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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…

In three months, we will receive our eighteen installment of NBA video game series, NBA 2k17. A lot of expectation is riding on the game since its previous installments critical acclaimed well in the recent years and NBA Live is not releasing until 2017. As there some reviews from IGN, GameInformer and Gamespot that praised the game as the "sports video game of the year", there are some reviewers (including gamers) that criticized the game for broken to the point that last year's edition looks…

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…

The pressure is on! When you're the smallest kid playing big man's game,The challenges never stop especially when your name is danny walker .Because when you lead your travel team to a national championship may seem like a dream but not to danny walker. The day after he gets out of school for summer ,most kids would want to hang out with friends and get cooled off for the but not danney he goes off the basketball camps. But i wondering how old danny is and when he says “ You know that growth…

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…

Michael Jordan was a former hall of fame basketball player that played from the late 80’s all the way to the year 2003. He has won 6 NBA national championships and made a sneaker brand that is still selling sneakers today. The basketball legend was born February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn New York. Michael Jordan is the fourth of five kids Larry, James, Deloris, Michael, and Roslyn. They moved when Michael was young to Wilmington, North Carolina. He went to Trask Middle School where he played…

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…