Ther term 'cagers' comes from the early days of professional basketball leagues when the games were played within a wire or rope cage to separate the crowd from the court and to speed up action by always keeping the ball in bounds.
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Cager - Topic:Basketball - Online Encyclopedia ... In 1929 this is abandoned and replaced with the simple side-line throw, although basketball players will still be called "cagers" for many years. 1932 In a major leap forward towards the modern game, the 10 and 3 second rules are introduced...
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It was called 'Trenton's monkey cage.'"; By the 1920s, the cage had been phased out of the game. Still, headline writers fell in love with the word as a synonym for basketball, and players are sometimes still called "cagers.";
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Time to work on that dribble, no-look pass, lay-up, and fade-away for the upcoming AI Olympics Basketball Tournament in Rockwell Cage on Friday, 1/22/99 at 1pm. The tournament will be round-robin with two 30 minute games occuring simultaneously with 10 minute breaks ... Where (basketball players use to be called cagers)
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held ball A situation in which two opposing players have joint possession of the basketball and neither can gain sole possession without being over-aggressive. The ball is blown dead; in the NBA, a jump ball is used to restart play, while college teams use the alternate-possession rule.
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REASON Why are basketball players called "cagers"? REASON Why are black boxes on planes called "black boxes" when they are other colors? REASON Why are blue jeans blue? REASON Why are boogers green? REASON Why are breakfast cereals always so expensive?
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"You know (basketball players) are called 'cagers' because the games use to be played behind cages. It would not be my plan to be commissioner of a league that ... required players and fans to be separated. That would be an unacceptable result."
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www.boston.com/sports/basketball/articles/2004/11/23/stern_rules_out_drastic_remedies_for_nba
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Promoting the sport in Brunei Darussalam and to create a community of Brunei cagers, thus raising the profile of basketball within the nation among players, enthusiasts and those who generally enjoy the sport itself.
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www.bruneibasketball.com/
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Why are basketball players called cagers? ... To some old-school basketball fans, players were nicknamed cagers. The reason for this is actually pretty basic: games used to get rowdy and the crowd used to get involved with loose balls, so teams put up wire mesh caging to protect the pl...
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