Bryant Park

The incident I’m about to tell you is when I judged someone’s level of play because he wasn't well know. There is one NBA rookie that had gotten drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2017, His name is Kyle Kuzma. Kyle was picked 27th out of 30. No one knew who Kyle was , nor did they think he would be successful in the NBA. But, when the summer league came around Kyle Kuzma shocked the whole world by averaging 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists. Kyle won MVP, and brought home a national…

One arena filled to the brim of screaming fans awaiting the victory of their team. The crowd goes silent as they are being informed that a record had just been broken by Wilt Chamberlain. This was during one of Wilt Chamberlain’s best NBA seasons, but in order to get their he had to work hard. Although in order to truly understand how good Wilt Chamberlain actually was you first need to know Wilt Chamberlain’s early life, NBA career, and his impact on the NBA, twenty six years earlier. Wilt’s…

The Dominican Republic faces Panama on the third day of Group A competitions in the 2015 FIBA Americas at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City on September 2. Kenny Atkinson’s squad was destroyed by the 2013 FIBA Americas winner Mexico on their opener on Monday, 84-66, as they were unable to contain Mexican shooting guard Orlando Mendez, who fired 24 points in the game, via FIBA Live Stats. Point guard Édgar Sosa topscored for the Dominicans with 18 points while veteran forward Francisco…

New Orleans Pelicans superstar forward Anthony Davis is looking to accomplish a feat that hasn’t been done since the 1999-00 season by Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal. The feat that he is trying to carry out is winning both the MVP and NBA’s scoring title as a big man. As I mentioned, Shaquille O’Neal was the last big man to win both awards in the 1999-00 season as he averaged 29.7 points, 13.6 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game. He also shot 57.4 percent from the field, including 57.5 percent on…

PSYC 3137 Flow The aspect of positive psychology that applies to my daily life is flow. Alan Carr defines flow as “a subjective state that people report when they become engaged in controllable but challenging tasks or activities that require considerable skill and that are intrinsically motivating, such as competitive sailing, creative writing, or having a stimulating conversation” (Carr, 2011). Flow is something that comes from within whether it has to do with motivation or just simply the…

Who is better LeBron James or Stephen Curry? It is a question many NBA fans kept hearing from other NBA fans. Both NBA players have been successful in their own ways. Both have many fans who think one of these two basketball players is better. Although LeBron has won more MVPs than Curry, Steph maybe better than LeBron. Since Kobe has retired who is now the current best NBA basketball player? Stephen Curry is a better three-point shooter than LeBron but some fans think that clutch shooting is…

Through you Kobe looked out over the horizon as the Colorado sun began to set and wondered if his feeling of helplessness and lost hope would ever seize to exist. It was December 7th, 1997, “it has only been 7 months” he thought out loud to himself. Kobe sat on the ledge of the cliff, missing his father more and more each day, he missed his laugh and the way he smiled at his son every time Kobe scored in a basketball game, he missed fishing with his father, and watching football on Sunday…

Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan are two of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history. Although they played 8 games against one another, they were part of different eras, with Jordan’s career spanning 1984 – 2003 (with several periods of retirement between 1993 and 2003) and Bryant’s career beginning in 1996. Even though they were player from different era, but it was seem like one player in two different era. They were both 6 ft. 6, while Michael was 215lb Kobe weren’t far apart of 205lb.…

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…

People Argue who the greatest Piston player of all time was. To be a great player in the NBA you have to win many awards and even championships. Some players careers are ruined because they don't have a ring under their belt. The best three player in Pistons franchise history are Isaiah Thomas, Dave Bing, and Joe Dumars. These three player have won awards, made many all-star games, and two of the have won championships. In college Isiah Thomas led the Indiana Hoosiers to a national…