The Rules of Basketball
The standardized regulations for basketball games sometimes vary depending on the tournament being participated in. For example, in the NBA the regulation size of the 3-point line - that is, the line behind which one, when getting the ball through the hoop, gets 3 points - is 23 feet 9 inches, whereas the regulation size for internationally played games is only 20 feet 6 inches. Similarly, the length of a game is determined by the tournament in which it is played. While all games are divided into 4 time periods - or quarters - the length of the quarters in the NBA (12 minutes) is greater than that of the length of the quarters in the FIBA (10 minutes). The size of the courts varies as well. The dimensions of an NBA and NCAA court is 94 feet by 50 feet. The dimensions of any international court are 91.9 feet and 49.2 feet. The rim, however, is almost always 10 feet above the floor. Read more
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The Top Paid Basketball Players of All Time
There are a few basketball players that were paid well for playing basketball. The first person is Kobe Bryant. He makes about 25,244,000 a year. There are several reasons why he makes so much money. The first reason is that he has played for the LA Lakers for 8 years as a shooting guard. The second reason is he won a slam dunk contest in 1998. The third reason is he has earned the most points out of anybody else in basketball history. The fourth reason is that in 2008 he helped the USA team to win the Olympic Games. Read more
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