Was basketball really invented in CNY?

[pfister1]

Didn't the Incas or Aztecs use hoops and balls?

Guys have been playing with their balls since at least back then, although not sure the hoops were introduced until much, much later.

 

[sutomcat]

The Mayans had a game where you tried to use your hip to hit a hard rubber ball through a stone ring.

Couldn't use your hands.

The pictures I have seen have the ring on a wall but it is sideways.

http://www.churchsidefederation.norfolk.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Aztect-ball-game.pdf

The team that lost got their heads chopped off. I thought JB was tough on his team sometimes...

 

[Orangezoo]

Couldn't use your hands.

The pictures I have seen have the ring on a wall but it is sideways.

http://www.churchsidefederation.norfolk.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Aztect-ball-game.pdf

The team that lost got their heads chopped off. I told JB was tough on his team sometimes...

There were versions where you could use your hands though too.