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Who is credited with developing basketball?
- A group of Indigenous Canadians who played a similar game for centuries
- A Canadian named James Naismith who invented the game in Massachusetts in 1891
- An American who invented the game in Toronto in 1892
- A British physical educator who brought the game to Canada
Why this is the correct answer
James Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario, making basketball a Canadian invention even though he created the game while working as a physical education instructor in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891. Canada takes great pride in his achievement as one of many Canadian contributions to world sport.