By Paul Tuthill
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Springfield, MA – The birthplace of basketball, Springfield Massachusetts, is getting a professional basketball team. An NBA Development League team will start playing in Springfield next season. The announcement came just days after it was revealed that the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame....one of Springfield's premier tourist attractions...is struggling financially. WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports....