Philadelphia 76ers

In your hand, you hold a cookie. You are really excited about this cookie. The perfect amount of softness and warmth and cookie-to-chip ratio. You never imagined you would have a cookie so fantastic -- so fantastic, in fact, that you don't want to eat it yet. So you're walking around with the cookie. You go to the bank, the grocery store, the gym. Everyone's very impressed. Then you, high off your cookie ecstasy, drop the cookie in your bathroom trash can. You're devastated. The cookie lost 25%…

Wilt Chamberlain I was the first and only person to ever score 100 points in a game. I’m the the only person to average 50 points and 25 rebounds in a season. I’m a top 5 NBA player of all time. I'm Wilt Chamberlain. I was born August 21, 1936 in Philadelphia, PA. Overbrook High School is where my basketball started to stand out from the rest and I began my dominance that I would have for many years to come. Going through high school I started as a freshman 6’6” and finished 6’11”, but even…

The Best of the NBA Have you ever wondered what basketball was in the olden days where basketball came from when was it first founded and who was the NBA Greats and how they played?The NBA was founded on June 6, 1946, in New York City it was invented by James Naismith.Earl Lloyd was the very first African American NBA player to ever play in the league and he was an African American. According to History “Lloyd grew up in Jim Crow Virginia, and went to West Virginia State where he was the star…

Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into an atmosphere of basketball. His father, Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, spent eight seasons in the NBA, mostly with the Philadelphia 76ers. Bryant's parents set up a pint-size court behind their home when Kobe was just three so that the boy could mimic his dad. His mother, Pam, was a homemaker, and the family also included Bryant's two sisters, Shaya and Sharia. Bryant's father told the Sporting News that the experience…

It’s the 2012 NBA playoffs. The Chicago Bulls are playing the Philadelphia 76ers. There’s one minute and twenty-two seconds left on the clock and Derrick Rose drives in and performs a hop-step. He comes down on to the hardwood squirming in agony and pain. The reigning MVP has torn his ACL in his left leg. This damage ultimately leads to the defeat of the bulls in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. If not obvious enough, sports are a very big part of who I am. It has…

Kristaps Porzingis will still be a Knick, for now. The New York Knicks picked up the 2018-2019 team option on the 22-year old power forward/center from Latvia. But words are now spreading that he was almost traded by former Knicks president Phil Jackson for the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NBA draft in order to get point guard Lonzo Ball. The Knicks selected Kristaps Porzingis as their fourth overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Many basketball enthusiasts were in disbelief and even disagree with…

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Taylor Swift’s mom, Andrea, and dad, Scott, named their first child Taylor because they planned for her to work as a stockbroker. Andrea chose a gender-neutral name because when Taylor grew up and applied for a job no one would know if she were a woman or man. This helped because the finance industry was a male- dominated profession. Taylor Swift’s parents wanted her to become a stockbroker because both Andrea and…

After sitting comfortably at #3 in the Eastern Conference for a month, the Boston Celtics have hit a little bump in the road. With 11 games remaining in the regular season, the Celtics are now tied for the third spot in the conference with the Miami Heat and the Atlanta Hawks. Another .5 games back is the Charlotte Hornets at 40-30 with 12 games remaining on its schedule. With three more teams (Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons) within 3.0-3.5 games of the Celtics, a…

Allen Iverson also known as A.I. was a professional basketball player that played for the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA. He was a point guard that was is 6 foot tall and is now 42 years old and retired from the NBA. He was drafted by the Sixers in 1996 and played for 14 years in the NBA. He also played for the Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, and the Memphis Grizzlies. He also played for the 2004 summer olympic team and won a bronze metal. His coaches said that he barely went to the practices…

When examining the Cleveland Cavaliers’ preseason performance thus far, an often heard question comes to mind. How much should preseason play be factored into projecting the upcoming NBA regular season? The Cavs met the Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers and Memphis Grizzlies in their first three preseason games and lost each contest, albeit by an average of less than five points per game. Tuesday night, the Cavaliers (more like a deficient version of the team) met the Milwaukee Bucks at Quicken…