Do you like basketball? It's played on a rectangular court and has minimal contact
I watch it very rarely, but I'm familiar with it. Do you know anything about the Los Angeles Lakers?
Well, I know that they have been around since before the National Basketball Association was formed
Wow that's probably a long time then, when did the National Basketball Association first form?
I'm not sure but basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith. 
Such a young sport roughly speaking, do you know anything else about James Naismith?
James Naismith
James Naismith (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, sports coach, and innovator. He invented the game of basketball at age 30 in 1891. He wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University of Kansas basketball program. Naismith lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as well as the birth of the National Invitation Tournament (
so fantastic. I've just slid in like I've been there all my life. It's been fantastic fun. And it's a character who you can do anything you want with - I love those! It's very easy work." Asked whether if he will watch his first, he replied: "They've got me in the last scene of the day at work today, so I don't know if I'm going to get home in time for it! But all the family are there watching