American Basketball Association

Emporia, Kansas only the best college basketball coach is born. ”There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.”- said Dean Smith a former coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels. Dean’s family settled in Kansas and started a farm. As a child Dean was raised in a Christian household. Mr.Smith was a teacher and a coach for football, basketball, and track. Dean went to the amazing University of Kansas. Dean became a basketball coach for North Carolina in…

Although in order to truly understand how good Wilt Chamberlain actually was you first need to know Wilt Chamberlain’s early life, NBA career, and his impact on the NBA, twenty six years earlier. Wilt’s early life had just begun. The soon to be basketball legend was born on August twenty first in 1936. Seventeen years later in 1953 Wilt was averaging thirty one points a game during his high school career. When he left high school Wilt measured at seven…

The Dominican Republic faces Panama on the third day of Group A competitions in the 2015 FIBA Americas at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City on September 2. Kenny Atkinson’s squad was destroyed by the 2013 FIBA Americas winner Mexico on their opener on Monday, 84-66, as they were unable to contain Mexican shooting guard Orlando Mendez, who fired 24 points in the game, via FIBA Live Stats. Point guard Édgar Sosa topscored for the Dominicans with 18 points while veteran forward Francisco…

In three months, we will receive our eighteen installment of NBA video game series, NBA 2k17. A lot of expectation is riding on the game since its previous installments critical acclaimed well in the recent years and NBA Live is not releasing until 2017. As there some reviews from IGN, GameInformer and Gamespot that praised the game as the "sports video game of the year", there are some reviewers (including gamers) that criticized the game for broken to the point that last year's edition looks…

New Orleans Pelicans superstar forward Anthony Davis is looking to accomplish a feat that hasn’t been done since the 1999-00 season by Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal. The feat that he is trying to carry out is winning both the MVP and NBA’s scoring title as a big man. As I mentioned, Shaquille O’Neal was the last big man to win both awards in the 1999-00 season as he averaged 29.7 points, 13.6 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game. He also shot 57.4 percent from the field, including 57.5 percent on…

Playing basketball, listening to music, working out, and playing video games could all be considered solitary or social depending on whether I am alone or with others. Performing at my actual job and participating in class would be considered more social because of…

a question many NBA fans kept hearing from other NBA fans. Both NBA players have been successful in their own ways. Both have many fans who think one of these two basketball players is better. Although LeBron has won more MVPs than Curry, Steph maybe better than LeBron. Since Kobe has retired who is now the current best NBA basketball player? Stephen Curry is a better three-point shooter than LeBron but some fans think that clutch shooting is overused for Curry, but in most games Steph carries…

The 2015 free agency period began at 12:01 AM Wednesday and the flurry of deals since then have barely given us a chance to catch our breath. Just over one week removed from the draft, the league will continue to move and shake in an attempt to catch up to Cleveland and Golden State. So, in honor of the period beginning, I decided to go back and look at the best free agent signings since 2000 for each team. Today, we look at the Eastern Conference and we’ll tackle the Western Conference next…

lines with ball possession awarded to the first player to touch the ball after it went out of bounds (Kloppenburg, et al. 2013). Subsequently leading to pushing, shoving, elbowing, desperate dives, and total bedlam (Kloppenburg, et al. 2013). Since basketball was often played on dance floors and in social halls, wire cages had to be placed around the court to protect spectators surrounding the game (Frazier, 1998, p. 12). It was not until 1913 that teams lost possession for being the last team…

what he had done in the NBA and in the D-League. “This is the first time I’ve had the opportunity to work directly with him and to see him on the floor. He’s done nothing but acquit himself well in every way. He’s playing good basketball. He’s playing two-way basketball, and he’s making a serious run to try to make this team and doing a good job.” The Cavs have two available roster spots because Tristan Thompson is still not with the team as he continues to hold out with no end in sight. One…