Watch basketball inventor Dr. James Naismith appear at NBA technology summit via hologram

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 5:27 p.m. ET

Brett Smiley

On Friday, the NBA hosted 17th annual NBA All-Star Technology Summit in Toronto where Dr. James Naismith -- basketball's inventor -- made a special appearance via hologram.

What a week for science and technology! First we get news that gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein indeed exist and now this. The other voice in this video is that of NBA commissioner Adam Silver: