NBA Draft

Introduction The question of the research project is “Does an NBA player’s social media behaviour influence people’s opinions?” This question refers to NBA players posting on social media and how it influences fans, other NBA players, the public or the world’s opinion about them as individual NBA players. Finding the information for this question was not easy, but it was manageable. Majority of the information found for the research topic was by researching on popular sports websites (Bleacher…

On a local radio show, Pelicans’ head coach Alvin Gentry unveiled his plan to start Holiday and Rondo together going into next season. Holiday would obviously shift to shooting guard in that arrangement, and then be the primary ball handler most of the time when Rondo is not in the game. For fantasy basketball owners, it’s going to be worth watching how Rondo and Holiday function together. This would not be the first time Gentry has deployed Holiday this fashion. Tim Frazier started 12 of the…

2015-16 we do have to worry about that injury somewhat, but as of now Parker is fully healthy. One stat that I’d like to see him improve on his is free-throw shooting. Last season, Parker shot a disappointing 69 percent from the charity stripe. In mock drafts this off-season, I’ve seen Parker go as low the middle of the 9th Round, target him there and play him with confidence this season! Fantasy Prediction for 2015-16 15.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per…

upcoming regular season? 2. San Antonio Spurs - Swap Tim Duncan for Pau Gasol and what do you get? Basically the same Spurs team as last year: still old, but still good. 3. Utah Jazz - The new kids on the block. The up-and-comers. The millennials of the NBA. The Jazz have been bad for a while, but that should stop now. 4. Portland Trail Blazers - Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum are the forgotten Splash Brothers. If the duo keeps shooting they way they have, Portland should keep making the…

levels of sports. Another popular approach Nike likes to use to promote its business is by having celebrities or famous athletes endorse their products. A good example of this is LeBron James, a three-time NBA championship winner, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and four-time recipient of the NBA Most Valuable Player award. LeBron James’s contract with Nike is worth at least one billion dollars. The most influential way he endorses Nike’s products is through appearing in advertisements -- two of…

Professional athletes are some of the most famous people in our country, and on top of that, they get payed a lot too. From NBA superstars like Lebron James to NFL superstars like Peyton Manning, they are idolized by many. People pay lots of money to watch them and spend lots of their time watching them as well. The question is -- are they paid and idolized too much? The answer is no, they are not. They are important to American culture, they worked extremely hard to get where they are, and they…

Can you hear that? Listen real close……Hear it? Peace and serenity across Islanders social media. Everyone might as well be sitting around a campfire, roasting marshmallows and singing Kumbaya. Well, for one night at least. The Islanders eased tensions among the Barclays Center faithful and within their own locker room with last night’s 4-2 win over the sinking Vancouver Canucks in Brooklyn. To add to the good vibes was Jason Chimera and Andrew Ladd finally getting off the snide and scoring…

lost. In conclusion the Winnipeg Jets is the best team currently in the NHL because they are not trash, their communication skills increased by a large scale, and lastly, the Winnipeg Jets are comparable to the best team ever to step foot on the NBA court. So next time you are discussing with a friend about who will win Lord Stanley just think, Jets, Jets, Jets. So please stop thinking the Winnipeg Jets are trash because they are a well developed team with a bright future before…

The Chicago Bulls handled their business (barely) against the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday night. The undermanned Cavs weren’t able to overcome being without three of their starters against Chicago, eventually falling to the Bulls 106-94 in Quicken Loans Arena. The loss snapped Cleveland’s nine-game winning streak at The Q. “I had a lot of combinations out there that guys were not used to playing with, but I just thought we competed,” Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue said. “We played…

Slow starts have become a theme for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Through six games this season, the Cavs have had to erase early deficits in several contests — And Friday night’s matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers was no different. “That’s a fact — We started slow the last two games,” Cavs head coach David Blatt said. “The sample size is small, but we did mention it.” Despite another slow start against Philadelphia Friday, the Cavs (5-1) pulled away to pick up a 108-102 victory in Quicken Loans…