He is in the National Basketball Association. He carried his team to the Finals two years in a row. He has over 6‚000 points in his career. He is a two time Most Valuable Player. He is the one and only Steph Curry. Now‚ Steph Curry being the best point guard in the league‚ Steph cares for his family very much and follows the Lord God every step of the way (Fleming). Steph Curry’s career in basketball all started with this hand-me-down‚ old rickety hoop. Growing up‚ Steph studied the gameplay of
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Dwayne wade is a 33-year-old NBA basketball star. He only ever played on the Miami Heats team. During the years he had played a lot of things continued to change throughout his career.. After the years he has been on the team‚ he finally has the role of being a transformative leader. After I rough season from losing LeBron James and Chris Bosh changed is pace of play‚ his leadership became indispensable. One of his interviews he stated‚ “It’s in a different way than I’ve done with other teams.
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Being a professional basketball player in the NBA is a dream of many athletes. However‚ that dream is very competitive. It’s estimated that three out of every 10‚000 players make the NBA. That doesn’t sound very promising to someone who enjoys the game and has natural skill and talent. So what can someone do who understands their limitations but doesn’t want to give up their dream? Playing basketball overseas is a great alternative for many athletes. The NBA is considered to be the premier men’s
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Topic: basketball Thesis: I think basketball is the best sport to play. It can contain many fun things to do. Stephen curry is so fun to watch so is Lebron James they both are great basketball players and entertaining to watch. Intro Paragraph: Oh hello there I didn’t see you. Have you ever seen Lebron James or Stephen curry play basketball? They are two of the greatest players in NBA they make insane plays. Stephen curry has the best shooting percentage he barely misses the basket on the
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“The Big Fundamental” Many teams have that one player who is the big super star and is always gaining media attention. As for the San Antonio Spurs Tim Duncan or as some people call him “The Big Fundamental” is not quite this person. Tim Duncan is one of the greatest basketball players in the NBA who also shows a great amount of positive influence on society. Going into the NBA after college Tim Duncan had his mind set on getting an education first. Not all athletes get a college education because
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Kobe Bryant was drafted to the National Basketball Association in the 1996 NBA draft and was the 13th overall pick. He was drafted by the Charlette Hornets but was immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers where he would spend his whole career and retire in the 2015-2016 season. In Kobe Bryant’s NBA career‚ he would accomplish a number of achievements. Kobe Bryant is the third all-time scorer in NBA history. He is also the second player in NBA history to score more than 80 points in a single game
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Keshawn Murray March 19‚ 2013 Ms. Gooden‚ D. The Rise of a Star: LeBron James By. David Lee Morgan‚ JR. Summary “The Rise of a Star” is a book about a young athlete making it to the NBA. The book is a biography on LeBron James. It tells about how rough LeBron’s life was before he started making money in the pros. It also tells how he kept himself out of trouble and came to love basketball‚ not many people come out of gang related cities successful. The book goes through his life beginning with
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One of Kobe Bryant’s trainers was asked to assist Bryant in some conditioning at around 4 o’clock in the morning. After the conditioning session the trainer went their separate but the trainer met up with Bryant hours later and realized his great worth ethic after finding out that Kobe did not complete his practice until about 11 o’clock in the morning because he wanted to make 800 shots (Clear). Kobe Bryant’s hard work ethic shows the deliberate practice he put in to achieve a specific goal and
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Tim Duncan Duncan was born April 25‚ 1976 in St. Croix‚ U.S. Virgin Islands. Duncan is a 7 ’0"‚ 260 pound forward from St. Duntans Episcopal High School. His parents are William and Ione. He has two sisters whose names are Cheryl and Tricia. Tim ’s goal was to become a swimmer like his older sister Tricia but hurricane Hugo blew his dream away by destroying St. Croix ’s Olympic size pool. Even though he didn ’t play basketball until ninth grade‚ he is one of the world ’s premiere basketball stars
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Mark Cuban is probably the most recognizable owner in the NBA and maybe all of professional sports. With his cheery‚ enthusiastic attitude‚ he is just one of the fans. Cuban is an enthusiastic NBA owner who‚ instead of being a faceless front-office type‚ is his team’s biggest and most vocal fan. When Mark Cuban purchased the Dallas Mavericks on January 14‚ 2000‚ the face of the organization began to change immediately. Once again Mavericks games had a party atmosphere as Reunion Arena rocked
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