“The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy” by Bill Simmons‚ was a book only the Sports Guy could write. Save a few hundred pages for Simmons to inform the readers on how he became the basketball and Celtics fan he is today (hint: it was his dad choosing between a motorcycle and season tickets to the Celtics)‚ why as a child he called himself Jabaal Abdul-Simmons‚ footnotes galore‚ his hatred for Isiah Thomas and Wilt Chamberlain‚ and many of the greatest “What-if’s” in basketball
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Basketball is a very aggressive‚ fun‚ and intense sport that I like to play. It was created by James Naismith in 1861. He also designed the first football helmet. The first basketball game was played in 1891 at what is now Springfield College. My favorite position to play in the game is defense. I love to play defense because it’s so fun to block the other team’s shots and also I like stealing the ball from them and then scoring a layup. I also like to play offense because it’s so exciting when
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Once when i was a kid my favorite colors were blue and orange and my favorite team was the okc thunder. I believed in the thunder because i believed in the star players that played on the team. They are really good and have a good future ahead in the NBA. basketball is my favorite sport that’s why i believe in in the thunder so heavy. Everytime i watch the thunder i get excited and have a good day. I also know that me watching certain players on the thunder will give me a boost in my basketball
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LeBron James lived in poverty throughout his whole childhood‚ his childhood was his fuel for an illustrious career. Lebron James did not have a privileged childhood. He was below the poverty line‚ he was living in the center of street violence‚ “his only escape was basketball” (JockBio)‚ this is the start of greatness. LeBron James is now considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time because he has been to seven straight NBA (National Basketball Association) Finals‚ came back from
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Junior is a teenage Indian who lives in a reservation with his parents‚ and sister‚ who later moves out. He has many traits which some are good‚ but some are bad. Explained below are three of his best traits. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ the main character of this book‚ Junior‚ is a good basketball player‚ a brave Indian for leaving the reservation to go to Reardon - a white school -‚ and draws cartoons to express his feelings to others. The first trait Junior
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Everyone knows the world’s greatest basketball player Michael Jordan also has one of the highest sold brands and apparels. Soon Jordan will be 50 years old‚ and even though he is out of the NBA the economic impact of his commercial success is still felt worldwide. In the early 1980s Jordan came into the NBA‚ back then athletes did not have their own brands‚ they were not a business‚ and endorsements were hard to come by‚ but Jordan changed all that (unsportsmanlike.ca). As noted in New York PRNewswire
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Here is your Chino Hills basketball starting line up; Lonzo Ball‚ Gelo Ball‚ Melo Ball‚ Eli Scott‚ and Onyeka Okongwu! These 5 guys are just a fraction of one big team who have become real winners in our hearts and really showed this nation who we are and what our basketball team is really made of. Now these guys aren’t just all basketball‚ yet it is year round for them‚ their also just regular beings like us. on March 23‚ 2016 our Journalism class sat down with these 5 guys and interviewed them
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In life‚ everyone will face an obstacle at one time or another. This obstacle will only be overcome by showing grit. Angela Duckworth defined grit as passion and perseverance. In one instance‚ people had shown grit in article one “what it takes to be great”‚ “from rags to riches” and “Oakland senior’s marks of success: Top of college admissions”. The three articles to be discussed are “what it takes to be great”‚ “from rags to riches”‚ “Oakland seniors marks of success: Top of college admissions”
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If there’s one name synonymous to United States of America’s National Basketball Association‚ or the illustrious NBA‚ it would definitely be Michael Jordan. People who haven’t heard his name of known his story is either living under a rock or have no sense of appreciation whatsoever. Many sports analysts have commented that Jordan’s journey as a basketball hero in NBA is incomparable and despite the many number of youngsters who have shown greatness on their chosen path‚ MJ would definitely float
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The Superstar Effect Professional athletes are some of the most recognizable figures in the entire world. Generally‚ fans of a sport or of a team have a favorite player and often times pursue opportunities to see that athlete compete live. The more fans admire an individual player‚ the greater the demand for that player is. The higher the demand for a product‚ the higher the price for that product is. The organizations that these athletes play for recognize this and take advantage of the opportunity
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