Basketball Association of America

[BC] ~ ~ ~ ☣ ~ ~ ~ [BC] Bill Russell [C] Advantages: Athleticism, Versatility on both ends, Rebounding skills [C] Weaknesses: Shooting, Size vs other big’s [C]Seasons in the league: 13 [C]Games:963 [C]Career Stats: [C]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C]☤ 15.1 PPG☤ [C]☤ 4.3 APG☤ [C]☤ 22.5 RPG☤ [C]☤ .440 FG%☤ [C]☤ 13.4 FGA☤ [C]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C] Accolades:11x NBA Champion, 5x NBA MVP, 12x All star, ‘63 Allstar MVP, 3x NBA first team, 8x NBA 2nd team, ‘69 Defensive first team, 4x Rebounding champ, NO. 6…

Out-of-Class Speech Critique For my out of class speech critique, I went to listen to Josh Birnbaum talk about his experiences as photographer for Illinois’ wheelchair basketball team. In his speech, he talked about the struggles that the team faced on the way to reaching their goal of winning a college national championship. Furthermore, Josh documented the lives of the players and showed the audience the struggles they faced every day, but showed us how each of them overcame the obstacles.…

I arrived on the site about 30 minutes early because I brought my hula hoops from my apartment. I remembered what Rhonda said the goal of the garden was; “To create a spot where people could meditate, talk and relax”, and I wanted to do just that. I hoop dance and when I hoop dance, I like to do it on either an open field or open parking lot. It gives me more room to be creative and productive. I also hoped by me hooping and doing a bunch of tricks that it would attract attention and people…

When discussing who the greatest athlete of all-time, two names come to mind: Bo Jackson and Michael Jordan. Although they grew up in different time periods and played different sports, they both dominated in their respected professions, in which they performed at levels that no one has ever seen before. Jackson and Jordan both displayed crazy statistics over and over again throughout their career but physically watching them helps to truly understand their greatness. Besides being great…

The global team of athletes sponsored by Monster Energy, the caffeinated-beverage company, is a roster of super bros. Conor McGregor, of Ireland, is a densely tattooed mixed-martial-arts champion who trained in Tae Kwon Do, karate, capoeira, and kickboxing while working as a plumber, prior to turning pro in M.M.A. Tom Schaar, of Malibu, became, at the age of twelve, the first person to land a 1080-degree airborne rotation on a skateboard, and was the youngest-ever gold medalist at the X Games,…

To Fulfill Mom’s Wish Jordan is an eighteen-year-old hardworking, dedicated guy studying Kinesiology at ULM due to his love for sports, especially basketball. Jordan had a decent childhood, having a cool dad and loving mom until his mom passed away when he was fourteen years old due to liver cancer. Since then, he has been living with his dad. Despite having to deal with a lot of painful thing, at such a young age, he is a very cheerful guy. While talking about his mom, Jordan said, “My mom’s…

Basketball is one of the widely played and viewed games in the world. This game involves lots of running, jumping, analysis and judgment. As basketball is a fast action game, it helps in keeping us fit by building endurance, motor coordination, muscle strengthening, and improving balance. Other than these health benefits, basketball is a social sport and hence it helps us to be a good team player (http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au). As the number of basketball players are increasing, so the…

I read the book “Night Hoops” by Carl Deuker. A boy named Nick Abbott is a high school basketball player that loves the sport. He is determined to be the best that he can in the sport and be on the varsity team. He gets in a fight with Trent Dawson, a trashy kid that has gotten into some bad stuff. He later starts to become really good friends with Trent and they start to practice together. The main plot of the book is how Trent and Nick get over their differences and become friends while the…

Basketball and football are both sports. They’re each played with two teams. A basketball team has five. A football team has eleven. Which one do you like playing more? In basketball, the object of the game is to dribble the ball and shoot it into the hoop. You move to drive around the defense. To move around them you can pass, dribble, or set a screen for the person that has the ball. For football, the object of the game is to run or throw the ball and try to get a touchdown. There is a…

I have been playing basketball ever since my dad taught me how to shoot a basketball when I was 4 yrs old and he would try teaching me for hours,we can be watching college basketball or professional basketball and he´ll say stuff like ¨did you see how he shoots or that is how I´m going to get you to shoot like¨.One of the big reasons why my dad wanted me to play basketball was because he enjoys the sport as well as I do.Basketball it isn't just a sport to me,to me basketball is a way for me…