points to the Warriors and Cavaliers appearing in a third straight NBA Finals match-up. Is this kind of predictability killing the NBA regular season? The NBA balance of power has become extremely lopsided in an era where "super-teams" reign supreme. Since 2011, the Eastern Conference was dominated by LeBron James-led teams. Before each season, it had been fairly simple to assume that whichever team "The King" was on, would make the NBA Finals. Sure enough, his Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers teams
LeBron James is a good leader. He plays basketball with passion. Orwell made it clear that in “Animal Farm,” the pigs are awful leaders. They do not respect their peers and are very selfish. LeBron James always credits his teammates when he is successful. He is very humble. Unlike the pigs in Animal Farm, LeBron James embodies the characteristics of a strong leader because he/she shows great amounts of passion, celebration, and humility. LeBron James shows passion on the basketball court. He helped
Is Kawhi Leonard underrated? That question is entirely subjective. If you view Kawhi Leonard as a top 5 player in the NBA, and the best two way player in the league, then he is justly acclaimed. Kawhi Leonard is a different kind of beast in every facet of the game. From his quiet emergence on the NBA scene to his premature NBA Finals MVP award, Leonard has exemplified poise, maturity, improvement, attention to detail, and execution. Every year, Kawhi Leonard has found a flaw in his game, and has
The Basketball Journey Did you know that less than 1 in 35 Senior High School basketball players get to play in college? Once they become Seniors in college they only have a 1 in 75 or 1.2% chance of making it to the NBA. Getting there seems almost impossible now, but there are several things you can do to increase your chances and defy the odds to become a great basketball player. I will take you through the journey of a high school player to a college player and a college player to a professional
Simply put, the Detroit Pistons were more physical than the Cleveland Cavaliers. Monday night in Quicken Loans Arena, the Pistons bullied the Cavs en route to a convincing 96-88 victory. The loss was just Cleveland’s fifth at home this season (23-5), and it also snapped Cleveland’s five-game winning streak. “They came in and played well, and they beat us,” Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue said. “We weren’t ready to play tonight.” Cleveland (40-15) couldn’t buy a bucket in the opening minutes of the fourth
Coaching Philosophy & Objective My coaching philosophy will come from many experiences I’ve had over the years with different coaches. I’ve played on many different teams and was able to observe many different personalities in coaches. So I know what I like and what I do not like in a coach. I am blessed to have been around so many coaches, because after college I will want to coach for a living. The best part of me wanting to be a coach is that I’ve been in the player’s position, so I will understand
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
he entered the 1994 NBA Draft picks. He was picked by the Detroit Pistons as the 3rd overall draft pick. Everybody had high expectations about him, they were seeing in him a new leader, a new beginning for the Pistons. He didn’t prove anybody wrong. He started at the 1995 all-star game after becoming the first rookie ever to lead all players in fan voting. Along with Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks, were co-voted as the Rookie Players of the Year. In the next four seasons, he started in all all-star
(Noss). A person has to roughly work thirty years before they can retire, which nets them a career earnings of $1.53 million. Some people might not think that is terrible, but they have not looked at the income of a professional athlete. The average NBA player makes roughly $5.15 milli... ... middle of paper ... ... perfect and commit crimes and things of that nature? Works Cited Noss, Amanda. "Household Income: 2012." American Community Survey Briefs. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Apr 2014. Doyle, Frank
Topic: Jordan being the best basketball player ever Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that Michael Jordan even now in the present is still the greatest player ever to play in the NBA. Primary Audience Outcome: I the want the audience to understand why there should be no controversy on who is the best basketball player ever. Thesis Statement: Michael Jordan set records and has set the example of what the greatest basketball player can accomplish and really set the standards of what a hall
This summer, the NBA will feature a stacked draft class featuring future basketball stars like Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle, and Jabari Parker. These players are so highly coveted that some NBA teams are trying to purposely build a deficient roster to lose games and get a better spot in the draft to pick them. This phenomenon is called “tanking,” and NBA executives are becoming more and more open to this idea. I believe NBA teams that are rebuilding should support tanking because it makes their
pro, Michael Jordan acknowledged that today’s game is not what it used to be, paying homage to areas that surpassed, but also the areas that, he believed, worsened. Many embrace these new changes, however, there are still many who believe that the NBA is slowly withering away and losing its edge; which will you be? Before we plunge into the vast world of basketball, you need to understand where, and how America’s beloved sport began! The first official game of basketball was played in a cramped YMCA
shooting 59 percent. Hardaway is still considered one of the top scoring point guards ever to play the game. In addition to their contributions on the court, O’Neal and Hardaway were revered in the Orlando community for their efforts. Both received the NBA Community Assist Award for helping to clean up the Parramore neighborhood of Orlando by using their own funds to help build gymnasiums, parks and playgrounds where disadvantaged children can safely play and learn. In addition, Shaquille O’Neal established
After finishing with a 31-40-8 record last season and missing the playoffs, the Columbus Blue Jackets were a team that was not a part of everyone's radar. Fast forward to this season, the team has a record of 28-7-4 and fresh off an almost record breaking 15 game winning streak, the Blue Jackets are a team to watch for in the Eastern Conference. The question on a lot of people minds are is the team a contender come playoff time or are they a pretender? On offense, the team has proven that they
power forward but could play three other positions. In his first game against the Sacramento Kings he recorded 25 points setting an NBA record. During his season, James made history when he became the first member of the Cavaliers to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He became the youngest player, only at 20 years old to receive this honor. He finished his rookie season averaging 20.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.9 assits per game. He became one of only three to accomplish this good deed, putting him
Allen Iverson was one of the best NBA players in the late 1990s to 2010. Allen Iverson was born on June 7, 1975 in Hampton, Virginia. His mother, Ann Iverson, was fifteen years old when her son was born. Iverson’s father, Allen Broughton, never had much contact with his son. Iverson’s childhood was filled with constant hardship. As an infant he and his mother depended on his maternal grandmother, but soon after his birth she died from complications after surgery. Michael Freeman, who moved
on and off the court from helping his team win an NBA Championship, to helping his brother get into the NBA, and he has helped over a million people throughout the world with getting food, water, and clothing. Stephen Curry and his father both played in the NBA, but they didn’t play for the same team, Dell Curry played sixteen seasons: one with the Utah Jazz, one with Cleveland, ten with New Orleans, one with Milwaukee, and his final three seasons he played with Toronto,
transformation; they came from “rock bottom in the 2007-08 NBA season, to the top of the hill in 2013. In 2007, Dwayne Wade, the star player at the time, was plagued by injuries. Miami hit rock bottom with a league worst 15-67 record” (Todd, 2). Shaquille O'Neal, one of the other star players, was traded to the Phoenix Suns midway through the season. Pat Riley, the president and head coach of the team at the time, resigned as head coach after the season, but kept his position as team president. Long-time
have helped in achieving it are the NFL and NBA. ESPN has TV contractual rights that allow them to broadcast games for each sport live or be allowed to showcase footage of all that nights’ action on their weekly shows. Let’s look back to summer of 2010 when LeBron James made the infamous decision of leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers and deciding to join the Miami Heat. While much sp... ... middle of paper ... ...Time. Time Inc., 08 July. 2010. Web. 08 Apr. 2014. Hardin, Marie, and Jennifer D.
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