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Top 10 Basketball Players of All-Time I’m doing a list about the Top 10 Basketball Players of All Time. In my list I have chosen the best of the best. I catagorized my list by most accolades and skill; which include Finals MVP, Regular Season MVP, and last but not least NBA Titles. To start off our list here is Hakeem Olajuwon #10 Hakeem Olajuwon Hakeem Olajuwon's dominance on the inside of the court was amazing. He hurt many defenders with his Dream Shake move. Olajuwon's game was so good…

steals per game in his career so far. His 26 points per game is eleventh all time. In the 2005-2006 season, Bryant had his best scoring season averaging 35 points per game which is eighth highest all time behind only Rick Barry, Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain. In Bryant’s best overall season, so far, he averaged 30 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. The Lakers best season with Kobe Bryant was in the 1999-2000 season with a record of 67-15. Bryant averaged 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists…

scored 28 points in his first game. Jordan was scoring rapidly during his rookie year. Jordan got a Rookie of the year award and played in his first All-Star game in that year. Jordan scored over 3,000 points in a single season, even more than Wilt Chamberlain. Jordan and the Bulls were unstoppable, they wasn’t a force to be reckoned with. The Chicago Bulls will always go to the playoffs with Jordan on their side, but Jordan had some issues during his career. His father, James Jordan, died from…

Rucker Park Setup Reflection Growing up in Harlem, it’s every kids dream to win the Rucker Park tournament held every summer. What’s so great about this court, people may ask. Well it’s where NBA and street legends like, Wilt Chamberlain, Dr. J, The Goat, and The Helicopter made their starts. Therefore, best friends, Mackey and J.R, want to participate in the tournament, after years of riding the bench. Little do they know on the day of the game, J.R. is fatally stabbed and Mackey feels…

You Should Like the Kansas Jayhawks for Basketball Lawrence, Kansas. “Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU.” This is the chant that the Jayhawk faithful chants at every home game. Teddy Roosevelt pronounced it the greatest college chant he’s ever heard. It is deafening. One reason you should like the Kansas Jayhawks basketball team is because Dr. James Naismith was the inventor of basketball. He joined the Kansas staff in 1898 and was the first coach of the Kansas Jayhawks. The basketball Hall of Fame is…

Some of the earliest double entendres are found in the Exeter Book, or Codex exoniensis, at Exeter Cathedral in England. The book was copied around 975 AD. In addition to the various poems and stories found in the book, there are also numerous riddles. The Anglo-Saxons did not reveal the answers to the riddles, but they have been answered by scholars over the years. Some riddles were double-entendres, such as Riddle 25 ("I am a wondrous creature: to women a thing of joyful expectation, to…

Biography Michael Jeffrey Jordan, MJ, was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were James and Deloris Jordan and he had four siblings, James Jr., Deloris, Larry, and Roslyn. Their mother, Deloris, was a bank teller and wrote many books. Their father, James, was a maintenance worker who became a manager. Michael is currently 61 years old. He “is a former professional basketball player, American Olympic athlete, businessperson, and actor. Considered one of the best…

According to Angela Duckworth in her new book, in order to be successful one does not need a high IQ but instead grit. She describes grit as having, stamina, perseverance, passion, and sticking with your future to make it a reality. No longer is competition like a sprint, it is becoming more of a marathon. People with grit were shown to be more successful in the long run compared to be people with a high intelligence. Many people start from the bottom having nothing but grit to get themselves to…

Basketball is arguably the greatest sport to ever exist. Basketball is literally for everything: fun; reliving stress, anger, depression; and especially for a living. Hence the sport being made into a moy making organization, but only for the NBA lower leagues except for the college level. To play the sport of basketball takes many things, and many people have what it takes. Even if it’s only playing in college, a minor league, or the NBA. The Great Plains played a huge role in the inventory of…

When Lloyd joined the NBA, it was a league full of fights. Lloyd was a fit. He knew how to face all the racist crowds. “The NBA was a bit of a brawler’s league back then, and Lloyd was a prototypical power forward who fit in nicely. But he doesn’t recall ever having any racial problems with a fellow player. That all came from the stands, and Lloyd made a conscious decision about how to handle it.” (Earl Lloyd Broke) Lloyd, a very wise man, knew how to handle the crowds. He never let their…