Splash Brothers Stephen Curry flashes his finger to the sky, symbolizing his status in the NBA. Curry has been the undenyable leader of the Golden State Warriors for the past three seasons. “If you don’t fall, how are you going to know what’s it’s like getting up,” Curry said. photo provided by: name
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Steve Nash is considered one of the greatest point guards in the first decade of NBA, and he already became a national hero in Canada based on his tremendous achievement as a professional basketball player. However, according to his interview, Nash was considered a player without sufficient talent to be even a good college player in the United States. No college was willing to offer him a scholarship initially, because he was a Caucasian player from Canada. Caucasian players were widely considered as athletic inferior to African players, and Canada was also considered a country that has few talented basketball players. This is a typical stereotype about Caucasian basketball players in NBA, and usually
Several foreign basketball players have individually left their marks on NBA courts, in NBA record books, and in their fans’ hearts. Different ethnic groups, races, and sports fans in general have united, cheering on heroic efforts from players from overseas. These international players amped up the level of competition in basketball and found themselves at home in the NBA. Four international players have been honored with the most prestigious award a player can receive in professional basketball, NBA MVP. These same four players are undoubtedly future Hall of Famers and were listed in the top 30 international players of all time in a 2013 “Dime Magazine” article (Daruaku). These four players, Steve Nash, Tim Duncan,...
ISAIAH: Good morning. I’m Isaiah Thomas. No, not ‘the’ Isaiah Thomas from the Bad Boy Pistons or new Celtics Isaiah Thomas, I’m just Isaiah Thomas. I’m here with my colleague and friend Ben Jackson. Welcome to our podcast “Two Men and a lot of Balls”, where we talk about a lot of balls. We’ll go through each and every week talking and comparing the old verse the new players of the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB. Each week we’ll argue between two different players, one from the old era, and one from the more recent era. We’ll have argument on whether Jordan or Lebron is better, Montana or Brady, Ruth or Trout, and so on.
David Robinson watches the final seconds tick off the clock of the 2003 NBA finals. It was his second championship, and his last as he retired the following summer. He had a stellar career, putting up huge numbers and making a few appearances in the Olympics. Even through all of the fame he received from being a star basketball player, he remained humble, donating millions of dollars to charity. His arsenal of different dunks and post moves were definitely missed on the basketball court, but nowhere near as much as his leadership ability. After all, it wasn’t jump shot that he taught to all of his teammates, nor was it his crossover that he shared with his wife, and it certainly was not the proper rebounding form that he felt would be most important to pass on to his son, David Jr. Of course not. Beyond the championships and the double-doubles was his leadership, and that is what would define him as a father, a basketball player, and a United States Navy Veteran.
Stephen Curry has two relatives that were in the NBA one still plays today the other retired. Seth Curry is Stephen Curry’s brother he still plays today. They played together when they were young. Dell Curry Stephen Curry’s father retired in 2002. Stephen Curry and the warriors undefeated against Seth Curry and the
Few professional basketball athletes’ names are recognizable to the avid, diehard basketball fans and the uninterested layman alike. One of the first, if not the first, athlete to pop up in anyone’s head is the legendary Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan, also known as His Airness, MJ, and Air Jordan, is widely considered the greatest basketball players of all time. Throughout his professional career, Jordan kept changing the game and redefined the entire sport of basketball. However, in 2002, an aspiring athlete by the name of LeBron Raymone James, also known as King James or simply LeBron, immediately rose to prominence and caught the attention of the entire NBA community. The young star quickly proved his tremendous skill, receiving the hype of being the next Michael Jordan. Looking closer, I found that the similarities between the two players are striking.
