What year was the first basketball player?

I need to kn ow what year was the first basketball player for tomorrow and so I need to know what year was the first basketball player?|||1946-1947|||1 of the 1st african america nba baller was Earl Lloyd... not sure about the 1st ever one tho... there were prolly several when they opened the 1st nba season|||I truly do not understand your question.