History of Basketball Shoes

The first ever basketball shoes in the 1920's were Chuck Taylors. Basketball shoes were designed to allow jump high. Converse were popular by all-star basketball players was number one. Every single player wore them but not only players everyone did. In the mid 1980's and the early 1990's Michael Jordan started to put his own name on basketball shoes, the air jordans. 

 Basketball players still play in Air Jordans, Retro Jordans, not so much with Converse anymore. Many NBA players like Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, Lebron James, and Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant and others have their own brand of basketball shoes too.  

http://basketball.epicsports.com/basketball-shoe-history.html

Shot clock

The NBA introduced the shot clock in 1954. Each team had 24 seconds to put up a basket if they did not then the other team gained possession of the ball. The shot clock allows the game to speed up and make it look more interesting. It also allows the players to run up the court and make plays, think fast. This lead to fast breaks, which I'm sure was interesting for the fans. Furthermore, the shot clock allows to play aggressive and get steals and as well as turnovers.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/350688-how-did-the-game-of-basketball-change/