San Diego/Houston Rockets's Career Years: 1968-1984

During his years at Campbell Middle School he was the only seventh grader to ever play on the Varsity Basketball team, not only was he on the team but he was a starter on the team. While at Mainland High school he was captain of the Volleyball Team, member of the Marching Band and is known to be the most gifted basketball player to grace their court. Vince was also awarded McDonald’s All-America and was voted Florida’s 1995 Basketball Player-of-the-Year.

He was drafted to the Seattle Supersonics and six days later relocated to Oklahoma City Thunder. In his first year of the NBA, he wasn’t a starter, but a solid backup. His first ever NBA triple double was in March 2009 with dominating stats of 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. In his rookie year he averaged 15 points, 5 assists, 9 rebounds, and 1 steal. He continued to improve his game and earn the respect of some very gifted opponents and coaches.

Michael Jordan, in his prime, was thought of as one of the greatest basketball champions of all time. A shooting guard, standing at six-six, Jordan was able to out play anyone in his position. He started his career at the University of North Carolina, where he helped his team win a national championship. He then was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1984-85 season. While playing for the Bulls, Jordan received many awards such as, MVP, five championships, Olympic gold medals, slam dunk contests, and many more defensive and offensive awards. Jordan simply dominated the nineties and left the game as a NBA Finals winner in 1998.

Most people know him as an 11 time NBA Champion, 5 time MVP, 12-time All-Star and he were the centerpieces of the Celtics dynasty during his 13-year career. Bill Russell ended up as the most successful player in the history of the NBA and formed the centerpiece of the greatest dynasty in the history of the league. For his accomplishments in the Civil Rights Movement on and off the court, Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Bill was outstanding at everything he ever put his mind to. For all that he accomplished on and off the field, Bill Russell is definitely one of the all-time great players of Basketball.

He won rookie of the year, and was only the begging for the awards he would receive. He later receive MVP, and elected into the Hall Of Fame.

He was an MVP and 12x batting title. He had one of the best batting averages ever. He could pitch play center field and almost every other position. He had an overall batting average was a .366. His best one was a .420, which still holds records today.(BR)

history, hitting .373, with 218 hits: 52 doubles, 18 triples, 47 home runs, a .765 slugging

Although the Supersonics did not reach the playoffs while Wilkens coached and started at point guard, their record improved each season and they won 47 games in the 1971-1972 NBA season. Wilkens was dealt to the Cavaliers before the start of next season in a highly unpopular trade, and the Supersonics fell 26-56 without Wilkens on their team. Wilkens ended his career spending two seasons with the Cavaliers in 1972-1974 and one with the Portland Trail Blazers 1974-1975. Wilkens scored 17,772 points during the regular season, was a nine time NBA All star and was named the 1971 NBA all start game MVP in 1971. At the time on him retiring he was the NBA’s second all time leader in that category behind Oscar Robertson. Now I will go over his coaching career. From 1969 to 1972 with Seattle, and in his one season as a player with Portland, he was a player coach. He retired playing in 1975 and was the full time coach of the trailblazers for one season. After one season of coaching, he again became coach of the Supersonics when he replaced Bob Hopkins who as fired 22 games into the 77-78 seasons after a 5-17 start. The Sonics won 11 out of their 12 first games under Wilkens who made the playoffs in back to back years, losing in seven games to

In ninth grade, he was a measly 4-9, and by time he transferred to Lake Forest, he was an underrecruited-for-his-age junior, though he grew to be a stockier 6-2. He decided to attend Rice University, where he set a school freshman record in assists and was named to the Conference USA all-freshman team.

Wooden Award, the Oscar Robertson trophy, Consensus First Team All-American, PAC-10 co-Player of the Year w/Damon Stoudamire, first team All-American for the 3rd consecutive year, UCLA’s co-MVP w/Tyus Edney, the retirement of his jersey number 31 and induction into the UCLA Athletes Hall of Fame in 2005, and the PAC-12 Basketball Hall of Honor in 2012 (WebCite, 2011).

He finished with 953 rebounds and 1,551 points. In his final home game of his career, he became only the fifth Gent and the first player in conference history to finish with more than 1500 points and 900 career rebounds.

The highest amount of points he ever scored in a game is fifty-seven, he practices ball handling with a plastic bag on the ball which reduces grip and bounce. His net worth is $18,053,730. He said he would be a journalist if he wasn’t in the NBA. His dad is only 50 years old, his favorite athlete is Chris Paul. His house cost $800,000, he makes 17.64 million dollars a year on his NBA

forward from the University of Massachusetts. As a three time NBA champion, eleven all-star games, two-time all-star MVP four MVP’s, and three NBA season scoring titles, Julius Erving is one of the best players to ever play. While he didn’t win as many championships as some players, he changed the game by introducing a new style of play and, by staying humble

The (0-3) Los Angeles Lakers are back in downtown Los Angeles, at the Staples Center, to battle the (1-2) Denver Nuggets. The Lakers are facing the unenviable task of changing the narrative and after three straight losses, attempting to remove the stench that is emanating from their defense.

After he graduated from high school, he decided to go and play for the University of North Carolina Where he was a big star and won a championship title with a last two-second shot. He was nominated player of the year. He then was drafted to the Chicago Bulls, where he had a long list of outstanding accomplishments.