Well 1. It is one of the two best sports known to man (volleyball being the other).
also, I like teamwork, I don't like independent sports. Every move you make, you need someone to help you.
I like trying to strive to improve my game, always getting better. In every game, I want to improve, learning something new from the time of the begining whistle for jump ball, until the buzzer goes off at the end. And I love the feeling after you stuff a ball in someones face, or score a basket, get an assist, or wateva, it's just all so much fun!