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Beating the Financial Odds After Basketball Few jobs pay like professional sports, and few sports pay as well as the National Basketball Association. In the last few years, many stars have signed contracts that are worth well over $100 million for just a few years work. Sadly, great numbers of these players did not come from money and lacked the financial management skills to handle these huge paychecks. The results were, and still are, often tragic. In short, big salaries often lead to…

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…

NBA Board of Governors on April 24th of 1996; this was the established of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). The WNBA begin play in June of 1997. Shortly after the NBA Board of Governors approved the concept of a women’s basketball league Val Ackermann was named the first president of the WNBA on August 7th, 1996. Before women’s basketball was officially established in 1996 and the association began in 1997 a gentlemen by the name of Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in…

To ensure that you team in basketball does well you must follow day-to-day routines. You can never be so sure that any of your teammates are doing this, so you must take it upon yourself to push them. To play basketball you must always want to win more than the other person, because it gives your team an edge. Basketball has always been said to be “a game of runs.” This means that one team can go on a run and score much more points than the other team, and then just like it started your run will…

My full name is Danielle DiCorcia. I am a member of a family of 4 people; mom (Ann), dad (Tom), and younger sister (Caitlin). My mom and dad are separated but both are civil and the family isn’t that my much different with the separation. One thing about my life that you should know is that I am an athlete. I play volleyball and I use to play basketball. I stopped playing basketball after I tore my ACL at the beginning of my season in 8th grade, and I just never seemed to pick up where I left…

“NCAA opposes NBA’s ‘one-and-done’ rule” by Scooby Axson states, “NCAA president Mark Emmert said the rule that allows college basketball players to enter the NBA draft after one season needs revision.” The one-and-done rule is a rule that makes basketball players go through only one year of college before going into the NBA. Some people think the rule is good, others think basketball players should go through all of college before going into the NBA instead of only one year. College should be…

G- Dell Curry: 1988-1998 Although today he is known mostly for being the father of Steph Curry, Dell Curry’s career should not be overlooked. Curry spent 10 seasons in Charlotte and is one of the best players in franchise history. He’s the team’s all-time leader in games played, field goals made, 3-point field goals made, and points scored. The majority of the success the Hornets’ organization has had since joining the NBA came during Curry’s 10 seasons. The team made the playoffs in four of…

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…

Improve Your Basketball Technique Using Some New Trick Shots Basketball may look like a bunch of people running around chasing a ball and dribbling it back into range where they can throw it up into the air and hope it falls through the hoop. In many cases, this is basically the idea of the game. You have to try and make a good score by putting that ball through the hoop. However, to be really good at the game, you have to have a few tricks up your sleeve. There are special dribbling moves that…