NBA Draft

back to the Wizards he only averaged 21.2 PPG. Not only did he drop off in points, but also in rebounds and assists you could see a decrease in his averages every year in these categories. Lebron, however, has only gotten better in his time in the NBA, averaging at LEAST 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists per game in every season he has played. Lebron has also made it to seven straight Finals appearances while Michael Jordan had to retire then come back to make it to the Finals with his “super…

As these dealings between the NBA and NBPA will be happening on an regular occurrence, mutual cooperation is best but this is where Axelrod’s idea of “Shadow of the Future`’ comes into play massively. Like the game suggests the party who cheats now gets their reward immediately and punishment lies in the future but in decisions like the NBA Lockout the one who cheat may ultimately be rewarded in the future. If either party was to back…

now players like Chet Holmgran are influenced by him to keep playing despite a brutal early career injury. Stephen Curry is the world's finest marksman. Also known as the best three point shooter the earth has seen. He influenced the players of the NBA to improve their three point shooting so that everyone could compete in the league today, which is a high shooting…

single championship in his career. In Michael Jordan’s career, he has lost on the biggest stage in basketball history. The NBA Finals is known as one of the greatest basketball stages in the history of basketball. Out of thirty teams in the basketball league, only sixteen teams can make it to the playoffs. Which would mean that only two teams out of thirty can make it to the NBA Finals. Michael Jordan has done this six times, and won all six…

In today's society, influence and capturing people's attention is priceless. Athletes have become well-known throughout the world and can be recognized all over. Who they are and what they stand for is known by all, the first “world-famous athlete” was Michael Jordan. In 1990, following a playoff game where the Bulls beat the Celtics, Jordan had 63 future Hall of Famer Larry Bird say “There’s Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us.”(Bird). Despite the high praise, this was at the…

Finally, LeBron James is an NBA player who has made a large impact on the basketball world because of his successful career in the NBA. The Cleveland Cavaliers would pick Lebron as the first pick in the 2003 NBA Draft (Wells 42). Lebron made his NBA debut against the Sacramento Kings only six months after graduating high school (Wells 43, 44). Although many people had doubted him because of his youth, he still shocked critics and thrilled fans, scoring nine points in the first ten minutes, and…

handle classwork and practices at once and having bills to pay just adds to the stress. Another cause of this epidemic is risk of injury. Any injury on an athlete's resume, especially major injuries such as ligament tears, can cause pro teams to not draft the player. Athletes are quick to question the use of wasting away their bodies in college. Finally, athletes have a short career and any amount of time they can get to make money is crucial. That is why age is also a factor that causes…

For example “Len Bias was an all-American basketball player at the University of Maryland. In 1986 he won the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year Award, and he was the second overall pick in that year’s NBA draft. Less than 48 hours after the draft, Bias died of a cocaine overdose. He was 22 years old” (Drugs and athletes,13).Another example of someone losing their live because of drugs is former cy young pitcher Steve Howe, “During the next decade, Howe was in and out of…

Millsap, agreed to terms on a 3-year, 90-million-dollar contract that has a club option on the third year. It marks a change in the philosophy of the Denver front office that recently has seen them try to develop a homegrown nucleus built around the draft. In Millsap, the Nuggets have made their first foray into acquiring high-profile talent through free-agency in order to improve the team. For the Nuggets, who finished just out of the playoff picture…

The incident was exposed on the NFL draft night which brought Laremy down a couple spots in the draft. These incidents happy very often with division one athletes. Times get very hard and college athletes need the money. Money problems is not the only thing that the NCAA have flagged. ACT scores have been a big problem…