NBA Draft

The one and done is where college athletes go to school just one year and enter the nba draft, nfl draft, mlb draft etc. that 's happening more and more now days because players are hungry for money and don 't think about there education and what they 're going to do after their sports…

However with Kevin Durant, instead of Mo Williams he had an All-Star Point Guard, Top 5 player in the league superstar Russell Westbrook, he had the better than expected Kiwi, Steven Adams, who was pivotal in their series against Golden State. Up until draft night Durant had Serge Ibaka, an elite shot-blocker who could knock down…

The beginning of my Freshmen year, first semester I was ready to take on the world. Through academics, sports, networking meeting new people, enjoying and giving my greatest effort towards my St. John’s experience. Having goals to meet, walking around with the utmost confidence in everything I did in life. I felt as no one could touch me in a way, I had no worries in life and was truly excitedly impatient about my future. Then “it” happened, “it” changed my whole mindset on the future. It…

Bryant was ineligible for some of his Oklahoma State season for not cutting of relations with former superstar cornerback, Deion Sanders. This could’ve possible cost Dez Bryant the Heisman Trophy Award therefore, causing him to lose major draft stock in the NFL draft. Luckily none of these men let these allegations put a dent in their career, however who knows what could’ve been for the careers of countless other young athletes who made silly mistakes much like these. The question people need…

A player who continues to be a part of the team, and may not necesarily be contributing in a statistical standpoint is a reserve. They are the player who is seldom being used to be field inside the playing court. A reserve (benchwarmer) is the hardest and most underrated position of any team. If a player is thought as a role-player, not making the starting lineup takes tons more character, determination, guts and discipline than is needed when fortunate enough to play all the time (Goldberg,…

In three months, we will receive our eighteen installment of NBA video game series, NBA 2k17. A lot of expectation is riding on the game since its previous installments critical acclaimed well in the recent years and NBA Live is not releasing until 2017. As there some reviews from IGN, GameInformer and Gamespot that praised the game as the "sports video game of the year", there are some reviewers (including gamers) that criticized the game for broken to the point that last year's edition looks…

He never played in the NBA and probably never will, but he’s knows how things can go wrong and also understands that the chances of things going wrong has heightened drastically because of social media. “Now-a-days you have to realize that every time you go out everyone in…

Future NBA Star The NBA is wonderful organization where players with talent come to show off their skills they have in this sport. Someday, I would like to be one of those people. The road will be hard and tough, but if I stay stay strong and confident, I may be someday, an NBA Star. My journey would begin in a rec league when I’m about 9 to 10 years old. For me this was my first time playing against other people that I didn’t know. But I stayed strong, even though I didn’t play my best that day…

United States Pro Basketball Game in the 1992 Olympics. They were known as “The Dream Team”. They won gold medal in 1992 and 1996(Smith 403). On October 6, 1993, Jordan announced his retirement from the NBA. He planned to retire in 1996, but the death of his father caused him to shorten his NBA career. In North Carolina his father was brutally murdered while being car jacked. While trying to deal with the pain, he tried to play Major League Baseball (MLB), but was an unsuccessful player.…

Michael, Michael trained inevitably to become the player he is now known to be. The following high-school years Michael became an on-court phenomenon. Michael had caught attention of many colleges but committed to UNC. Michael not only had an amazing NBA career but also knocked down walls as a Carolina Tar Heel. Michael’s Freshman year as a college athlete he was named AAC’s Freshman of the Year. This same year Michael and the Tar Heels Advanced to the championship in 1982 where Michael hit the…