Ok, this probably won't happen again for a million years.. Turkey - USA final!

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Angrist

I'm not talking about the citizenship part, he's right about that. I mean the first sentences, the second and third one make it sound like the guy was born in the USA but had Canadian origins. Which he just said he didn't.

My comments about roots were to show that making the argument that citizenship is the same as race is incorrect.

Example: I am an American citizen, but my roots are Pict/Celt and Saxon (as far as I can trace them). Anything I invent would be defined as an American invention, or at the most a European American invention. It would not be considered an Scottish or British in invention as they describe citizenship, and I am not a citizen of those countries.

Perhaps he had dual citizenship, who knows, but I think its safe to say that there is much more evidence to suggest Basketball is an American invention, even if only because it was invented in America and thrived here long before anywhere else.