American Basketball Association

to Greensboro, North Carolina this summer to compete in Seventh Grade Nationals with my Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball team. I always enjoy tournaments when we stay at a hotel for the weekend because I have a strong relationship with my teammates. However, this trip was something special. For almost a week, I had the opportunity to bond with my teammates, play basketball, relax, and explore Greensboro. In addition, I met some of relatives, who live in North Carolina, for the first…

The New York Islanders came into last night’s game four at Barclays Center in Brooklyn with a couple of demons still chasing the proud but recently maligned franchise. Leading the best of seven first round series against the gritty Atlantic division champion Florida Panthers, two games to one, Jack Capuano’s squad was looking to win consecutive playoff games for the first time since 2002. Capuano, who has made all the right moves in the last three weeks or so leading up to this point, did his…

The biggest lessons I've learned in high school is to never give up and accepting failure. As a kid in middle school I played basketball. I was always one of the best players. I was always in the starting lineup. I was always shooting three-pointers and averaging 23 points per game. Then I graduated and went to high school. I wanted to branch out and try other sports. Given my tall, long-limbed stature, I thought I should join cross country. Cross country is a sport in which a person runs for…

strongest spotlight and the brightest stars in America. Kobe, known simply by his first name to even those who haven’t watched a second of basketball, is mentioned with Michael Jordan and LeBron James as the faces of the sport in the last 20 years. So it’s no surprise that after his retirement was announced earlier this season, it assured crowding basketball headlines for the entire rest of the year. By now, at the beginning of February and nearing the All-Star break, Kobe’s season has…

As the new NBA season about to unfold months from now, many teams have upgraded their lineup, especially at the point guard position. The New York Knicks got former MVP Derrick Rose from the Chicago in a trade this offseason and the Indiana Pacers got Jeff Teague from the Atlanta Hawks thru trade also. But one team is doing the opposite. The Minnesota Timberwolves are looking to trade their star point guard Ricky Rubio in another team. It's been weeks that Rubio is involved in trade rumors…

Jordans are known and a really popular sneaker everywhere you look! Jordan’s should be everyone's favorite shoe because They are good for basketball. The first ever Jordan released was the “air Jordan 1’s” and those were released in 1965 and they were designed by Peter Moore, Tinker Hatfield, and Bruce Kilgore. Jordan has a shoe named after him because he was the best in the NBA at the time and he's known for his signature dunk he has made over 30 pairs of shoes they all have different names…

There are many National Basketball Association (NBA) players taught there to name from to see who is the best player of all time. You ever wanna know who is the greatest basketball player? Kobe Bryant is a better basketball player than Michael Jordan. One reason Kobe Bryant is better than Michael is stats. Kobe has more stats than Michael the hen it comes to a shooting guard and has more assist. For example, Kobe has averaged 25.4 points per game in his career along with 5.3 rebounds, 4.7…

The piece of art that I chose to write about was, Basketball Superstars by Leroy Neiman, painted from November eleventh to December seventh. This painting was featured in the Hastings Gallery. In this painting I see a lot of the all time greatest basketball players. I see eleven time NBA Champion Bill Russell, the only player to ever score one hundred points in a game, Wilt Chamberlain. I also see Willis Reed, who I think is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julius Erving also known as Dr. J, and Oscar…

Brooklyn, New York, but then they decided to move back to Wilmington, North Carolina. At a young age, Michael was everything but selfish. He was a happy-go-lucky and competitive person (Smith 401). Michael set goals for himself in basketball to achieve in basketball. James, Michael Jordan’s father, built a backyard court, from him and his sons to play one-on-one, and other members in his community. Michael got his fierce determination from playing his brother Larry, because Larry was taller,…

The reason we chose him is because he is a current player, a 3 time NBA champion, has made significant contributions to the game of basketball, he was propelled into the limelight at a young age because of his amazing talent, he has been in the limelight since he was a teenager, he is a great role model, team mates who play with him strive for greatness because that’s the standard he sets…