0_Apprentice
I love watching basketball, do you ?!
1_Wizard
I love it too. I think it is much safer than football because it is a limited-contact sport.
0_Apprentice
Indeed and I really like the points system. 
1_Wizard
Basketball is very versatile and can be played with any number of players as long as there are the same on each side.
0_Apprentice
I believe that the national basketball association(NBA) is 5 players per side
1_Wizard
That is correct. They have 30 teams, 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada.
0_Apprentice
Crazy! do you know when basketball was invented?
1_Wizard
It was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith