Yesterday, we talked about the origin story of basketball, focusing on founding father James Naismith and how he was tasked with creating an indoor game for a group of bad boys known as “The Incorrigibles.” Basketball was born, and today, we are taking a look at how the game evolved into a professional sport.
Perhaps you have heard basketball players referred to as “Cagers.” If not, it comes from the next era as the game revolutionized from a pastime to including a professional level, some of which had leagues that played on a court enclosed by a wire cage!