Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it I’m Daniel Routledge and for as long as I can remember I’ve been watching British basketball . I’m n ot quite as old as the league, but its close enough we could be siblings . We pretty much grew up together, I’ve seen the highs and the lows, the false dawns and the unnoticed successes. Much has been made in recent days about the future of the game in this country, so much so it’s got me think ing about the past. Whatever your views about the road from here, allow me ten minutes of your time to re-live how we got here. In the beginning The first national league of basketball was formed in 1972, in those early days it was a largely amateur pursuit, played out in small sports halls. It was before I was born, but I’ve seen minutes of AGMs where players were reprimanded for not personally selling enough tickets! By the end of the decade, the s...
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