statistics. In the 1998 NBA draft, there were 33 underclassmen available for the draft. Of those 33, there were nineteen juniors, five sophomores, two freshmen, and four high school students. If you think that 33 is high for the number of early entries into the draft, look at the figure for 1997, this was 40! In the 1996 draft, only two of the top fifteen picks graduated from college. Not to mention that only fifteen of the 29 that came out early in '96 were actually selected in the draft. Now, with all the
National Basketball Association (NBA) and college basketball have lost a substantial amount of their competition and have caught much criticizim for it. At the heart of this problem is a single cause, greed. The game of basketball has become all about money instead of the game and its fans. This problem needs to be addressed, and the best place to start is with the college players, or more specifically, the NBA draft. The rules and guidelines that pertain to the draft are greatly at fault for the down
Sources………………………………………………………………8 Stephen Curry Basketball Player, Family Man, Full Hearted Christian I’m sure you’ve heard about NBA star Stephen Curry, but here is some more facts you probably did not know about him. But before we start let's get some things straight. Stephen Curry plays for the Golden State Warriors (GSW) NBA basketball team and his brother Seth Curry plays for the NBA too! Also his sister plays volleyball for her college! I guess sports run in their blood. But as you can tell, those were
Should Athletes Be Paid Salaries of professional athletes outline a fine line and produce a formal dispute on both sides of this topic. There is single handedly no uncertainty that professional athletes are one of the highest paid young professionals in the United States but like any other profession there is a distinction between the mediocre player and the so called ‘superstar’ which is frequently significant. As a whole, professional athletes still do very well over other professions. Both the
to play in a boring, mid-western city like Oklahoma City. There only hope is to strike gold in the draft, which they did three years running from 2007-2009, drafting Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden respectively. But now only Westbrook remains on the roster and he is slated to be a free agent after the 2016-2017 season. He’s already
Everyone has been in that confusing situation where you have to decide to have a positive or negative outlook. Whether you choose to handle it positively or negatively can change the situation drastically. Although being negative can sometimes help in situations to solve something faster, but being positive all of the time has the greatest effects on you and people around you. Famous people such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Frank, and Winston Churchill always kept a positive outlook and made
First, I would like to tell you about who my boyfriend, Austin, is. He goes to college at Northwestern and is studying to get a degree in criminal justice with a minor of physiology. He plays football for NW and is on special team. Since he plays football he is a bigger guy, when I say bigger I mean big. He is an active duty firefighter in the U.S. Air Force. Which means he will get deployed this summer to the middle east. He is really cocky and also a really big sweetheart. Which sounds weird together
transferred to the Southeast Division. The next year the team won the NBA Finals, defeating the Dallas Mavericks. The head coach position was next taken by Erik Spoelstra. Their next successful season was 2010–11, when they reached the NBA Finals again, losing to the Mavericks. Acquiring LeBron
This article is about how Udonis Haslem is dealing with Dwyane Wade leaving the Miami Heat and what his future plans are with the Miami Heat with Chris Bosh. He says that it’s bittersweet being the last player from all three of the franchise's championship teams. He says that it’s hard now, but it will be something to talk about in the future when he is done. He is one of the many people in Miami facing Dwyane Wade’s free-agency departure to the Chicago Bulls last week after trying to negotiate
For the First pick in the 2014 draft... the Cleveland Cavaliers select… Andrew Wiggins from Vaughan, Ontario!!!!!! Steve Nash, Andrew Wiggins, Tyler Ennis, Cory Joseph, Tristan Thompson, do you see where I’m going? These people are just a few big time Canadian basketball players in the NBA who put Canada Basketball on the map. Good Morning/Afternoon my fellow people. Today I’m going to talk to you about, Canada Basketball. People like Vince Carter put not only Toronto, but our whole Country on the
When an NBA team wins back to back championships it is no coincidence that they are the best team in the league. But what makes up a winning basketball team? Most people would assume that if the team has the best player, or the best coach, or the biggest team, then the team has the best team. In reality, it takes more than that. It takes a combined effort from different factors of a team to be considered “elite”. This paper will discuss what makes the Miami Heat so special. The Miami Heat are a winning
fans, I have for you all another fantasy team preview for the 2015-16 NBA season. This article is loaded with some high upside players who should be on your fantasy basketball rosters this season. The Celtics are one of the NBA’s most beloved franchises and they’re finally getting back into the thick of things in the Eastern Conference. Just like the man he was named after, Isaiah Thomas is going to be a great point guard in the NBA. As a whole, Boston has a young group of guys who are primed to get
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
One and Done: College Basketball's Silent Killer Background A one and done in college basketball is defined as a college basketball player who withdraws from school to enter the NBA draft after only one year of collegiate play. While there have been great players who have been successful going the one and done path for example, Kevin Durant. There have also been many one and done players who were and are out of the league by age 21 for example Josh Shelby, Rodney White, Joe Alexander
go first overall in the NBA Draft after your freshman year. Would you pass up millions of dollars to pursue your dream? This is the question that many college players are faced with. Some stay and try to win a National Championship. Most of them go to the draft as a freshman. This rule called the One and Done rule is affecting many college players of today. The One and Done Rule lets players get into the NBA after their first year of college. It gets good players in the NBA, it could save them from
Black Mamba vs. King James NBA Basketball is a sport that the players and viewers adore whenever the game is being played. The intensity and aggression keeps both the player and the viewer captivated. Basketball is one of those sports that I can watch all day long and holler without getting tired. One of my favorite basketball teams is the Los Angeles Lakers, and my favorite player is Kobe Bryant. A basketball team that I despise deeply is the Miami Heat, and can’t leave out their beloved LeBron
Last year thirteen college freshmen were selected in the first round of the NBA draft (ESPN). That is almost half of the first round. The “one and done rule” is a rule that requires players to be at least nineteen years old and have one year removed from high school to enter into the NBA draft (Rice). “One and dones” are becoming a big part of college basketball and the NBA. The past three years the number one and number two picks have been freshman. Major basketball programs like Kentucky and Duke
In June of 2001, history was made in the basketball community. The Los Angeles Lakers not only won the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship, but they won in historic fashion as it was their third in a row. The man that led this team was none other than one of the most dominant forces to ever step on a basketball court: Shaquille O’Neal. Known as “Shaq” or “The Big Diesel,” O’Neal holds countless records and accolades that have defined his career as one of the greatest to ever play.
The 17 year old, soon to be All-Star, Kobe Bryant standing at 6 foot 6 inches, was drafted as the 13th draft pick in 1996 to the Charlotte Hornets for the position of small forward and shooting guard. He wasn’t on there for long though, he was traded during the draft to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac. He said “Charlotte never wanted me," Bryant said. “Cowens told me he didn't want me. It wasn't a question of me even playing here. They had a couple of guards already, a couple small forwards
Vandeweghe both averaging above 25 points per game. It was a novel strategy, allowing the Nuggets to top the Midwest Division and qualify for the playoffs during that span. (On December 13, 1983, the Nuggets and the visiting Detroit Pistons combined for an NBA record 370 points, with Detroit winning in triple overtime, 186-184.) In 1984-85, they made it to the Western Conference finals after being perennial playoff contenders, and they lost in five games to the Los Angeles Lakers. Vandeweghe was traded before