NBA Draft

for years to come. With Andre Drummond signing a 5-year max deal worth $130 million this offseason, along with players returning like Reggie Jackson, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Marcus Morris and Stanley Johnson. Not to mention, the new addition of draft pick Henry Ellenson, the Pistons guys are stacked! I predict big things will play into effect for them moving forward. They don’t have a top 5 player on their roster but their team chemistry and willingness to compete will put them neck-to-neck…

The sport is very cruel in the way that many people have little to no hope of ever making it to the NBA unless you are over 6 and a half feet tall and have an incredible wing span that is longer than your overall height. To explain in a more simple way; if you are 6’5” in height, Then your wingspan needs to be somewhere around 6’8”. This isn’t needed…

Did you know Camden, New Jersey was once a wealthy city. Yes, that is right. The city that is now known as one of the most dangerous cities on the planet was once wealthy. Who would have thought, Camden of all places, to be at one point wealthy. You probably want to know a lot of things, like how did Camden become broke and how it became so dangerous. Before we get into the things you really want to know, we have to first know certain moments that occurred in early Camden days. In…

Emily Morua Edwardo Pedregon English 4 April 20, 2016 Morua i Final Draft Basketball was invented by a physical education instructor named Dr. James Naismith in the early 1890s. He was challenged to come up with a new game that was able to be played indoors due to the cold weather. Back in the days before the actual basketball was invented, they would play with a soccer ball. The basket didn’t have a hole on the bottom of the rim just yet. So what they had to do was, climb up to the top of…

of 1984, under the coaching of Bobby Knight. He was also teammates with other future NBA players such as Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin. Jordan led the team to an Olympic gold medal, averaging 17.1 points per game. Jordan then left college to join the NBA during his junior year. However, he returned in 1986 to finish his bachelor’s degree in geography. In 1984, Jordan was selected third overall in the NBA draft. He was behind Hakeem Olajuwon, who was selected first, and Sam Bowie, who was…

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 first pick in the NBA draft by the cavaliers in 2003. In his first game with the Cavaliers he scored 25 points against the Sacramento Kings which set an NBA record for most points scored by a prep-to-pro player in his first game. At…

pay or even talk about paying an athlete before he commits to that school. I’ll talk later in this paper about how these athletes should be paid. Another way to avoid that problem is follow in the NBA’s footsteps. Before each season they have an NBA draft. Each team gets to pick which player they want. The team with the worst record gets to pick first since theoretically they need the most help. After that the team with the second worse record and so on gets to pick. The problem with doing that…

If had a picture taped to your wall that you couldn’t do something how would that make you feel? What if 49 people told you, you couldn’t do this particular thing and you had each of their quotes doubting you on your wall? Does that make you stronger or does that give you the realization that maybe this particular thing you’re doing is not for you. The Los Angeles Clippers have been the laughing stock of professional sports for over 40 years. They have made the playoffs 11 times in their 44…

Michael Jordan ‘’I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.’’ - Michael Jordan Michael Jordan was born February 17,1963 in Brooklyn, New york city. His parents are James R. Jordan Sr. and Delories Jordan. Jordan has 5 children, 3 boys and 2 girls. Jordan has been married twice, and is currently not married. Michael jordan most influential in America because he didn’t give up when he failed, He overcame doubts, and he gives back to the community daily.…

to her school's league. She had planned on attending college at UCONN where she likely would have been playing alongside player Paige Buecker. In my own opinion, I feel that Gianna could have made it all the way to the big leagues and made the WNBA draft, whether it would be for 2024 or any year beyond. Kobe’s passion for basketball spread throughout his family and he inspires so many younger kids and has made a huge impact on a lot of…