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    Dirk Nowitzki Biography

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    Dirk Nowitzki is one of the greatest to ever play the game. He was born on June 19,1978 in wurzburg, germany.The high school where he was drafted out of was rontgen gymnasium he was drafted straight out of high school.He was pick in the first round at number 9 by the milwaukee bucks but was later traded to the dallas mavericks.The first nba game he played in was february 5,1999 but that season he only scored around 8.2 points per game and also he only started in 24 games that season.In the next season he stepup and socred around 17.5 points per game and started 81 out of 82 games.The 2006-2007 Nba season was a great on for him he socred around 25 points per game which won him the most valuable player and led his team to the 2007 playoffs but he lost to the golden state.In 2011 he led his team to the playoffs they went all the way and beat the heat in the nba finals and he won the finals mvp.since then he…

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    young player. Of course he also played in Spain with his brother. Unlike Pau, he is much more a scorer of consistency, averaging twenty points a night in the 2015-16 season, which is second in the frontcourt of the league. He can score back to the basket close to as well as Pau. Compared to Pau, Marc has a much better face up game. With more size at 7, 1” Marc gets more offensive put backs but not as many rebounds as Pau. Marc definitely is more known than Pau(because of being picked late in…

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    On Wednesday, July 7th 2015 at or about 2302 Hours I was dispatched to 4717 Southwest 39th Way (Aqua Isles) in reference to a suspicious incident that occurred. Upon further investigation it was later revealed that it was a kidnapping that occurred. The information that was given to deputy’s en-route to the scene was “Complainant’s friend called and advised their house was being robber, but complainant does not know the location, just that is near the front gate”. Due to this information, it…

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    mind of the reader to appreciate, if not fully agree with, his worldview. A cursory examination of a few of the connections that we are asked to make would elucidate both the concept of intertextuality and the position from which Adams is writing. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency falls firmly into the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre. This fact, and having read The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy - A Trilogy in Four Parts before starting with this novel, equipped me with a…

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    Kobe Bryant Essay

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    people tend to forget that stuff, they tend to forget the disagreements, the arguments they tend to forget that stuff. You gotta have a winter to truly enjoy spring and a lot of times you want to jump straight to spring but it just don't work like that." "From a basketball perspective it's all about what do you want to do? (Carmelo) Phil can be tough and I certainly know about that, I wasn't the easiest person to work along with as well. Those things can work themselves out if you trust the…

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    Cleveland Cavaliers Essay

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    Obviously he had a fantastic second half.” James, who scored 18 of his 31 points in the third quarter to give the Cavs their hefty lead, added another milestone to his already lengthy list of accomplishments. With his third bucket against Philadelphia, James reached 9,000 field goals for his regular season career, becoming just the 20th player in league history to reach that mark. Only five active players have hit the 9,000 field goal plateau (Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan and Dirk…

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    rebounds just as power forwards and centers do. The average height for a small forward is around 6’6’’ to 6’9’’. Some popular small forwards are LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Kevin Durant. The power forward, also known as the four, job is similar to the center’s job which is to play offense with their back towards the basket. This allows them to post up and making easy baseline jump shots, lay-ups, or mid-range jump shots. Most power forwards play zone defense. A power forward duties are…

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    In 2008 and again in 2016, ESPN ranked him the second greatest shooting guard of all-time after Jordan.Players including Kevin Durant, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwyane Wade, and Derrick Rose have called Bryant their generation's version of Jordan. The Press-Enterprise described Bryant as "maybe the greatest Laker in the organization's history". He is the Lakers' all-time leading scorer, and his five titles are tied for the most in franchise…

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    haul with Clayton Bennett. Bennett hired former University of Florida men’s basketball coach Billy Donovan as a key puzzle piece in the road to the championship and the move, by all accounts, was a play to keep Durant happy and content to stay. Donovan did have more wins than any other coach in the history of the program at the University of Florida but his championship building prowess in college hasn’t translated to quick success in the league. After the Thunder gave away the Western…

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    college and play in all 29 regular season games, their chance to get seriously injured increases dramatically, which could potentially put a halt to their career. These players don’t want to put their draft stock in jeopardy by playing an extra year of basketball. For this reason, “players like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James decided it was best to mature while in the NBA and not in college”(Hilton 15). By going straight to the NBA, players can also have a chance to mature their game. While they…

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