However , basketball became a demonstration sport at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis .
Although the sport continued to grow , Naismith long regarded the game as a curiosity and preferred gymnastics and wrestling as better forms of physical activity .
Basketball became a demonstration sport at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis .
Although the sport continued to grow , Naismith long regarded the game as a curiosity and preferred gymnastics and wrestling as better forms of physical activity .