immediately into construction with his father. After a few years of working for his father and earning his trust, Sharps’ father decided to step back and let his son take over the construction company which he renamed Max Sharp& Son. Sharp said that his approach in dealing with people was based upon his early upbringing (Sharp 412). His parents were always stressing the importance of treating people with respect and dignity. During the first years of managing the company, Isadore Sharp learned…
Who do you think is the best NBA team between the Cleveland Cavaliers vs Golden State Warriors? Im sure you picked the Cavaliers since they were the NBA champions last year. Now i'm sure you're thinking, now how is she going to see which 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…
Wayne Gretzky: The Great One Wayne Gretzky was the best player in NHL to ever live and there's no doubting it. He has broke so many records and has set most records. He has won the cup 4 times and played with 4 different teams. He also has coached for a couple years. He has done a lot in the NHL, hence the name ‘The Great One’. Gretzky played from 1979 - 1999 and in between those 20 years he played in 1,487 games. Throughout those 1,487 games he racked up 2,857. 894 were goals and 1,963 were…
rookie of the year in his first season playing professionally. Within his third season in 2010, he led the bulls with sixty-two wins and becoming the youngest MVP in the NBA history, he is currently the youngest who won the award at the age twenty-two. After making it to the playoffs, Rose, tore is ACL in his left knee and causing the bulls to lose and was beat out in the first round. After ACL tear Rose suffered many injuries and missed two seasons of his career. Now in the 2016 – 2017 season,…
While also signing former Boston Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk to a four year $50 million contract. Pat Riley is bringing back the core of a Heat team that went on a second half resurgence and posted a 30-11 record, yet fell short of the playoffs. The team is built with a foundation of youth for years to come as Waiters, Richardson, Tyler Johnson, Justise Winslow and this year’s first round draft pick Bam Adebayo are all 25 years or younger. The main concern for the Heat is the team’s…
from 1983-1991. During his time with the team, he scored 287 goals, and 279 assists (566 points in 8 seasons with the Islanders). His best season was 1989-90 where he scored 54 goals and 51 assists (105 points). Pat's most famous goal as an Islander was scoring the game-winning goal in the Easter Epic in 1987, this game went 4 overtimes. He was a 4-time all-star and had 4 straight 40 goal seasons with the Islanders. Also, he ranks 5th among goals for USA born players. Pat LaFontaine was inducted…
haven’t exactly kept it a secret that they will spend a lot of time this season running a no-huddle, hurry-up offense. Second year quarterback Jameis Winston and the Bucs offense put together their best game of the preseason against the Cleveland Browns when Tampa ran out of the no-huddle every play the starters were on the field. Head coach Dirk Koetter surely couldn’t expect to use the hurry-up approach that much in a regular season game, could he? Winston and the offense have all said they…
around for a long time and over the years he has managed to block a lot of people. He has recorded an astounding 2,966 blocked shots in his career but he still has a season or two to get some more. Number 4 Marc Eaton- Eaton played with the jazz his whole career, participating in 875 games. By the end of his career he blocked 3,064 shots. He is the current leader all time in blocks per game with 3.50 blocks. He also broke the record for most blocked shots in a season with 456. Number 3…
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 week. First off, I should clarify a few things. For the sake of this exercise, I will be including sign and trades. Originally I considered excluding S&T’s but this would all seem ridiculous if I didn’t include the likes of LeBron James taking his…
how his teammates felt about him and what sports experts have to say about him. I would also like to learn about his college career and his story of how he got to the NBA. In the stats category, I had a few questions as well. I wondered what his best year for statistics was in terms of averages. I want to find out what his stats say about his value as a basketball player. Through the process of combining all of my questions, I decided upon my research question: What type of player is Kevin Love?…