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Rumors swirled last season after the punching incident and continued into the offseason of Blake Griffin potentially being on the trade block. His character has come into question due to recent event one being a potential assault and the punching of a clippers trainer. We’ve seen it happen throughout the history of the NBA that athleticism does not translate to productivity later on in a player’s career. Whether it be Josh Smith, Baron Davis, Gerald Wallace, Steve Francis, or Amare Stoudemire…

graduate of Springfield College of YMCA (n.d). In another article called History of Volleyball it mentions that Morgan was trying to invent something that was less strenuous than basketball for older people, so they could exercise without overdoing it (n.d). Morgan got the idea of volleyball from the combination of basketball, tennis, baseball, and handball. The first net ever used for volleyball was a tennis net and it was only raised to 6’6” (“Athletic Scholarships”, n.d). Compared to…

a great role model and I hope to one day be as good of a basketball player as he and as good as a person as him. Lebron James is one of the best players in the NBA but he wasn’t always that good it started in high school when he was a freshman and he tried out for his basketball team. He ended up not making the team and that’s when everything changed Lebron was determined to make the team next season. Lebron would go to the basketball gym or…

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 December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The first game of basketball was first played with a soccer ball and a peach basket. He had two weeks to come up with the game. Dr.Naismith was inspired by a game that he used to play called “ Duck…

failure and betters themselves from it. My failure to make the basketball team is one that I feel I have used as a positive tool to grow as a person and as a student. During the first trimester I was not participating in a sport, this unused time was an opportunity for me to attend offseason basketball workouts. This opportunity was given to me from Greenhill, I was given a chance to attend offseason workouts to get in better shape for basketball season. These offseason workouts did not seem to…

During the 1970's a group of skaters called the Z-boys created a punk style that still exists today. The skaters were part of a skate team called The Jeff Ho Zephyr team that's where they got the name Z-boys. The start of Z-boys was in 1973 when Jeff Ho opened his surf shop in Venice beach California. The first Z-boy was Nathan Pratt when he was 14 years old. He was hired to work as a surfboard maker and the founder of the Z-boys. By 1974 the Z-boys had 5 members Allen Sarlo, Jay Adams, Tony…

Conclusion The hypothesis was that extreme temperatures would affect the bounce height of a basketball. This hypothesis was accepted. The average bounce height for the regular basketball was seventy three and 3 tenths repeating. Sixty two and six tenths repeating was the average for the frozen basketball. The average was eighty-three and three tenths repeated for the heated basketball. We believe that these results are present because air molecules will expand in warmer temperatures and they…

Over the past 100 years, basketball has evolved significantly. Many things have developed within the game of basketball for the better. Basketball went from the original 13 rules to over 100 today, but its foundation still remains the same. Things that have changed to make the game more intriguing is the scoring, the way things are timed, and the diversity the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have in today. In the late 1800s and early…

The Celtics are poised for their best season since the post “Big Three” era and according to Vegas odds they are expected to be the second best team in the East with fifty-one wins. A lot of commentators of the NBA would have you believe that they are in an enviable position with their stockpile of draft picks and young players. The signing of Al Horford seems to be a turning point in the rebuilding of the Celtics by acquiring the four time NBA all-star they finally added some legitimacy to…

III and Dorothy Dean McWilliams. Julia went to school in Westridge School, which she attended from 4th grade up until 9th grade. She then attended the Katherine Branson School, which was a boarding school at the time. Julia played tennis and basketball when she was still in school. She was…