“The Big Fundamental” Many teams have that one player who is the big super star and is always gaining media attention. As for the San Antonio Spurs Tim Duncan or as some people call him “The Big Fundamental” is not quite this person. Tim Duncan is one of the greatest basketball players in the NBA who also shows a great amount of positive influence on society. Going into the NBA after college Tim Duncan had his mind set on getting an education first. Not all athletes get a college education because
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Keshawn Murray March 19‚ 2013 Ms. Gooden‚ D. The Rise of a Star: LeBron James By. David Lee Morgan‚ JR. Summary “The Rise of a Star” is a book about a young athlete making it to the NBA. The book is a biography on LeBron James. It tells about how rough LeBron’s life was before he started making money in the pros. It also tells how he kept himself out of trouble and came to love basketball‚ not many people come out of gang related cities successful. The book goes through his life beginning with
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Allen Iverson is one of the most famous basketball players not only because of his talent‚ but also because of his reckless attitude outside of the game. The documentary shows how Iverson acted as a child and shows how he committed himself to sports so he could get out of the projects. The film shows how he struggled with adversity and was eventually able to overcome it by dedicating himself to basketball. There are many psychological principles in the documentary that relate to how Iverson was able
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An outstanding basketball player by the name of Julius Erving once said‚ “The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life- mental‚ emotional‚ spiritual‚ as well as physical.” The sport of basketball is tremendously hard to master‚ and it shows because only a select group has successfully mastered the game of basketball. Basketball is the sport that requires all aspects of your body to be excellent. To be a great basketball player you have to be physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally strong
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Hamed Rabah Hr277 11.16.17 As many of us know‚ Steph Curry is arguably one of the best athletes to ever step foot on a basketball court. Even with all that‚ he is just human; therefore‚ will try to make a great impression. I’m going to discuss the following concepts as they relate to Curry trying to make an impression: Self-Presentation‚ Assimilation Effect‚ Warranting‚ and Saving Face. When analyzing Steph Curry’s Twitter account‚ I noticed at least a couple of pictures of the superstar playing
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Tim Duncan Duncan was born April 25‚ 1976 in St. Croix‚ U.S. Virgin Islands. Duncan is a 7 ’0"‚ 260 pound forward from St. Duntans Episcopal High School. His parents are William and Ione. He has two sisters whose names are Cheryl and Tricia. Tim ’s goal was to become a swimmer like his older sister Tricia but hurricane Hugo blew his dream away by destroying St. Croix ’s Olympic size pool. Even though he didn ’t play basketball until ninth grade‚ he is one of the world ’s premiere basketball stars
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Among the leading players of National Basketball Association (NBA)‚ there are only a few players whose greatness and tenacity can be equated to that of Earvin "Magic" Johnson. A hero in the record books of NBA‚ his 12-year spanned professional career‚ his five NBA national titles‚ and even his many most valuable player (MVP) awards are second tier compared to the well-known on court rivalries that helped bring the NBA to the fore front of the mass media. Since retiring from the NBA‚ Magic has rejuvenated
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Cougar Madness “Palms sweaty‚ knees weak‚ arms are heavy.” Eminem’s 8 Mile pumped through my headphone like a syringe into my veins. Sweat beaded on my forehead and my muscles ached with fatigue as the 2012 Clark Cougar Basketball tryouts were coming to a close. The coach began to take his place in the front of the group‚ so I removed my headphones in preparation for his speech. He began to speak about how great this year’s turnout was. The suspense was brutal and time crawled as he went on. His
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Best NBA Players Head to Head In today’s world whenever somebody talks about the most favorite basketball players Kobe Bryant and LeBron James come on the top of the list just because of their remarkable performances and their young age achievements. They both have started their sports career from High School and they excelled in their perspective of basketball. They both play for the NBA. Kobe Bryant plays as a shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James plays for the Miami Heat
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Throughout history‚ Canada has grown in so many ways from being more independent‚ showing our strength in the war‚ technological advances‚ gender and racial equality and many more. Canadian basketball is one of the many things that has evolved over the past few years thanks to former Toronto Raptor Vince Carter and retired NBA player Steve Nash.(Dan Stravinsky) We have already started to see a change in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for example the last two first round drafts have been
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