April 16‚ 1947‚ in New York‚ Harlem The 7 foot 2 center was named one of the greatest players in National Basketball history‚ and his talent was noticed in high school. Son of Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Sr. a New York City policeman‚ and his wife Cora Alcindor was always the tallest kid in his class. At the age of 9 he was 5 foot 8 and by the time he was in eighth grade he was able to dunk a basketball. Kareem’s parents had him into school & religion and was heavily on it. From 1st – 3rd grade
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with a lot of things to do; there is a lot of failures that comes with it. The biggest thing I like to do is play basketball. With basketball a lot of the greats had found failure before they became the biggest hero in sports. This essay is about things I have failed at and how they turned into success moments. The first thing I can remember is when I wanted to be the biggest pro basketball player there is in the future. I use to wake up in the morning and go for runs. I use to go outside and play for
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Basketball officially became a part of Chicago sports in 1925. Originally‚ there were two club basketball teams that were put together by George “Papa Bear” Halas in Chicago. They were both named the Chicago Bruins. Another team known as the Harlem Globetrotter originated in Chicago in the 1920’s too‚ but were forced to play road games once the skating rink they played in closed down. The first NBA basketball team however to be a part of Chicago was a team called the Chicago Stags. This basketball
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My passion has always been basketball. Basketball motivates me to do better and to never give up. That’s why I picked The song " Wings "by Macklemore is about basketball and how he never gave up and kept striving for his goal until he achieved what he wanted. This song relates to how I feel about basketball. Begin since I was 10 years old‚ I have been playing basketball. Always wanted to fly off the ground to touch the rim‚ but sadly I couldn’t as Macklemore says‚ " I wanna fly ". I would practice
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Manu Ginóbili Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili (born 28 July 1977) is a 6 foot-6 inch left-handed Argentinean professional basketball player. Coming from a family of professional basketball players‚ he is a member of the Argentine men’s national basketball team and the NBA. Ginóbili spent the early part of his basketball career in Argentina and Italy‚ where he won several individual and team honors. His stint with Italian side Kinder Bologna was particularly productive‚ earning two Italian League
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Michael Jordan Michael Jordan is an American Professional Basketball Player . I picked Michael for my biography because I consider him to be the best basketball player in the NBA . Michael is recognized for his spectacular ball handling skills and for his outrageous dunks . He is also the leading scorer in the NBA ‚ and a winner of three NBA most valuable player award in 1988‚1991‚ and 1992 . Jordan was born in Brooklyn ‚ New York ‚ and
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exceptionally engaging film‚ Hoop Dreams goes deep into the life that surrounds basketball. To make it‚ a player has to be something more then just a good player. They need to be belligerent‚ well trained‚ surpass academically‚ and unaware of anything that doesn’t include basketball. The highly thought out‚ and heartrending film closely records the lives of two Chicago teenagers as we watch their struggle of basketball‚ to become the best. For five years‚ Steve James‚ Frederick Marx‚ and Peter Gilbert
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passionate about basketball and is known to be a prodigy at what he does. He strives to be the best at what he does and would play endlessly at Lincoln Rec. The people around liked him and had a good reputation at school. Then again like all others in the streets he had a past and it wasn’t the best. It consisted of his passion for basketball‚ he didn’t have a father and his mother died when he was only 5 and the fact that he grew up in the projects. Although he is an extraordinary basketball player‚ Sticky
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sport of Basketball was created in a Massachusetts gym in the 1800s. Basketball was a classic American sport for hundreds of years until technological advances in the 1990s aloud for globalization of the sport to really begin. These advancements led to the emergence of dedicated sports channels‚ satellite and cable distribution networks‚ and pay-per-view and subscription methods (Falcous‚ McGuire pg. 60) Today‚ Basketball is the second most popular sport in the world behind soccer. Basketballs premier
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With the first pick in the 2017 NBA draft the Philadelphia 76ers select another draft bust that is undeveloped‚ not mature enough to be in the NBA‚ and wasting the NBA’s salary money. By examining the player development‚ the money wasted on salaries‚ and the player immaturity‚ it is clear that the NBA needs to raise the age limit. When a NBA player spends one year in college he is not spending as much time on his development as he could. Also by entering the draft at an earlier age he is wasting
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