About a century ago, an immigrant English Jew, Abe Saperstein, created an activity labeled basketball.
His idea was to use an inflated ball having a diameter of about 9.5 inches as the focal point
for entertainment that would make him lotsa money.
He employed American Negroes as actors performing varrious skits/stunts in a closed arena
and did so successfully for decades; by creating the Harlem Globetrotters.
Then over time, basketball evolved into a professional sport.
Yet despite its noisy pretentions, modern basketball is the esence of what Saperstein created
a century ago and little more than skits and stunts; having little regard for any rules.