NBA Finals

The presented argument of collective bargaining is between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). The reason for collective bargaining was to make that there will not be a basketball lockout in 2017. This new agreement has a seven-year term covering the 2017-2018 season through 2023-2024 season. The league imposed a brief lockout in 1996 that didn’t lead to any lost games, but the 1998 lockout led to the cancellation of 32 games before a…

Bill Russell is an NBA legend who is a role model and a winner, one of the greatest winners of our legacy. His legacy is built on a foundation of winning 11 championships in 13 seasons, making him the greatest winner in U.S. professional team sports history. Over his amazing career, Bill Russell averaged 15.1 ppg, 22.5 rpg, and 4.3 apg. He earned five MVPs, 12 all-star team appearances, and won an Olympic gold medal in 1956. If the NBA had always given them out, Russell most likely would have…

Kobe and Lebron were and still the best NBA players of their era. Basketball fan or not, you have probably heard or had a strong debate. Who is a greater player: Kobe Bryant or LeBron James? Although they have never played a single playoff game against each other, the comparison is inevitable. Both came to the NBA out of high school, both have been very dominant since their early years, and both made a huge impact on the league. They are both first-ballot Hall of Famers, with a combined eight…

This debate between Michael Jordan and LeBron James as the greatest basketball player has been more relevant as of late. Many people of today believe that LeBron James is the greatest player currently playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and they also believe that he is the best ever. My belief, however, is that Michael Jordan is the greatest to play the game. I somewhat agree with Lebron being the best current day player, but he is nowhere near being considered the best ever…

Spalding, and Sprite’’ (Bryant). His second year in the league, he earned a spot on the All Star team. The record still stands as Kobe Bryant being the youngest player to receive this honor. By the age of twenty- one, Bryant was evolving into a top notch NBA player and an excellent role model. Bryant took his money and became co-owner of Olimpia Milano. In 2000, Bryant helped lead the Lakers to a championship (Bryant). For the next two years the Lakers won back to back to back championships.…

player in the NBA and he makes around $31 million per year. According to the Daily Mail newspaper; in the premier league, the average rate is $2.55 million per year. The largest transfer deal that happened in the soccer history was in the last transfer window (Summer 2016) when Man Utd (England) paid $120 million to get the French player (Paul Pogba) from Juventus. (FIFA WORLD CUP FINALS) where all national teams who made it and took place in this event, competing to achieve the final and be…

often occur in the NBA, some are really bad injuries and some are not that horrible. The injury that I’m going to talk about is one of the most horrifying injuries to witness in NBA history. The injury was seen all over the world on national television and seen by 20,562 fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics in Cleveland Ohio. What I am going to talk about in this essay is about Boston Celtics forward Gordon journey to the NBA, Career, and injury. Being in the NBA is a hard…

after the Cleveland Cavaliers third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals, one of which resulted in a championship. Now it is LeBron James who is forced to face his own future legacy. Without Irving (who averaged 25 points per game in 2017) and his clutch late-game performances, James has to wonder whether he will have as sure of a road through the Eastern Conference, perhaps jeopardizing a potential eighth consecutive trip to the Finals. James’ basketball dominance comes without question…

Patty Mills was born on 11 August 1988 in Canberra Australia. Mills was one of the first indigenous Australians to play professional basketball. He is a professional Indigenous basketballer in the NBA. His father is a Torres Strait Islander and his Mother is an Indigenous Australian. Mills was exposed to basketball when he was 4 when his parents created a basketball team called the shadows. Mills went to Marist College Canberra where he played a variety of sports. Mills also played football, in…

A lot of controversy surrounds the discussion of “the best NBA player of all time.” Most people will agree on Michael Jordan for his plethora of championships, MVPs, records, and much more. My prediction is that LeBron James will surpass MJ as the best ever, but that's a different story. This weekly paper is focused on the best shooter in the NBA (of all time), how he got there, and why he’s so good. Here is why Wardell Stephen (Steph) Curry II is so freaking good: Growing up with his Dad being…