2002 NBA Draft

Nike footwear has been a huge success since its existence and each year they improve their footwear in order to attract more clients; although to be in this position of success Nike has applied propaganda such as bandwagon, testimonial and glittering in order to attract more clients. That had help since clients constantly acquire their products instead of the competition, and makes the competition footwear brand seem “useless”. How has Nike been able to be a huge success during all this years?…

racial equality and many more. Canadian basketball is one of the many concepts that has evolved over the past few years thanks to former Toronto Raptor Vince Carter and retired NBA player Steve Nash. There has already been visible change in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for example the last two first round drafts have been Canadian (Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett). Also, some of the best National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) players right now are Canadian (Jamal…

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…

Every time the NBA season ends, there is always a frequently asked question, which Gasol brother played better this season? People even take several polls on the internet, and it’s always back and forth. Marc and Pau Gasol are two of the premier post players in the NBA. However, people often confuse them because of their size and low post scoring, even though they are extremely diverse. In this article, The Gasol Brothers, basketball fans will find out how to easily identify the two from one…

blogs, and many more. The Maine Red Claws had a impactful 2015-2016 season recording 31 wins and 19 losses ranking them as number 1 in the Atlantic division, and rank 2 in the eastern conference in the National Basketball Association development league(NBA D-League). The 2016 season was a promising season for the Red Claws as they were 3rd in the league for points per game averaging an impressive 111.8 points per game, and 47% from the field. The organization…

'Flex my own muscles? ' he though, letting the example of the dirt falling through his fingers settle to his core. "I think I understand, I just don 't know how she will react when I won 't listen to her. I 've always done whatever she asked of me." taking a kneeling position, the bangle around his wrist slips away into wisps of softened light. The light reformed into a small ball of light that Kizen reached out to grasp, his fingers hovering over it as it spun freely inches from his palm,…

Since the beginning of time people have always lived in fear of not being the most superior person in the room. To an extent this is human nature for example: White people have always been afraid that a non-white being would become superior than them. One amazing thing happened to the world over time everybody in the USA became equals, people’s right’s no longer depended on what their skin color was. Also being afraid of someone doing better than you is part of human nature as much as we don’t…

Ever since I was little I always wondered why I was never good enough for anything. I felt like I was not good enough for my family, and I still believe this to this day. My family treats me so different than they do to anyone else. I know I was never good enough in school because no one ever wanted me in their class. I strived for straight “A”s and sometimes that just was not enough. I wanted all the extra credit and higher grades than anyone. I made it a mission to do everything that I could…

Although my past relationship was not “Facebook Official” as we call it nowadays and we never really went on “dates,” I still consider this a relationship to myself. There was a physical connection that I felt towards this person, but I wonder if he felt the same connection that I did. Life in a small town… I grew up in the small town of Shenandoah – one of those small towns where everyone knows everyone, word gets around and rumors spread like wildfire. Even though my “relationship” was kept…

I decided to write about my relationship with my dad in this post because Father’s Day just passed and because I’ve already made a post about the incredible bond I have with my dad. In that post I mentioned that he was away in Korea when I was born and I didn’t get to see him until I was 7 months old. My mother, who was only 22 at the time, had a lot of responsibility taking care of the three of us who were all under 3 years old. When my dad came home he took over the caregiving duties for me…