destined to be one of the greatest NBA players of not only his generation, but of the history of basketball. Allen Iverson was born on June 7, 1975, in Hampton Virginia. As a child growing up Allen had thought that he would have a future in football. After things got bad in life he focused on one thing and that would get him out of all the mess and he chose football. Allen was no doubt the best player in his whole grade school. Allen’s mother had
fallacies that are involved to make a fair assessment to determine who the greatest basketball player of all time is. Unfortunately the comparison is being made seemingly every day, and the article by Mr. Mathis is full of fallacious material. His extreme uses of exaggeration and card stacking, along with many harsh examples of hasty generalizations, makes a claim that Michael Jordan is and always will be the greatest player to play basketball. An opinion is simply and opinion and anyone is entitled
BASKETBALL (Wee chuan): Introduction Played indoors/outdoors by two opposing teams of five players each.Basketball was created in 1891 by Dr. James naismith.The space is a rectangular, indoor court. Today basketball is the most popular sports in United States and Europe. To win the game, the team must throw a 30-inch ball through a 60-inch hoop more times than your opponent does. Basketball focuses on dribbling, passing, rebounding, shooting. It consist of four basic passes, chest pass, two-hand
basketball, and football as a child. He loved baseball, but his love for basketball started growing when his older brother, Larry, kept beating him in one-on-one pick up games. Because of this, Jordan was determined to become a better basketball player. Jordan played basketball for Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. Ironically, he was cut from the varsity team his sophmore year. Instead of giving up after not making the team, Jordan used it to encourage himself to do better, spending
David Robinson David Robinson is often regarded as one of the greatest centers to ever play the game of basketball. He was born on August 6, 1965 to Ambrose and Freda Robinson. As a student he excelled in all of his classes, and sports except basketball. By his senior year in high school he stood an incredible 6 feet, 7 inches tall, but had never played organized basketball. However, the basketball coach at his high school noticed Robinson and added him to the team without ever testing him. Robinson
Wilton Norman Chamberlain was a basketball player who played in the NBA from 1959 to 1973. He went to college at the University of Kansas, and was drafted into the NBA in 1959 by the Philadelphia Warriors. Wilt went to high school at Overbrook in Pennsylvania. Wilt Chamberlain was born on August 21, 1936 in Pennsylvania, and he passed away on October 12, 1999 in Los Angeles at the age of 63. Wilt Chamberlain played for three teams in his NBA career, The Philadelphia Warriors, The Los Angeles Lakers
in sports is who is the greatest player of all time. Numerous aspects come into consideration when debating about the greatest player of all time. People evaluate the time period that person played, the teammates of that person, and the competition around that person. Basketball has evolved so much over the years that making it difficult to compare players from different eras. Nowadays, the advances in treatment and training have increased the overall athleticism of players. As a result, the competition
level of basketball there are players that have shined on and off the court, this is true for two exceptional players like Michael Jordan and LeBron James. The debate over these two marvelous athletes and who is the better of the two, has divided sports fans since LeBron earned his first Finals Championship. For many years Michael Jordan has been seen as one of the greatest players to ever play the game of basketball. Michael Jordan was first drafted into the NBA by the Chicago Bulls as the third
world meaning, The Greatest of All Time. In the National Basketball Association, when you mention the term, the "G.O.A.T., everyone assumes of one name and one name only, Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan was an innovator of the basketball work and influenced many different people and players that inputted & mimicked Jordan’s style of play and implicated it into their own game. In today's generation, there are several players that many average day people would consider these players on the road to becoming
I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.” - Lebron James. The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in the world. It is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. The NBA and it’s teams are part of the sports entertainment industry, just like any other major sports league in the world (NFL, MLB, NHL and other national sports leagues). A national sports team, in particular an NBA company makes it’s
Introduction “Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise” - Michael Jordan. This is one of my favorite quotes from the “greatest basketball player of all time”. I actually started playing basketball, for two seasons so far. This book is not only about the chronicle of basketball, but will also cover the basics in the game, while it will cease with discovering Michael Jordan and the Portland Trail Blazers. In modern time, basketball is getting more popular and competitive
Recognized as one of the best power forwards in NBA history, Timothy Theodore Duncan was born on April 25, 1976, on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is the youngest of William and Ione Duncan's three children, and their only boy. Duncan is one of the most, quiet, mild mannered people and one of the most passionate competitors you will see. He devoted his early athletic years to swim, a sport in which he became the top U.S. competitor in his age group in the 400-meter freestyle. During
living in Highland Park with his family and dog. He has a wife, Juanita, and has three children; Jeffrey; Marcus; and Jasmine (Michael Jordan’s, 1999). It doesn’t hurt Jordan’s image being the greatest basketball player to ever play the game (Costas, 1999). Not only is he a great basketball player, but he is a great all around athlete. Jordan can do more than just play basketball. He can play baseball at the higher level too. He is not as good in baseball as in basketball, but better than
everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better” (Magic Johnson). The quote above couldn’t be any truer. Michael Jordan epitomized that. Jordan is an influential person of the 20th century because of his determination to play, success in the NBA, and the legacy he left. Michael Jordan was a hard worker from the beginning of his life to today. Jordan grew up in Wilmington, NC, and he developed a very competitive attitude from an early age. His father says he was born with this “competitive problem”
play basketball, they usually don’t think about the history. They don’t think who created it, who leads in assists, steals, blocks, points, and rebounds in the entire history of the sport. Did they know that it was illegal to dunk just because of one person, and he soon became the all-time scoring leader? Who created the name “slam dunk”? When was the first basketball game ever played? Who was on the first basketball team, and how many players were on a team? In 1891, Dr. James Naismith, head
defense (Mogul).The first game played consisted of 18 players and nine were put on each team. The game grew form the YMCA. United States North Eastern facilities and Canada facilities also. The first leagues were local leagues and they were usually Philadelphia, New York and Boston. The first ever professional game took place in Trenton, New Jersey between the Trenton YMCA and the Brooklyn YMCA November 7th, 1896(faurschou). Back in that time each player was paid $15 every game except for Fred Cooper who
Michael Jordan, considered one of the greatest to every play the game of basketball, was born in Brooklyn in 1963 and raised in North Carolina. As a senior in high school he was selected to the McDonald’s All-American Team, and then later accepted a scholarship to play for the University of North Carolina. After three seasons of college ball in which he averaged almost 18 points and 5 rebounds a game. He was selected 3rd overall in the 1984 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls after Hakeem Olajuwon (a
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
and he still goes out and does it every night (Thurmond, 61).'; He was the best player in the league for years and everyone respected his talent. “There’s no next Michael Jordan, says Magic Johnson. He continues saying, you can’t compare anyone to him, what he has done for the game can never be matched. Michael Jordan will always be Michael Jordan and no one better (Johnson, 61). He’s the greatest that ever played, in terms of doing things that Larry Bird and I never dreamed
The Dream Team Era During the summer of 1992, the NBA took center stage as the world watched the greatest team in sports ever assembled joke, pose, and finally play its way to the gold medal at the summer Olympic games. The team was named the “Dream Team” and it featured eleven of the NBA’s best players. Names like Michael Jordan, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, and Larry Bird headlined the games and the play of Scottie Pippen and “Sir” Charles Barkley stole the show. After only eight games, the world of