Basketball emoji meaning

The basketball emoji is a depiction of a traditional orange basketball. It has a round shape with black details and is usually shown as if it is in the middle of being bounced or has just been shot at the basket. It can be used to represent the sport of basketball, or to indicate that someone is a fan of the sport, or to express excitement or happiness when a basketball game is happening. It could also be used as a metaphor for something that is big and round, or something that is being tossed around, or a situation that is in a quick movement.

The basketball emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026L2/07257