Kobe Bryant

Introduction The question of the research project is “Does an NBA player’s social media behaviour influence people’s opinions?” This question refers to NBA players posting on social media and how it influences fans, other NBA players, the public or the world’s opinion about them as individual NBA players. Finding the information for this question was not easy, but it was manageable. Majority of the information found for the research topic was by researching on popular sports websites (Bleacher…

Their best coach was Phil Jackson because he lead the Lakers to 5 championships. The most any coach has won was 11 which was set by Phil Jackson. Jackson had a way of setting up a fantastic team roster. This consisted of Shaquille O’neal, Kobe Bryant, Robert Horry, A.C. Green, Rick Fox and Derek Fisher, to name a few. WIth this team, it was the best show in town, called the Lake Show. Everyone wanted to see the purple and gold put on a show that you could never imagine could happen in…

Chronological/Timeline: Wilt Chamberlain I was the first and only person to ever score 100 points in a game. I’m the the only person to average 50 points and 25 rebounds in a season. I’m a top 5 NBA player of all time. I'm Wilt Chamberlain. I was born August 21, 1936 in Philadelphia, PA. Overbrook High School is where my basketball started to stand out from the rest and I began my dominance that I would have for many years to come. Going through high school I started as a freshman 6’6” and…

The self-proclaimed king of basketball has a net worth of around $300 million and rakes in an astounding $70 million annually off his NBA contract and various endorsement and product deals. Number Four: One Of The Highest Paid Basketball Players, Kobe…

Fantasy sports can be defined as a media game in which people use real life professional athletes’ performances, as points to win a made up game (Carroll 12, 2013). It is easy to see why a fabricated game like this could become so well liked throughout our culture because it is another way for fans to live out their professional sporting dreams vicariously through the athletes, while also being able to put together a group of players that would otherwise never be on the same team (Carroll 12,…

Allen Iverson’s album was prohibited from being releases after pressure from the NBA. However, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant and Chris Webber all released rap music. The NBA tension with the player’s hip hop culture peaked following the altercation between the Pacers and the Pistons when the fight spilled into stands and involved the fans. David Stern put rules and restrictions…

Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, all names that come to mind when thinking about basketball’s greatest players. But LeBron James, is perhaps the one that stands above them all. His trip from a hard childhood in Akron, to high school stardom and becoming one of the most decorated NBA players of all time is often regarded as a hero’s journey. The concept of this 12 step journey was originally created by Joseph Campbell as an archetype for heroes in literature, particularly mythology.…

Have you ever wondered who are the best among the best with regards to basketball? Have you compared your top 10 players to anyone? Well this article is going to help you out on seeking the top 10 elite basketball players of all time. Their genres may not have been at a single specific time but their greatness amass almost every audience whether past or present. Take a deep look at the top 10. Let's make it a countdown to be more exciting. 5) Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon There's no other center…

won 2-3 in the 1994-95 season. The Lakers are 31-11 all-time at Oracle Arena and had a 12-game win streak against the Warriors snapped in the last meeting of the 2010-11 season. The Lakers have gone 3-7 in their last 10 games at Oracle Arena. Kobe Bryant has scored 1,788 points against the Warriors the highest total against all opponents faced, averaging 27.9 points per…

In the basketball history there are many great players just like Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, William Russell Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and many Others. I am going to compare between two great players in the American basketball history which are Michael Jordan and LeBron James. I chose those two because I think these two are the most complete players. From the data I complied from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet was created to display the data in organized fashion. I decided to use the…