Washington wizards Ever heard about the Washington Wizards? It is an American professional basketball team based in Washington Dc.The Washington Wizards team competes in the famous National basketball association; Eastern conference southeast division. Verizon center is their home ground where they play games. The Washington wizards were previously referred to as the Chicago Packers in the year 1961.Their home arena was referred to as the International Amphitheater. It was next to the Union stocks yard. It was unpopular that time as it had not yet come into the spotlight. The Washington wizards later changed its name to Chicago Zephyrs. Their one season as Zephyrs was a success. Their player, Terry Dischinger won the rookie year honors. In…
The Wizards and the Celtics are the future of the Eastern Conference The Washington Wizards and Boston Celtics squared off for the final time this regular season, with the Celtics taking the win at home, 110-102. With the loss, the Wizards’ push for the second seed in the Eastern Conference becomes that much more difficult, as they now trail the Celtics by two and a half games for the second spot. They also have just a one game cushion over the Raptors for the third seed. In addition to…
what it takes to win. Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. At an early age, Jordan developed the mindset to compete. Jordan attended Laney High school in Wilmington, North Carolina, but he was cut from the varsity basketball team because of his short height. However, Jordan grew to 6-3 to make the team his junior year. The early legend Michael Jordan was also chosen McDonald’s All American. The 6-6 guard then attended the University of North Carolina. He was…
Introduction The question of the research project is “Does an NBA player’s social media behaviour influence people’s opinions?” This question refers to NBA players posting on social media and how it influences fans, other NBA players, the public or the world’s opinion about them as individual NBA players. Finding the information for this question was not easy, but it was manageable. Majority of the information found for the research topic was by researching on popular sports websites (Bleacher…
A picture is worth 1,000 words It’s just the second meeting between these two elite teams in the NBA. The offensive juggernauts that are the Cleveland Cavaliers, and a team with one of the best records in the west, the Houston Rockets. One team destine for playoff greatness, and the other hungry for a NBA title. The crowd roars as the starting line ups are announced. Some hear boos as the name “LeBron James” is announced. The crowd stands up and cheers as the name “James Harden” is announced.…
In the basketball history there are many great players just like Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, William Russell Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and many Others. I am going to compare between two great players in the American basketball history which are Michael Jordan and LeBron James. I chose those two because I think these two are the most complete players. From the data I complied from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet was created to display the data in organized fashion. I decided to use the…
What Makes The Golden State Warriors So Deadly? The Golden State Warriors seem to be the team that no one can defeat. The New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies, and Houston Rockets all failed to come up with a solution to defeat the Warriors in a seven game series and now the Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves down in the NBA Finals one game to none with Kyrie Irving out for the rest of series. 1.The Bench The Warriors proved why they are so deadly in game one of the finals. The Warriors…
Who do you think is the best NBA team between the Cleveland Cavaliers vs Golden State Warriors? Im sure you picked the Cavaliers since they were the NBA champions last year. Now i'm sure you're thinking, now how is she going to see which team is the best. The way I'll show you is by facts about each team and their stats. But before we learn about who is the best we will learn more about the great game of basketball. The game of basketball first started by a man named Dr. James Naismith in…
Golden State Warriors 2014-15 Record: 67-15, 1st in Pacific Division, 1st in Western Conference Golden State Warriors 2014-15 MVP: Steph Curry - 23.8 ppg (#6), 7.7 apg (#6), 286 3ptm (NBA record), 2.0 spg (#4) Three Things I Think I Know About The Golden State Warriors: I would pay to watch the Warriors practice The Golden State Warriors currently employ the following: the NBA's single-season record holder for most made 3-pointers (286, Steph Curry); the NBA's record holder for most…
The Denver Nuggets and Washington Wizards are two teams that are struggling on the early going of the NBA regular season. Now, reports are floating that both teams are figuring out a possible trade deal with each other and it seems that John Wall name was dragged on this rumored deal. Wall, who's being linked to be traded to the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers just recently, is again in the spotlight of rumors swirling around the league today. And the Wizards is considering to break…