William Cullen Bryant

1. James Harden- Houston Rockets Since being traded to the Rockets in 2012, James Harden leads all shooting guards in points scored, usage percentage, and made free throws. He’s established himself as one of the most dangerous offensive players in the entire NBA, regardless of the position. Harden is about as close to a lock as possible to average 25 points per game next season. From his incredibly high usage percentage, to his lack of a legit number two star around him; it’s almost a lock that…

Following the end of an injury-plagued 19-13 (10-8 Mid-American Conference) season head coach Rob Senderoff knew that he’d have to replace the contributions made by graduating seniors Chris Ortiz, Xavier Pollard and Kaliq Spicer. What he didn’t know that he’d also lose his starting point guard, key bench players, a staff member and his star power forward. The month of April began with an announcement that redshirt junior guard Kellon Thomas be transferring to a school closer to home for his…

Attention Discussion - Project Group 2 For this week’s discussion the article that stud out to me was Mind Games. The article was about Stanley Johnson a forward from the Detroit Pistons basketball team. One of the examples regarding stimulus was how at the end of last season he sat down with his coach and talked about his goals and the team goals for next season. From talking to the coach Stanley realized how much work the coach put into each season and what he needed to do to improve his…

Flash back to 2010: A world in which Twitter was just hitting the mainstream audience, nobody knew what a “Snap Chat” was, and fans of the Knicks, Nets, Clippers, Cavaliers, Warriors, Rockets, Heat, and Lakers hoped to land LeBron James. Fast forward to today: Twitter is at its apex, Snap Chat couldn’t be more successful, and give a take a team or two and those same teams are coveting the second most impactful free agent of all time, Kevin Durant. According to multiple reports, Durant has…

He shoots and he scorers! The legend has done it again and gave the Cavaliers another win! will he be the next to be in the hall of fame! The man is Lebron James he is a determined,courageous and a great leader to his team mates. And he has impacted millions of people all over the world. And he is a great role model and I hope to one day be as good of a basketball player as he and as good as a person as him. Lebron James is one of the best players in the NBA but he wasn’t always that good…

Allen Iverson’s album was prohibited from being releases after pressure from the NBA. However, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant and Chris Webber all released rap music. The NBA tension with the player’s hip hop culture peaked following the altercation between the Pacers and the Pistons when the fight spilled into stands and involved the fans. David Stern put rules and restrictions…

During the 1970's a group of skaters called the Z-boys created a punk style that still exists today. The skaters were part of a skate team called The Jeff Ho Zephyr team that's where they got the name Z-boys. The start of Z-boys was in 1973 when Jeff Ho opened his surf shop in Venice beach California. The first Z-boy was Nathan Pratt when he was 14 years old. He was hired to work as a surfboard maker and the founder of the Z-boys. By 1974 the Z-boys had 5 members Allen Sarlo, Jay Adams, Tony…

2.5 million dollars a year. How could it be fair that Kobe Bryant makes more money on 2 shots than the average American does in a year? Well, that’s not how you should look at it. You can’t assume they all make that much. That is definitely the top tier of athletes. Many of them don't make nearly as much, so you can’t base it off of the ones you know, who make much more. You can’t judge how much they make by using people like Kobe Bryant as an example. Others argue that they will most likely go…

Over the past 100 years, basketball has evolved significantly. Many things have developed within the game of basketball for the better. Basketball went from the original 13 rules to over 100 today, but its foundation still remains the same. Things that have changed to make the game more intriguing is the scoring, the way things are timed, and the diversity the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have in today. In the late 1800s and early…

Pride is one of the few words in the English language that everybody can identify with. Pride is actually a good thing to have because if a person has pride in what he does it makes him do it better. If a person is working a job and has pride in what he does, he tends to put forth his best effort and try to become the best employee he can. Pride is a thing that can cause people to feel a sense of satisfaction even if they fail. As long as they give their best, they are satisfied. But as the…