The invention of basketball is credited to James Naismith, a teacher at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts. That was in 1891. Since then basketball has turned into one of the most popular sport games in the world. Here I have got a series of awesome videos of amazing and crazy basketball shots you must watch. Have fun!

In the history of basketball, the highest-rated college basketball game seen on United States television was the 1979 National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament championship game - Michigan State vs. Indiana State final that starred Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. This was 1 of the best-rated basketball tournaments in the games history.

Among the most important events in the history of basketball are the first participation in the Olympic Games and creation of NBA. The National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America joined in 1949. Today, the group is known as the NBA, the National Basketball Association. And at the 1936 Olympic Games basketball was finally introduced as an official Olympic event.
By the way, do you know that the first baskets were peach baskets? The bottom of the net wasn’t left open until 1913. Before this time, the ball had to be retrieved after each basket scored and the referee tossed a jump ball after each basket.

You have seen a series of amazing basketball shots, but this one beats them all. A group called The Legendary Shots, came up with a trick shot that will be super hard to beat. One player stood behind the stands in Samford University’s Pete Hanna Center in Birmingham and launched the ball over the bleachers. It bounced twice, hit the backboard and fell through the net. But the most impressive fact is that it only took 25 minutes to fulfill! Here is the video of the incredible shot.