Kevin Durant, born September 29, 1998, to Wanda and Wayne Pratt in a small county a short distance from Washington D.C. called PG County. His father left the family before his 1st birthday and did not return until Kevin was about 13 years old. Kevin kept his mom’s maiden name because his dad was not in the picture. When Durant was young, he lived with his mom and older brother. “You had my brother when you were 18 years old. Three years later, I came out. The odds were stacked against us. Single parent with two boys by the time you were 21 years old. Everybody told us we weren’t supposed to be here. We went from apartment to apartment by ourselves. One of the best memories I had was when we moved into our first apartment, no bed, no furniture and we just sat in the living room and just hugged each other. We thought we made it” (newsok.com). Durant was one of four children and he liked to play sports with his sister Brianna. He
The game of basketball today has taken the world by storm. Basketball has become one of the most popular sports worldwide. Amazing athletes like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and Carmelo Anthony have amazed NBA and basketball fans all over the world. Basketball was created as a humble game with a peach basket in 1891 by James Naismith. Most people would agree that the best basketball player of all time is Michael Jordan. But how did the game evolve? The Harlem Globetrotters helped the game grow in the 1920’s
Wardell Stephen Curry ll or more well-known as Steph Curry is a respectable icon in the world of basketball. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest players in our time. He was born on March 14, 1988. Today that makes him 28. Steph Curry is amazing when it comes to ball-handling, faking, and shooting. During his 2014-2015 season he won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. He definitely deserves it because he lead the team to their first championship since 1975. Part of this reason is the fact that he lead the league in scoring with an astounding 72% success rate. He is known for his crazy shots where he does not bother to plant his feet, he just pulls up and fires. Another recognizable trait is that Steph shoots threes from way behind the three point line
“Stephen Curry is 6 foot, 3 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds.” Curry helped the warriors knock off lebron james and the cavaliers and made it their first win since 1975. Curry helped lead the warriors to the finals 3 times in a row. Stephen Curry was the first to be awarded the MVP award two years in a row and also first to be named Most Valuable Player Award “and one of only 11 players to win the MVP award two years in a row.” “As of June 2017, Stephen Curry’s net worth is $47.3 million, according to ‘Forbes’ magazine. In 2012, Curry signed a four-year contract extension with the Golden State Warriors. Curry’s $12.1 yearly salary made him just the 85th-highest paid NBA player in the 2016-17 season, despite his two-time MVP status. However in June 2017, Curry made up for his previous bargain rate and then some by signing the NBA’s highest-paid contract ever: a $201 million salary over five years that will take him through the 2020-21 season.” “Since his time as a student at Davidson, Curry has been involved with the United Nations Foundation Nothing But Nets campaign, which distributes insecticide-treated mosquito nets across Africa to help combat
From a dangerous low-income area, prestigious and successful point guard, Derrick Rose, become the first round pick in the 2008 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft. Throughout his career, Rose averaged an astounding 20.4 points per game; Ultimately, Rose sustained a career ending injury in his knees. With his memories of his childhood to reflect on, he was able to come back four months earlier than the average patient with a knee injury: torn ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) and meniscus. Having a difficult time bouncing back from a surgery that affected his game, Derrick Rose didn’t let that stop him from growing as a person on and off the court. To this day, he continues to innovate his style of play and continues to stay on a positive path. An additional success story includes Steve Jobs: A man who was adopted by parents who were a different race and took advantage of his own intelligence and hobby in electronics. He was capable of innovating phones and computers that altered the structure of recent technology. Even though, adopted and probably more fortune than other, Jobs was capable of running a prestigious multibillion dollar company that we all know as Apple Inc. Even though being given up for adoption by his parents and not meeting them till the age of 27, Steve Jobs didn’t let his
Steph Curry’s first time playing basketball on a competitive level was for the Charlotte Christian Knights in High School, at the age of 14. Steph Curry led the Knights to multiple wins and many championships throughout his tenure at Charlotte Christian, and became well known around the state of North Carolina. Steph Curry continued to play throughout high school, and later began to receive letters from colleges across the country. Curry was a great basketball player, and people around him started to notice him; this helped him to find a decent college to play for. Later, in 2006, Curry joined to play college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats in North Carolina. When he played in his first game, he scored only 15 points and wasn’t quite himself that game, but it was nothing practice couldn’t
The NBA is well known for the number of amazing professional athletes it has had over the years. Some of the most gifted and talented individuals come through the NBA and one of the better-known superstars is none other than Kobe Bryant. For years people have wondered what makes Bryant so successful. The main contributors that lead to Kobe Bryant’s success is his hard work and dedication, his mindset, his natural ability’s and talent, and the people that have helped him throughout his life. Kobe Bryant was very successful in the NBA because of the amount of hard work he has put in, the people in his life, his relentless determination and his god given natural abilities.
With superstar snipers in Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson it is no wonder the Golden State Warriors lead the NBA in 3 point shooting percentage. Not only are they shooting over 40% from behind the 3 point line, which many consider to be the barometer of an elite shooter, as a team they are the number 1, three point shooting team with a 4...