The final paper shows the history of basketball in Slavonski Brod. Basketball in Slavonski Brod has a 76 - year history. It began to be played in an organized manner in 1946 when the Crvena zvijezda basketball team was founded as part of the sports association. Through history team changes names: Crvena Zvijezda, Proleter, BSK, Radnički, Oriolik, Oriolik Jasinje, Svjetlost Oriolik, Svjetlost Brod, Svjetlost, Đuro Đaković and Slavonski Brod. Also this work presents the history of women's basketball, which began to be played in 1948 as part of the sports team Crvena Zvijezda. After that the women's basketball team changed its names: Rade Končar, Slavonski Brod 1244 and Brod. This work is divided into two parts: the beginnings of playing basketball in Slavonski Brod through periods in Yugoslavia and the period of playing basketball in the Republic of Croatia. All the years since the beginning of playing basketball in Slavonski Brod from 1946 until today are presented chronologically. The most significant successes and results as well as the most successful players and coaches are listed. Over the years, various changes have taken place, from good placements to relegation from the league and again returning to the highest rank of the competition. Slavonski Brod’s basketball has a rich tradition and it was the basketball’s center of Slavonia throughout history and it had an important role in the Croatian basketball’s map.