball was created to 129 Cbell393 (talk) 15:09, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: Nah, this is auto-calculated by the template; nothing to fix RandomCanadian (talk | contribs) 15:22, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

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Basketball is not a "no contact" sport. It's a "limited-contact" sport. As mentioned in the Wikipedia page detailing the different levels/tiers of contact sports. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_sport 83.187.165.93 (talk) 21:18, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

 Done! GoingBatty (talk) 22:42, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

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Please add a hyphen (-) between "Limited contact" (Limited-contact). 83.187.165.93 (talk) 17:04, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

 Done

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Missed shots

Even though Wikipedia has articles on the Fadeaway and Hook shots in basketball, this article doesn't even mention them.Kdammers (talk) 14:31, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

It seems to me that the lead spends too much time explaining the rules of basketball - this can be covered in depth in the article body. There isn't enough coverage of other things, such as history and cultural impact. I would adjust these things myself but I don't know anything about basketball. Popcornfud (talk) 11:13, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

1) The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. 2) The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands. 3) A player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, an allowance to be made for a man who catches the ball when running at a good speed if he tries to stop. 4) The ball must be held in or between the hands; the arms or body must not be used for holding it. 5) No shouldering, holding, striking, pushing, or tripping in any way of an opponent. The first infringement of this rule by any person shall count as a foul; the second shall disqualify him until the next basket is made or if there was evident intent to injure the person, for the whole of the game. No substitution shall be allowed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avinash425 (talk • contribs) 14:27, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Please change "limited-contact" to just "limited" as contact is already defined/specified in the table. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.231.216.132 (talk) 00:38, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

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Invented on December 1, 1891, by Canadian-American gym teacher James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, basketball has evolved to become one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports. 91.140.129.37 (talk) 16:14, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Omitting the exact date of the first game is sufficient for the intro as we're just trying to summarize. – Thjarkur (talk) 22:57, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

In my opinion I think that basketball is one of my favorite sports. The first reason are that basketball has a lot of benefits to the sport itself. The second reason is that basketball is for everyone and anyone can have benefits to it.

First off all basketball has a lot of benefits to it. Text expicity stated in source 1 paragraph 2 it said that basketball is one of that second sports thta teaches you life skills such as working out being healthy and focusing on you and yourself that is very important to many people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:9000:7005:B500:21F3:3EFC:2077:391F (talk) 23:39, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Unfortunately, your opinion does not matter on Wikipedia unless there are reliable, factual (not opinion) sources to back it up. My favorite sport is also basketball. The basketball article is supposed to give an overview of the sport, not serve as promotional material. Crossover1370 (talk | contribs) 03:32, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

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This long article, with extensive discussion on kinds of shots does not include any mention of hook shots if my search function is correct.Kdammers (talk) 06:36, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

There is a section on the basketball moves article discussing hook shots. Crossover1370 (talk | contribs) 07:36, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

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Team members on a team can vary with some teams having up to 14 people on the roster, however only 5 players from each team are allowed on the court at once. EthanSmall2002 (talk) 06:05, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

 Not done. Too limiting of a sentence. Not a universal rule, may vary between leagues, and excludes casual play. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 17:10, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

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Boyd Pen-Dennis Kickett

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In my opinion, the 'Notes' tab should be removed if no notes can be added to it as in my opinion it is pointless having an empty tab within the article. Xboxsponge15 (talk) 20:05, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

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change at each end of the court) to (at each end of the court) Dhruvdubey32 (talk) 11:37, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

 Partly done: I just removed the stray parentheses, as it didn't seem necessary. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:04, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

The caption below the photograph of the Opals after winning the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women incorrectly contains a link to the 2006 FIBA World Championship (for men). The correct path for the link would be 2006_FIBA_World_Championship_for_Women. 27.32.237.184 (talk) 02:55, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

This is done. After almost 7 months (sorry). Howard the Duck (talk) 20:15, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

In the first sentence on the third paragraph from the top, the article says: "Violations are called 'fouls'". This is incoherent since the violations hyperlink sends us to a lower part in the article where there is a distinction made between violations and fouls. Please correct this: the sentence "violations are called 'fouls'" is erroneous — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.216.68.110 (talk) 15:28, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Naturally, this article will have a great deal to do with the U.S. as the birthplace and continuing professional heartland of basketball. However, the entire article is written from a perspective dealing almost wholly with basketball in relation to the USA, from the assumed perspective of a U.S. reader. A particularly clear example is the various headings for different levels of basketball, all focusing entirely on the sport in the U.S. The international basketball section, which should rightly solely focus on the sport played at the international level, mostly does so, but then wholly inappropriately has a few short paragraphs about basketball played outside the U.S. generally.

In fact, the whole headline system of this article is largely inappropriate outside of a U.S. context, as categorization of basketball playing does not universally reflect the U.S. model. A lot of it is good, but perhaps a new article should reflect the development of basketball in the U.S., whereas this article should be shorter, focused, and universally relevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.195.37 (talk) 12:07, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

High school games are split into four quarters. Each quarter is 10 to 12 minutes long. This is not true. Minnesota has used 18-minute halves for many years. Wisconsin just completed their first full year of 18-minute halves. And a quick internet search indicates that many other states are considering or experimenting with halves. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.237.61.10 (talk) 21:28, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

I think the page needs a new front/main image in the infobox, rather than having the picture of the creator of basketball. I think the picture should represent the sport itself, similar to how the baseball page's main image is a picture of a baseball field. Something more modern. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.30.110.252 (talk) 20:15, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Early on it says: "with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop". I am pretty sure this is backwards - basketball isn't soccer or football, and you are *supposed* to score in your own basket. From the NCAA rulebook: "When a player scores a field goal in the opponent’s basket, it shall count as two points for the opponent regardless of the location on the playing court from where it was released." I will look for some further sources but I'm pretty sure this is correct regardless of league or level. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Statalyzer (talk • contribs) 04:02, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

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I think that you should change the picture for this page, to Lebron James and Kobe Bryant in the same frame, if possible also with Steph curry. Thanks. 51.194.39.214 (talk) 08:44, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated. 103.167.233.75 (talk) 14:09, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

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[would like to add this to the basketball page to the shooting section of the page. It is about the antagonist and agonist muscles while preparing to shoot a basketball]

I would like to add this to the basketball page to the shooting section of the page. It is about the antagonist and agonist muscles while preparing to shoot a basketball Thaer.M (talk) 19:10, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

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Where is the Pointing System?

Of course I know it, but if I´m a newbie I wouldn´t know, so there should be a description

1-Point = Free-Throw 2-Points = normal Middledistance-Throw 3-Points = wide-distance-thropw behind the 3-point-line 2+1-points = normal Middledistance-Throw + a Free-Throw 3+1 points = wide-distance-thropw behind the 3-point-line + a Free-Throw Lasse Miranda (talk) 12:52, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

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Net ball history 2402:4000:B18D:B2D3:1:0:85D0:A531 (talk) 15:15, 17 October 2023 (UTC)