Boston Celtics

The NBA’s All Star Weekend has come and gone and the second half of the regular season gets underway again on Thursday. The days that follow the weekends slate of activities are dedicated to one thing and one thing only (other than practice of course), TRADE RUMORS. In this social media age, everybody and their mother has a trade rumor that they “heard”, that will most likely never come true. ESPN.com even has their own “NBA Trade Machine” where fans can arrange different…

Magic Johnson: The All-Around Great Earvin Johnson, better known as “Magic Johnson” was a star basketball player who has admitted to having sex with 300-500 different women. Because of this, Magic contracted HIV. Magic is also still the all-time NBA leader in assists in the post-season with an outstanding 2,346 assists. Magic Johnson has benefitted modern society by making the NBA more popular with fans and inspiring many African Americans to play in the basketball in the NBA, raising…

York City against the Knicks, scoring 43 points. His impressive debut season netted him several prestigious honors, including the NBA Rookie of the Year and NBA Most Valuable Player awards. Also during this season, Chamberlain began his rivalry with Celtics defensive star Bill Russell. The two were fierce competitors on the court, but they developed a friendship away from the game.Chamberlain's most famous season, however, came in…

On December 30, 1984 LeBron Ramone James was born to Gloria Marie James and Anthony Mclelland in Akron, Ohio. As a child he didn’t have very much money because his mom was only 16 when he was born. Because of his dads absence he uses his mom’s last name instead of his dads. Known for being one of Americas top high school basketball players he rose into the public eye at a young age. In high school by his senior year in high school he was averaging 30 points a game so it’s no surprise he was the…

This alliance just kept going five years before disbanding; its death brought forth various approximately sorted out classes all through the northeastern United States. One of the first and most noteworthy expert groups was the Original Celtics, sorted out around 1915 in New York City. They played upwards of 150 recreations a season and overwhelmed ball until 1936. The Harlem Globetrotters, established in 1927, an eminent presentation group, represents considerable authority in diverting…

The NBA Summer League is a summer destination, where players come to improve and work on their skills from their rookie season or look to make a name for themselves in hopes of joining a NBA roster. When it comes to Philadelphia 76ers forward Christian Wood, the latter of the two statements can be applied to him. Wood is with the Sixers for a second straight summer league, after the team signed him as an undrafted free agent out of UNLV last summer. He is an athletic and lanky big man, who…

The (2-11) Los Angeles Lakers are in the bay area for a run against the (15-0) defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena. This evening the Lakers will take the 20 minute ride on I-80 to Oakland. Oakland has 50 distinct neighborhoods, the Lakers could explore the sights and sounds of Lake Merritt, Fruitvale village, East Oakland, Oakland Hills also have a meal at the Brown Sugar Kitchen, Southern Caf, Miss Ollies or just enjoy some ice cream at Fenton’s Creamery. These two…

Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Shaquille O’neal, Hakeem Olajuwon: What these six former NBA players share aside from their intimidating stature and hall of fame status is that, unbeknownst to them (and a vast majority of NBA fans and analysts as well for that matter), they would be the last of their kind in the NBA for the foreseeable future. Each player’s exit from the league brought us one step closer to the end of an era in the NBA; an era that was not only…

Virginia, Stith would go on to a 10 year career in the National Basketball League, with three teams. He was the No. 13 draft pick of the Denver Nuggets in the 1992. He would spend eight seasons with the Nuggets before spending one season with the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers. After his playing career ended, Stith and his wife Barbara Dilworth, an ODU alumnae would return to their hometown of Lawrenceville, Va., with their two sons, Brandan and B.J., both on the ODU basketball team.…

Larry Bird was indisputably the best forward to ever play in the National Basketball Association. Larry Bird is full of drive, continually seeking his inner-goal which was to one day become a star player. Late nights on his small, cracked driveway in a small town plowed the prosperous way of life that he worked so hard to achieve. Shoving his way out of poverty, Bird left a legacy in the high-flying game of basketball. Born in West Baden, Indiana located outside French Lick, Indiana Bird was…