National Science Teachers Association

Famous and strict basketball coach Ken Carter is one of the most respected coaches known in college basketball history. Kenny Ray Carter was born on February 13, 1959, and throughout his life, he was an American business owner, education activist, and former high school basketball coach. Carter attended San Francisco State College and George Fox University. A movie was made to honor his famed basketball coaching career. In the movie "Coach Carter" Samuel L. Jackson instilled maturity, commitment…

Basketball is a nationwide sport played all throughout the world. It has been played for over 100 years. Over the years it has evolved and has become more advanced than what it was back in the early 1900’s. The American Basketball Association started to play in 1997. This action packed game requires athleticism, skill, and endurance. Which is why Stephen Curry and Chris Paul are great athletes and both have these capabilities to do great things with the game of basketball. Nautica Loves Deandre…

Basketball Have you ever thought about becoming a basketball player? You should definitely consider it! It is my favorite sport ever and I could probably play it all day if I had the chance. In basketball, you need to know these five main skills: Shooting, Rebounds, Defensive slide, Dribbling, and travels/double dribbling/fouling. It’s really not that hard when you actually put some work in and try your best. In the next five paragraphs, I will be going into deeper and further understanding…

Have you ever wondered why Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors shooting guard) is thinking about going to a different team. Well I’m going to tell you why this is. Many people know who Klay Thompson (aka one of the three splash brothers). He is one of the three best shooters in the game of basketball today. He is on a great team with coach Kerr. He is involved with Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and Draymond Green. He lives in California ,and he is one of the top 15 players in the NBA! He is…

Most kids want to grow up and be in the NBA/WNBA, but they can’t be those things if they aren’t taught the fundamental basics of the game. First, they must learn what all the positions are and what their roles. The point guard is the man/women bringing the ball and down the court, their main job is to set up plays and get the other players involved. The shooting guard is typically the best shooter on the team, the shooting guard stays on the outside for open shots, but can also be the first…

The average salary of a professional NBA player is about 5.15 million dollars. When one takes this massive amount of dough and compares it to the average salary of a middle class citizen, which ranges from 42,000 dollars to 125,000 dollars, one would notice that the NBA player makes substantially more than the average citizen. Professional athletes should have smaller salaries because jobs that save lives get payed way less, ---, and the money they are getting could be used to help the community…

twenty-five points, seven rebounds, and five steals win over Thornwood High School. Once again Rose led the wolverines with a great record of 30-5 while averaging 18.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.1 steals. Rose end up wining his first national award: a Parade All-American third team spot. Later Rose attracted more attention towards him, and was also being named Illinois Mr. Basketball. Eventually Rose had different scholarships for him to play in…

According to the article “The 25 Best Air Jordan Commercial of All Time”, the commercial “May be it’s my Fault” was released on the year 2008. This commercial originally aired on TV during Super bowl XLII. There were rumors that this commercial was made for the new LeBron commercial. LeBron attempting to take an alternate route to winning numerous titles and coming up short in this way. also, not to detract anything from LeBron’s unique business, yet it's similar to MJ's message was made for him…

Kobe Bryant has done more for the game of basketball in his 20 year NBA career than any of his predecessors. Kobe changed the game and became an icon across the country as everyone was in awe of his work ethic, knowledge, and pure talent. He gave the youth of America a model of what it means to be a great person. Even after 5 NBA Championships, 18x All-Star, 2x All-Star MVP, 2x Finals MVP, NBA MVP, and even an Oscar, he never let himself slip away from who he truly is. A husband, a father, a…

For the past decade the Sacramento Kings have been in the running for most dysfunctional NBA franchise. The New York Knicks have probably been their biggest competition for continually messing things up season after season and this offseason they conspired, in a way, to cross-contaminate their franchises. The 2016-17 NBA season was certainly one of transition for the Kings with the departure of Boogie Cousins and a full-fledged roster rebuild around young draft picks. Finishing the year giving…