Following the end of an injury-plagued 19-13 (10-8 Mid-American Conference) season head coach Rob Senderoff knew that he’d have to replace the contributions made by graduating seniors Chris Ortiz, Xavier Pollard and Kaliq Spicer. What he didn’t know that he’d also lose his starting point guard, key bench players, a staff member and his star power forward. The month of April began with an announcement that redshirt junior guard Kellon Thomas be transferring to a school closer to home for his…
Attention Discussion - Project Group 2 For this week’s discussion the article that stud out to me was Mind Games. The article was about Stanley Johnson a forward from the Detroit Pistons basketball team. One of the examples regarding stimulus was how at the end of last season he sat down with his coach and talked about his goals and the team goals for next season. From talking to the coach Stanley realized how much work the coach put into each season and what he needed to do to improve his…
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…
He shoots and he scorers! The legend has done it again and gave the Cavaliers another win! will he be the next to be in the hall of fame! The man is Lebron James he is a determined,courageous and a great leader to his team mates. And he has impacted millions of people all over the world. And he is 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…
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…
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…
Pride is one of the few words in the English language that everybody can identify with. Pride is actually a good thing to have because if a person has pride in what he does it makes him do it better. If a person is working a job and has pride in what he does, he tends to put forth his best effort and try to become the best employee he can. Pride is a thing that can cause people to feel a sense of satisfaction even if they fail. As long as they give their best, they are satisfied. But as the…
Are You A Witness? The first Nike shoe was designed with a waffle maker in 1971. The purpose behind the idea was to create a shoe with more traction for the runners that wear the shoe. Nike has grown from being a distributor for a Japanese shoe company, to a designing its own shoe with a waffle maker, to becoming multi-billion dollar athletic wear company. As the company has grown, so has its partnerships and advertisements, and with that growth it has made came incredible opportunities to…
The youngest player to ever be named MVP. Three time All Star in the NBA. Nevertheless the Bulls just traded the best player that they have had in decades, but what for? The Bulls only received in return a pitiful horde. The Chicago Bulls traded Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks over the summer, which was definitely in the Knicks favor due to the fact that Rose was a former MVP of the league. The official trade was Derrick Rose, Justin Holiday and a 2017 first round draft pick from the Bulls…