Sitting Bull

The Mindset of Kobe Bryant and how he became filthy rich! You may know Kobe Bryant as the legendary point guard for the Lakers, or maybe you call him the best basketball players of all time, Kobe Bryant bust his butt to get to where he is so let me explain to you Kobe Bryant Mindset and how he built up a net worth of 365 Million. Kobe Bryant, named after a Japanese steak, started playing basketball when he was only 3 years old. His dad Joe (JELLYBEAN) Bryant, was a professional basketball player…

The activity that I desired to participate in was basketball. Basketball is a very energizing sport that can be played both indoors and outdoors against two opposing teams (Podmenik, Leskošek & Erčulj, 2012). The purpose of this sport is to shoot the basketball into the opposing team’s net without letting the other team “steal” the ball (Podmenik et al., 2012). Basketball is a sport that not only increases ones physical fitness, but also demonstrates how to be a team player and build a positive…

READ THE SUMMARIES YOU WROTE ON TUESDAY, USE THAT INFORMATION TO WRITE A FOURTH PARAGRAPH ESSAY. 1ST PARAGRAPH - INTRODUCTION (INTERESTING) & STATING THE NAME OF YOUR HERO AND REASON WHY HE/SHE IS YOUR HERO. Not everyone thinks of athletes as heroes. People think more about the money they make and the games they win. not many people think of there lives outside of the sport they play. The athlete who we consider a hero is Stephen Curry. He is known for all of his amazing skills on the basketball…

Throughout the last several years, the emergence of the point guard position in the NBA has been evident. The traditional "pass first" PG is slowly becoming more absent throughout the league. Point guards are rapidly improving from year to year and the position is very much as competitive as it has ever been in NBA history. Point guards are taking on more responsibility such as scoring the ball efficiently and more often, setting teammates up to score and defending at a high level. These…

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Tonight, Kobe Bryant, the black mamba, bids farewell to the NBA. Thousands of fans will fill the Staples Center to bear witness to Kobe Bryant’s last game. Applauded as the greatest player of his generation Kobe’s record grants him the title Legend. His career has been one for the books and his accomplishments overwhelming. At just 17, the Charlotte Hornets drafted Bryant at the 1996 NBA draft when he joined the league right out of high school. He was traded to the Lakers…

Detroit Pistons routed the visiting Portland Trail Blazer with a 123-103 victory at the Palace of Auburn Hills to hand the visiting team their third straight loss in a row on Sunday evening. Starting guard Reggie Jackson scored a game-high 30 points and an assists short to finished the game with a double-double to lead the Pistons to their 32nd win in 63 games played this season. "I think we played the way we wanted to play tonight," Jackson, who went 11 for 19 from the field and made a perfect…

Requiem For The Big East is about a great conference that dominated men’s college basketball for a long time of the past 35 years, held the highest conference tournament at New York’s Madison Square Garden. It’s too satisfying in the long run, continually returning to the final Syracuse/Georgetown conference matchup in the semifinal of the 2013 Big East tournament. Conferences like the Pac-12, the Big Ten, and ACC that have had relatively equal success in football and basketball are still…

Michael Jordan Michael Jordan wasn’t only an inspiration on the court, he was very courageous and very friendly off the court. Jordan is seen as a hero across the globe.Resources say “He was considered the most recognizable athlete in the world at the time.” MJ is especially an athletic icon to African-Americans and their culture. Many kids, and even adults look up to him for his perseverance and success. In his Sophomore year of high school, he got cut from the team. Michael Jordan didn’t let…

played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." After a three-season stint playing for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds…

The Charlotte Hornet stormed a heavy fourth quarter charge to crush the visiting Houston Rockets with a 125-109 victory at the Time Warner Cable Arena on Saturday night. Kemba Walker led the Hornets by scoring 17 of his 26 points in the second half of the game to claim the team’s seventh straight victory and registered Charlotte’s 37th win in 65 games played this season. Marvin Williams scored 25 points while shooting 9 of 16 from the field and with a perfect 4 for 4 from the free throw line.…