NBA Finals

I think the best NBA team ever is the 95-96 Chicago Bulls because they had one of the greatest players in NBA history, Michael Jordan. Furthermore they had one of the toughest teams in that time in the NBA with 72 wins and 10 losses (which broke the record at that time). Finally, they had a really successful coach, Phil Jackson. They had the one of the greatest NBA players of all time, Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan could do anything in basketball that’s why he was known as the best all around…

The game of basketball as it is known today was created by Dr.ions James Naismith in December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to condition young athletes during cold months. He only had 13 rules to the game at first. The first professional league was founded in 1888. There were only six teams in the league. The first champions were the Trenton Nationals and other teams in the future but the league was abandoned in 1904. Then, many small championships were organized, but most of them were not…

4th. It was the offseason for the NBA. Kevin Durant, one of the top players in the league is a free agent. He gets to go to any team he wants and one of those teams is the Golden State Warriors, one of the greatest teams in the NBA and maybe even all-time. They had the best regular season record in the NBA which was a new record and have three all-stars. Kevin Durant announces that his next team is the Warriors. The Warriors are now the greatest team in the NBA. The warriors have 4 all-stars.…

Showboat: The Life Of Kobe Bryant By: Roland Lazenby Kobe Bryant/ the Black Mamba was very popular NBA basketball star. Kobe did not just get skills and trained from people, he already had it in his blood because his father Joe Bryant is also known as Jellybean Bryant. Joe perused his talent by going to Italy and playing basketball there. That is where their whole family lived for 7 years. Kobe learned how to speak Italian fluently and this was where he started playing basketball. When Kobe was…

Some of Basketball’s best shooters played in the 1970’s and 1980’s. One of those men was Larry Bird. Larry Bird was born in the small town of French Lick in Southern Indiana where his incredible basketball career began at Spring Valley High School. Larry Bird’s High School Coach told him that there was no place for him on any team if he keeps being so generous by setting his teammates up with great passes instead of shooting the ball. So Larry decided to just do both pass and shoot. He…

and minorities to play the game of basketball in the NBA. It took the NBA fifty-eight years to make this change to allow the minority group African-Americans to play basketball. Since the 1950s succeeded in allowing African-Americans to play basketball, African-Americans have dominated in participating in this sport at the top level which is playing in the NBA. According to Lapchick (2013), “African-Americans comprised 76.3 percent of all NBA players. Eighty-one percent of players were players…

each season but one team would give them the most trouble during this run and they were known as the Los Angeles Lakers (May 15). The Lakers were centered around Elgin Baylor and Jerry West. With Baylor’s and West’s help the Lakers would go to the Finals six time during the Celtics dynasty but couldn’t win a championship.The Lakers were a great team but were missing pieces needed to win a championship which their front office failed to give them. In 1978 a struggling Celtics were coming off a…

Lebron James had all eyes on him his entire basketball career since high school. This is a lot of pressure for a 15 year old player but not for Lebron James. When Lebron graduated high school, he went straight to the NBA draft where he was selected with the Number 1 pick in the NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The irony of this? Lebron James was actually from Ohio. “James, 31, who was born in Akron and played for St. Vincent-St. Mary High School.” (Emily Bamforth) From the day Lebron was…

Michael Jordan is a retired NBA player, he played for the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards. He was the Rookie of the Year, a Five-time NBA MVP, Six-time NBA champion, Six-time NBA Finals MVP, Ten-time All-NBA First Team, Nine time NBA All-Defensive First Team, Defensive Player of the Year, 14-time NBA All-Star, and Three-time NBA All-Star MVP. In the 1984 draft he was a 3rd 1st round pick. He played for the Chicago bulls the first 14 years of his NBA career, he won all 6 championships…

“It’s over! It’s over! Cleveland is a city of Champions once again! The Cleveland Cavaliers are NBA champions! Cleveland’s long sports nightmare has ended; the drought is over! 52 years and time to celebrate a title!” Those were the words of ESPN broadcaster Jeff Van Gundy as the final buzzer sounded in Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA. The Cavaliers had just won the NBA finals and were bringing home a pro sports team championship to the city of Cleveland for the first time in 52 years. The city’s…