Shaquille O'Neal

This I Believe By: Isaac bowah I believe in basketball. Basketball has been around for 132 years and was first created in 1891 by Dr.James Naismith in Springfield Massachusett . Basketball was first played at the Young Men's Christian association(YMCA).Just like any other professional sport that was created it all started with a few rules . Basketball with just 13 rules and a certain number of people allowed on the court. Over the years basketball evolved to being played at many…

Seeing your favorite NBA player dunking is so exciting and you wish you can be him through a game! Basketball video games have always been around since 1973. The first video basketball game was “Basketball !”, it was mainly just shooting and not a lot of dribbling or passing, it was nothing like it was on television. The video game only had two players going against each other there weren’t any teams. There was another basketball game in 1978 with passing and dribbling named “Basketball”, but…

In this final essay I decided to write about Lamar Odom career and relationships struggles with star khloe kardashian. Odom started playing in the NBA in 1999 with the Los Angeles Clippers and ended his career in 2014 with the New York Knicks. During his career he played for five different teams and won two NBA championships as a member of Los Angeles Lakers. On the other hand, even though he is well known for his basketball career, he is also known for his rare relationship with the keeping up…

The message/life lesson the author is trying to send the reader is to never give up on your dreams, no matter how much you failed at it. If you really want to succeed you will keep pushing until you have gotten what you wanted. If you keep that mindset you will be successful. Michael Jordan wasn’t perfect he has had a few failures. It’s stated in the book that MJ has been cut from his high school “Laney High’s” team. But in his 1978-79 season it was a great one for Michael Jordan, he enjoyed…

Buddy Hield Ever thought how did some of the best NCCA basketball players live their life.Including his Childhood, College and what I personally think his future in the NBA will be. Buddy Hield had a rough childhood his dad left him at 10 years old. His family was so broke he had to use milk crates for a hoop He had a big heart for basketball. Hours before each of his college games he was shooting around While the rest of his team were at their dorms resting. He would sometimes work so hard his…

The NBA’s All Star Weekend has come and gone and the second half of the regular season gets underway again on Thursday. The days that follow the weekends slate of activities are dedicated to one thing and one thing only (other than practice of course), TRADE RUMORS. In this social media age, everybody and their mother has a trade rumor that they “heard”, that will most likely never come true. ESPN.com even has their own “NBA Trade Machine” where fans can arrange different…

I chose to write a parody of LeBron James returning back to Cleveland, after leaving for Miami in 2014. I found a lot of similarities between Act 1 and the events that transpired in the fall in 2014. LeBron James is arguably one of the best basketball players of all time and was seen by many as the heir to Michael Jordan. Therefore he was dubbed by the media as King James in the wake of his basketball success and accolades he had achieved by the fall of 2014. I found this to share similar…

“I play to win whether during practice or a real game, and I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.” - Michael Jordan. Jordan is a fantastic, well-known, basketball player around the U.S. Michael Jordan has played for the Chicago Bulls for fifteen years. Who doesn’t like winning? I certainly do. If you want to know how to get those W’s on the court, then you must follow these instructions on how to be a better individual player, teammate, and opponent…

My sports hero is LeBron James from the Cleveland Cavaliers. Ever since I grew up he has been my favorite player in any sports I just saw him playing the Nuggets one time and knew he was my favorite player. A lot of people think I like LeBron James just because he’s good its more than him being the best it’s his leadership and work ethic. He is always in the gym striving to be the best player that has ever played the game of basketball. His workouts are insane and he is still putting up above…

omeo Alejandro Saavedra is a young basketball star in the making. He was born in Toronto to a mom named Nimasha and a dad named Justin they later moved to Ottawa so Romeo’s dad could pursue his dream of becoming the prime minister of Canada. After Romeo’s father lost the election to become Prime Minister Nimasha and Romeo left his father in disgust and embarrassment and moved to Windsor Ontario. When Romeo was in grade 7 when he started at his new elementary school where he was asked to try…