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ELI5 Basketball - why is there a backboard?
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Why do they switch out the basketball net frequently in the NBA? What was Tim Duncan doing before he got into basketball? How and why did backboards become part of basketball? What’s behind the color convention of home and away jerseys? What is the most accurate free throw tecnique? Why is the Lithuanian team of 1992 called ‘the other dream’?
... we explain like I'm five
Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community and in particular the following users whose questions and comments formed the basis of this discussion: howmuchbanana, a trumpster, neugo, munot, vernvernsipsip, atlasairborne, marco19, lakefargo and waveofpbr.
To the ELI5 community that has supported us so far, thanks for all your feedback and comments. Join us on Twitter:
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356 episodes
ELI5 Basketball - why is there a backboard?
ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast
Manage episode 324291985 series 2542175
Why do they switch out the basketball net frequently in the NBA? What was Tim Duncan doing before he got into basketball? How and why did backboards become part of basketball? What’s behind the color convention of home and away jerseys? What is the most accurate free throw tecnique? Why is the Lithuanian team of 1992 called ‘the other dream’?
... we explain like I'm five
Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community and in particular the following users whose questions and comments formed the basis of this discussion: howmuchbanana, a trumpster, neugo, munot, vernvernsipsip, atlasairborne, marco19, lakefargo and waveofpbr.
To the ELI5 community that has supported us so far, thanks for all your feedback and comments. Join us on Twitter:
https://www.twitter.com/eli5ThePodcast/
or send us an e-mail:
356 episodes
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