lot of missed shots to collect. Instead Morris uses rebounding percentages on the offensive and defensive glass. These are estimates of what percentage of available rebounds a player collects. The average player should get 10%‚ since any of 10 players on the floor can grab the ball. That percentage should be a bit higher on the defensive side‚ because most rebounds are collected by the defensive team‚ and lower on the offensive side. But Rodman exceeded 10% on each side of the floor in each season
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Jordan led the league in scoring 10 times. He led the league in steals three times and also was named the Defensive Player of the Year once. Also let’s not forget his five regular season MVPs and his six NBA Championships to go along with his six Finals MVPs. Bryant has led the league in scoring twice‚ and while he has been named to an All-Defensive team 12 times‚ he has never won the Defensive Player of the Year. While he has won five NBA Championships‚ he has only been named the Finals MVP
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Omega 37 (2009) 63 – 78 www.elsevier.com/locate/omega Increasing offensive or defensive efficiency? An analysis of Italian and Spanish football José E. Boscá∗‚ Vicente Liern‚ Aurelio Martínez‚ Ramón Sala Facultad de Economía‚ Universidad de Valencia‚ Avda. dels Tarongers s/n‚ E-46022 Valencia‚ Spain Received 15 July 2005; accepted 3 August 2006 Available online 10 October 2006 Abstract This paper analyses technical efficiency of Italian and Spanish football during three recent seasons‚
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David Larkinson Period 5 5/18/2013 Why Kobe is better than LeBron There is a reason why the average kid in school shouts “KOBE” and not “LeBron” after he shoots a crumbled up piece of paper into a trash can. Kobe is a basketball wizard and is known as one of the greatest players in history. He is a winner and isn’t that what it’s all about‚ winning? Yes‚ LeBron might be bigger‚ faster‚ and stronger‚ but he lacks Kobe’s IQ and skill on the court‚ and infatuation
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Cynthia Santos UIN:815154337 “You’re Getting Defensive Again” Article #4 The research done in “You’re Getting Defensive Again” by Sigmund Freud and Anna Freud claims in their theory that we us different mechanisms of defense to help cope with the very troublesome‚ anxiety. Sigmund Freud had a belief that the personality of a person was summed up by some components which are the id‚ the ego‚ and the super ego. It is said that the id was one of the most rudimentary human impulses of satisfaction
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How far was Wolsey’s foreign policy defensive? Wolsey was Henry VIII’s chief adviser for fifteen years (1914-1929). He planned the French invasion in which Tournai and Therouanne were seized. He organized ‘the field of the cloth of gold’ and major peace treaties. Though to fully understand Wolsey’s foreign policies we need to know how the country was left by Henry VII to his son‚ Henry VIII. Henry VII was a cautious king‚ he spent more time writing his accounts of his expenses than he did ruling
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Assess the View that Stalin’s Policy in Eastern Europe was Mainly Defensive in Nature Stalin’s policy in Eastern Europe can be construed to seem very defensive; however arguments can be made to suggest that there were alternative motives to his desire to expand Soviet influence in the Eastern nations. The legitimacy towards a defensive claim is due to the critical nature of the Nazi invasion of Russia during the Second World War‚ which was through countries such as Poland and Czechoslovakia.
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Unfulfilled or not‚ everybody has passions. In this essay I would like to touch on the importance of pursuing passions‚ or if you like‚ following your heart. The pursuit of passion doesn’t necessarily mean you should quit your day job to follow it. For instance I have a passion for photography‚ but it would be less than plausible for me to quit my job and pursue it as my career. It may be different for someone else‚ again I have an example from my own personal passions. Eventually in my life I want
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‘How far was Henrys foreign policy merely defensive in the years between 1487 and 1509?’ (24 marks) Henry worked hard to establish‚ consolidate and recover many foreign relations within his reign. This was mostly defensive due to pretenders threatening Henry’s throne which meant a lot of Henry’s foreign relations were defensive. However‚ Henry did also establish policies to help other factors during his reign. One way in which Henry did establish relations out of defence was to rid of short term
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Waltz’s defensive realism or Mearsheimer’s offensive realism? Donnelly (2005‚ p.29) stated ‘Realist theory is the oldest and most frequently adopted theory of international relations.’ Most realist work since the 1970’s has been relatively structural‚ largely as a result from the influence of Waltz’s ‘theory of international politics’ (Donnelly‚ 2005‚ p.35) When it comes to structural realists‚ there is a significant divide‚ disputing the underlying question‚ how much power is enough? Defensive realists
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