What did James Naismith contribute to sport?

I thought it was a Canadian who cut the bottom out of bushel baskets.

I seen this question like 3 times...

Gem-kat1, no it isn't

Almost absolute a Canadian was responsible for the game of basketball

I never realized how quaint the word "basketball" is til this moment. It's like "movie" for moving picture or playing "kick the can". Too cute.