in the 2000 NBA Playoffs. The coach was Phil Jackson, a former New York Knicks basketball player, which was drafted in 1967. Phil Jackson was a great all-around athlete that won two championships as player with the
on the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe was first drafted into the NBA in the year 1996 by the Charlotte Hornets, but was later traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. The most amazing part about him being drafted was that
dominance should be presented. Michael Jeffrey Jordan has experienced success at the highest level of his domain. Jordan began his career as the National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year in 1984-85. He led his team to six NBA championships, and was named the Finals Most Valuable Player each time. Jordan won ten scoring titles, including seven straight from the 1986-87 to 1992-93 season. He also received the regular season MVP five times. In the year 2001, a panel of sports experts was organized
basketba... ... middle of paper ... ...l athlete (Basketball.com). In recognition of his outstanding contributions to charity, in March 2003, the NBA renamed its award for outstanding charitable efforts in honor of Robinson. Winners of the NBA's Community Assist Award receive the David Robinson Plaque, with the inscription "Following the standard set by NBA Legend David Robinson who improved the community piece by piece." The award is given out monthly by the league to recognize players for their charitable
Earvin "Magic." My Life. New York: Random House, Inc., 1992 The Fifty Greatest Players in NBA History: Magic Johnson. www.nba.com/. NBA 	Properties, Inc., 1996 *Reader these next two documents were not used in the product, but are good resources of information. "Johnson, Magic." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia Standard Edition. 		Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1997 "Magic Johnson." www.caphis.usc.edu/~yungkail/magic.html
with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. The Warriors entered the postseason coming off a regular season that saw the team break what many thought was an unbreakable regular season wins record. Going 73-9 this season was an amazing accomplishment for Golden State, especially when you consider that they broke the 72-10 record of a Michael Jordan led Chicago Bulls team. The Warriors are also the defending NBA champions after besting the Cavs in last year’s Finals. Perhaps, you may look at that
The job of being an NBA referee is a very prestigious job. The ability to officiate games of a sport a person grew up watching/playing can feel rewarding. Although it can be a very difficult job,having to make a call on a play that happens in the blink of an eye. Referees have to keep an unbiased side while officiating games. Along with staying true to their job and not favoriting certain teams or players. Can referee relations make games unfair? NBA referees’ relations with players/teams off the
game of basketball himself through his shooting efficiency, his ability to consistently make “bad shots”, and becoming a dominant threat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Stephen Curry maintains shooting efficiency while taking more shots than other players. Curry is the fourth most efficient shooter in the NBA with at least 200 shots taken, yet takes more than twice the number of shots than the three players that are more efficient (Morrison N. Pg.). With more attempts, a player’s shot
Imagine… the whole world watching you play in the NBA finals, coming down to the final seconds of a career changer. All of your hard work, dedication has finally paid off. Every coach you have played for is watching, full of pride as well as family, friends, teacher, plus your trainers. This could be the only time you make it to the finals on top of that, have the chance to play against the best. This could be a legendary moment that defines your legacy. But, what is a legacy? A legacy is something
can say he wants to get traded all he wants, but Kyrie is employed by the Cavaliers. The only way the Cavs win another championship is if they have a star of greater or equal value to Irving playing with LeBron James. At this point, no team in the NBA is willing to give up the talent that would make sense in return for a player with the skill set of Irving. The move is for the Cavaliers to talk to the disgruntled star and pitch the idea of championships. Kyrie Irving wants to be the guy somewhere
The NBA Should Enforce a Hard Salary Cap How many of you sports fans out there are sick of paying twenty-five dollars for a lousy seat at an NBA game? How many of you are sick of seeing the same teams in the finals every year? I'm sure there are thousands of you out there that feel this way, as do I. The way we can fix these problems is to demand that the NBA enforce a hard salary cap. A hard salary cap would lower ticket prices, allow for more teams to be more competitive and eliminate the
is ranked #1 for the best NBA player this year. Russell Westbrook had a good high school and college career, he is having a great NBA career putting up massive numbers pretty much every game! He leads the NBA in Points Per Game (PPG) and Assist Per Game (APG) and is also Top 10 in Rebounds Per Game (RPG) and he is a guard! Who is Russell Westbrook? Russell Westbrook is a professional athlete, who plays
It was game six in the 1993 NBA finals the Bulls had a 3-2 lead over the Phoenix Suns in the series. The Suns led in the 4th quarter with 3.6 seconds left; Chicago’s John Praxon hit the last second three winning the game 99-98 and winning the finals for a third time in a row (year by year).. The Bulls have won six championships in eight seasons. They won three, then did not make it the next two seasons and then won the next three. The bulls are the best team in NBA history because they had Michael
Jordan, because before Jordan came to the Bulls the Bulls had to come to the NBA. The Chicago Bulls are one of the most memorable and historic professional basketball teams in history. The Bulls joined the National Basketball Association in 1965. Before this the Bulls had been known as the Chicago stags, the stags had been one of the best teams in the Business Basketball Association since 1946 and even played one season in the NBA before they folded and started over as the present day Chicago Bulls. It
in Jordan’s abscence. This question was answered by two big men, whose unique play and winning attitudes would allow the coming decade, to of NBA basketball to be just as historic as the previous one had been. Despite their stylistic differences, Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan shared a knack for success. The begining of this era saw eight of the next nine NBA champions teams lead primarily by either Shaq or Duncan. Shaquille O’Neal, whose endless amount of nicknames, including the The Big Aristotle
small to play. Jordan enrolled at the University of North Carolina in 1981 and joined the basketball team. In 1982 the team won the NCAA Division I championship. Michael Jordan later got drafted by the bulls in 1984. During his first season in the NBA he averaged 28.2 points per game. He became a fan favorite very quickly. Jordan was on Sport’s illustrated magazine cover. Michael was voted in as a all star starter during his rookie year. Some veteran players were jealous of the attention Jordan was
...ything they take on, need to understand that they will fail more often than succeed. Having the determination to get back up and try again is what makes us leaders and helps us to succeed. Mark’s determination to get Dallas Mavericks to be NBA champions was a long road but he kept on trying. It took him 10 years but his determination and his will to fight led to his success. One of his rules of success in his book and that I always hear him say over the years are “You only have to right
of the NBA. He has won the NBA Coach of the Year award three times, has a regular season winning percentage of .684, and has led the Spurs to five NBA Championships. But it also says Phil Jackson is arguably the greatest coach of all time. Although he is only fifth on the list of winningest NBA coaches, his other accolades are off the charts. Jackson had a .704 regular season winning percentage, won 13 conference championships, 11
all-time leader in points scored (38,387) 6-time NBA Champion 6-time NBA All Star Player Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. was raised up in a Roman Catholic family. He changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar when he converted to Islam. Abdul-Jabbar’s family was brought to America by colonist. Abdul-Jabbar wanted to follow his heritage, as many African slaves were Muslims back then. Abdul-Jabbar was known not only being the best player in the history of NBA, but also stay on the that top level for his
Bob Collins. Although the team did not join the NBA until 1967. Located out of Indianapolis, Indiana the well renounced team takes the court on game day in the Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Team colors include navy gold silver and white. Owned by Herb Simon and General manager Larry Bird this NBA team is coached by Frank Vogel. With three ABA championships (1970, 1972, 1973) , one conference title (2000), and nine division titles three ABA and six NBA (1969, 1970, 1971, 1995, 1999, 2000,2004,2013,2014)