Basketball is a very fast paced and exciting game! Whats your favourite team?
I don't have a favorite team, but i watch a LOT of girl's youth basketball.  I like to rate the plays as they happen.
A Canadian invented basketball in 1891. Dr. James Naismith is his name. 
I wouldn't have thought basketball would have been invented by a Canadien.  I thought they were all about hockey and ice fishing.
That is very funny! The main goal of basketball is to shoot a ball though a hoop to gain points. 
Didn't the Aztecs play a game where they kicked a skull through a hoop? Maybe i am thinking of another game.
Perhaps. Im not very informed about past civilizations. Wilt Chamberlain was 7 foot 1 inch and was considered one of the most famous basketball players. 
Wilt the stilt.  I haven't thought about him in a long time.  I remember "Pistol" Pete Maravich, he was a famous player who played for the Atlanta Hawks.
Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game
Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is widely considered one of the greatest records in basketball. Chamberlain set five other league records that game including most free throws made, a notable achievement, as he was regarded as a poor free throw shooter. The teams broke
Basketball in England
Basketball has a very long history in England, being introduced there by the YMCA almost immediately after it was invented (having been created by the Canadian Dr. James Naismith in 1891 in Massachusetts). World War I and II further spurred its popularity.
The four highest profile team sports in the United Kingdom are football, cricket, rugby union and rugby league. Basketball belongs to the next tier alongside ice hockey; it has a dedicated following, but attracts little coverage from the major British media outlets.