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Stephen Curry is currently one of the biggest topics when it comes to basketball in the NBA. steph might be one of the best shooters of all time. But most people are forgetting about the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan. Although Curry excels in shooting three pointers, Jordan is the better overall basketball player. Many people might argue that Steph is a better 3pt shooter than Jordan, in some cases this is very true. However, Jordan averaged more points per game than…

“I can accept failure but I can’t accept not trying.” Whose famous words are these? The basketball star, Michael Jordan, a major role model for us to follow. “You have to expect things for yourself before you can do them.” Even in his great success, he never let up. He continued to try his best until he retired. Michael Jordan was born February 17th, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, but spent a large majority of his life in North Carolina. Although Jordan is remembered for his basketball career, at…

Imagine having to play basketball with a soccer ball and a peach basket. James Naismith didn't have the money to invent a new ball so they just played with a soccer. Peach baskets were used as the first hoops. Basketball has changed over the years. From the invention of basketball to the modern popularity today, basketball has evolved into what it is today. Basketball was created by James Naismith. In 1891,he invented the game of basketball. He worked as a gym teacher at the YMCA. He worked in…

Growing up as kyrie irving Born on march 23 , 1992 in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia to american parents. His father Drederick irving moved from playing college basketball at boston university to playing professionally in Australia with the Bulleen Boomers. Irving moved from australia to the united states at the age of 2 and has citizenships in both places. His mother Elizabeth Irving died when kyrie was 4 from an illness. That left him to get raised by his father and aunts. Irving Grew up…

After another exciting week of fantasy basketball action, it’s time once again to take a look at players who are still on the waiver wire! Hopefully you all had a great Thanksgiving yesterday and are ready to get back on the fantasy grind this weekend. From Avery Bradley to Luis Scola, there are a plethora of players out there to keep your eye on going forward this season. So, here’s my waiver wire players to check out for this week: Avery Bradley, Shooting Guard Bradley is owned in 63.7…

There aren’t too many stories of little Jewish boys navigating their way from the Big Apple to any level of basketball fame and fortune. Well, Yanni Hufnagel is the nice little Jewish lad who has managed to build himself into one of the most respected assistant basketball coaches on the NCAA major college level. Hufnagel started out with high aspirations to be a basketball player, but in spite of all his hard work and dedicated diligence, he was cut from his Scarsdale, New York high school…

You may be ready to coronate the Golden State Warriors again, and rightfully so. At 64-7, Golden State is on pace to edge out the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls for the best record in NBA regular season history (72-10). So it's a foregone conclusion that this three-ball bombing brigade from the Bay will hoist back-to-back trophies, right? Well, I've got another theory. The San Antonio Spurs will dash the Warriors' dynastic dreams, and Tim Duncan will ride off into the sunset as a six-time champion.…

BY STEVEN.O the main character is jeremy lin. the film takes place in palo alto california.jeremy is a now a NBA player ,so he tells his story leading up to his career.he starts of by telling the audience about his early childhood,the he transitions himself to his life as a chinese american playing ball in a ivy league. BY SOME OTHER CRITIC:The story of Jeremy Lin's rise to fame is well known and was exhaustively covered in 2012. The American-born middle son of Taiwanese immigrants, he grew…

Title Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are two very unique NBA superstars, both born with difficult life's growing up. These two share a lot of similarities and a lot of differences but these two have also been teammates for a long time, and almost won an NBA championship together. Although these two have been through a lot together, and have been like brothers. Kevin Durant decided to leave Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors, the team who previously…

The draft is finally here! Congratulations to the Cleveland Cavs and their fans. The NBA felt so bad for LeBron leaving to take his talents to South Beach that the NBA decided to award number one pick for the 3rd time since that moment. You have the number one pick!! Maybe the rules should be changed, so that the same team can’t keep winning the draft lottery. I’m sure a fan of the Timberwolves or the Kings would agree. They’ve never won the lottery, even though it seems like they’ve had…