Kobe Bryant sexual assault case

of 2.5 million dollars a year. How could it be fair that Kobe Bryant makes more money on 2 shots than the average American does in a year? Well, that’s not how you should look at it. You can’t assume they all make that much. That is definitely the top tier of athletes. Many of them don't make nearly as much, so you can’t base it off of the ones you know, who make much more. You can’t judge how much they make by using people like Kobe Bryant as an example. Others argue that they will most likely…

Over the past 100 years, basketball has evolved significantly. Many things have developed within the game of basketball for the better. Basketball went from the original 13 rules to over 100 today, but its foundation still remains the same. Things that have changed to make the game more intriguing is the scoring, the way things are timed, and the diversity the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have in today. In the late 1800s and early…

Pride is one of the few words in the English language that everybody can identify with. Pride is actually a good thing to have because if a person has pride in what he does it makes him do it better. If a person is working a job and has pride in what he does, he tends to put forth his best effort and try to become the best employee he can. Pride is a thing that can cause people to feel a sense of satisfaction even if they fail. As long as they give their best, they are satisfied. But as the…

Joshua Hernandez What schooling does it take or not take? To become a basketball player you don’t need any schooling you can get drafted from high school only if your that good it can be both some players don’t get picked till they are in college and they have to be passing they’re classes. Schooling to become a basketball player is not very important. How much do basketball players make? Basketball players can…

The research that was gathered about Michael Jordan’s historic NBA career, was very efficient to the researcher. The different opinions made it hard to agree that Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time, but in the end, the opinion stays the same. There are ten sources that will show the reader and have the reader decide who they think is the greatest of all time. These articles will talk about why Michael Jordan is the greatest, why he is not, and who else that could be considered as the…

The layup is the easiest shot to perform in basketball. This technique will usually be used to score the most points in a game. It is quick, simple and when done correct it can’t be denied by the opposition. The layup has three phases, the dribbling phase, the stepping phase and the jumping/landing phase. The muscles used are forearm, biceps, trapezius, deltoids, gastrocnemius, quads, wrist. The layup uses a lot of flexion and extension of muscles and joints. In the dribbling phase your quads…

The youngest player to ever be named MVP. Three time All Star in the NBA. Nevertheless the Bulls just traded the best player that they have had in decades, but what for? The Bulls only received in return a pitiful horde. The Chicago Bulls traded Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks over the summer, which was definitely in the Knicks favor due to the fact that Rose was a former MVP of the league. The official trade was Derrick Rose, Justin Holiday and a 2017 first round draft pick from the Bulls…

Pistorius is only seems to be running, the commercial has another athlete being the voice over about how athlete use their bodies as their own dangerous weapons. Nike has also been involved in representing certain athletes like Lance Armstrong, Kobe Bryant, Mike Vick, and Tiger Woods who have been involved in scandals just like this notorious athlete. It looks like this company has not been unexperienced in this situation because they have dealt with athletes who they have represented being…

Many significant rules were added the the game of basketball throughout the 50s and 60s. In 1951, the lane or key’s width was changed from 6 feet to 12 feet (Evolution). This allowed a greater chance for a team to be able to rebound. The game was dominated by tall men at the time and it was tough to rebound. This made it much easier. Later in 1954, a 24 second shot clock was introduced into the NBA (Evolution). If a team did not shoot the ball within 24 seconds, the ball would be turned over to…

It is no secret around the NBA that Sacramento Kings Rudy Gay will leave the team by the end of the regular season. He already announced it before the season began and the Kings might now wait the end of the season and move him before the trade deadline. And it seems that they have a trade partner for him, the Houston Rockets. Gay, who will also be a free agent after the season, have revealed his decision due to his discontented feeling towards the direction of the team and his desire to be on…