Houston Rockets

Sam Dekker Samuel Thomas Dekker was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on May 6, 1994. He attended Sheboygan Lutheran High School in Sheboygan. During his senior year, he led Sheboygan Lutheran to their first Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state title. In the title game, Dekker scored 40 points, including the three-point shot that won the game with 2 seconds left. After his senior year, he was named the Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year, the 2012 Parade All-American, the…

effected variation in pace, nothing was never too slow or fast; strong variation in volume and pitch. He used diversity of the He gave visual language to describe budgets, space, the mission and rocket “ . . . we shall send to the moon, 240,000 miles away from the control station in Houston, a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall, the length of this football field --- capable of standing heat and stresses several times more than have ever been experienced, fitted together with a precision…

Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11. The first theory was that the moon landing was real. According to expert, Tom Kemnitz, Armstrong reported that they landed on the moon from the rocket ship sent into space. Armstrong says, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed” from the moon to NASA this supports that the moon landing was real because an astronaut on the mission reported that they landed. This would not have happened if it was…

The scrambling ballclub of the Minnesota Timberwolves got the better of the visiting team of the Dallas Mavericks with a 101-92 win on Monday night at the Target Center to snap their four-game losing skid. According to the ESPN, sophomore Karl-Anthony Towns and veteran Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio led the Timberwolves to another triumph with their impressive game performances. Both players finished the match in double-double with Towns having 34 points and 11 rebounds while Rubio contributing…

Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak have recently intimated that the team needs a center to compensate for their lack of ceiling and a veteran point guard to provide backup minutes and guidance for their young spitfire duo of Jordan Clarkson and D’Angelo Russell, according to Basketball Insiders. Kupchak may have suddenly realized that there is only one full NBA season of experience between Clarkson and Russell and so both playmakers would need direction not only on the court but…

averaging anything under 25 points per game. While playing for them he has won All- NBA Team twice. He also won most improved player. He decided to trade to the Houston Rockets due to the lack of help on the team. He was playing aside of Yao Ming who could not stay out of injury problems. So that forced Tracy to play harder. December 9, 2004 the Rockets were on their way to a loss versus the San Antonio Spurs. Tracy McGrady had the best comeback ever in history. He scored 13 points in only 33…

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…

On September 12, 1962, president john F Kennedy delivered his “why we chose to go to the moon” speech at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The occasion of the speech was to address to the American people the importance of returning to space and being the first nation to place a man on the surface of the moon. Kennedy chose this time to deliver his speech because we were currently at the height of the cold war and the United States was beginning to lose the space and technological race against…

Often, we sports fans love to talk about the big plays, trades and all that makes our love of the game complete. Unfortunately, we can’t always discuss these aspects. Sometimes we forget that these players are people beyond their jerseys and uniforms. Recently, the sporting world took notice of two superstars that fell on hard times and the recovery they embarked on. For the Yankee faithful, we learned of the struggles CC Sabathia has been dealing with. Certainly, we all would loved to have CC…

Rocky grew up in Houston, Texas in a very strict family. He is a very hard worker, has a lot of pride for the work that he does, and worked for everything he has. At 20 years old, Rocky joined the Army because he was patriotic and wanted to serve his country. He entered the Army shortly before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and was sent to Iraq in 2004. Being in the Iraq war was very difficult time for Rocky. He learned how to read people's minds to help him to figure out what others would do…