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During the summer between his freshmen and sophomore year at Summerville High School, Rosendo AmayaWood made the decision that he wanted to play basketball at a four-year university. That dream come true when he signed his National Letter of Intent Thursday to attend Menlo College, after playing for two seasons at Columbia College. AmayaWood was a member of one of the most successful Summerville teams in school history. His senior year, he was a key player of the 2013 Sac-Joaquin Division IV…

Which basketball team has been with the NBA since it’s birth and has broken many records? People have changed our lives in many ways and one of those ways was James Naismith and his invention-basketball. Basketball has added so much to the world including its professional leagues. The NBA was founded on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association (BAA). It became the National Basketball Association (NBA), on August 3, 1949 after merging with the National Basketball League (NBL). Now, the question…

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…

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 overused for Curry, but in most games Steph carries his team with his shots.…

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.…