Star Chauncey Ray Billups Research Paper

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.

His family was poor and always struggled to make ends meet, to make enough money for basic needs. His parents divorced when he was a child. Even though he went through all of these struggles, he stuck with basketball. He stated, "I played when I was cold and my body was aching and I was so tired,". Larry Bird loved basketball. Next, he entered Indiana University and lasted twenty-four days there and then dropped out and tried to go to Northwood Institute near French Lick, Indiana and then dropped out again. Bird started to drive a garbage truck around and do maintenance work around the town of French Lick. He stated "I loved that job. It was outdoors, you were around your friends ... I felt like I was really accomplishing something… I had the chance to make my community look better." One of the greatest players in basketball history almost gave up basketball for being a garbage man. Around the same time, Larry Bird’s father committed suicide. After the death of his father, Larry Bird decided to go to Indiana State University. His first season where he was forced to sit out, they ended the season with thirteen wins and twelve losses. The next season, with Bird, they ended the season with twenty-five wins and two losses. The Boston Celtics selected the Larry Bird in 1978 draft, but he decided to stay in college. The next season with Indiana State University, they won thirty-three straight games and made it to the National

Russell Westbrook is a point guard, who has been playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was born on November 12, 1988 and is currently 27. Russell is a very quick, and explosive player, he loves to attack the rim. He's also a great shooter, he leads the NBA with tripe doubles. A triple double, is when you get 3 double digit stats. Russell gets assists, rebounds, and points. He's a 5 time NBA all star, 2 time NBA all star MVP , NBA scoring champion and he made the NBA All-Rookie team. In 2012 he made the NBA championship game, and played against the Miami Heat. They lost and Lebron James won MVP.

Biography of Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan is known by many people as the best basketball player ever to play the game. Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls, helping them obtained six championship titles in eight years. Now remembered for being the best and the most popular athlete in

n. 1984 NBA draft he selected with the third overall pick by the Chicago Bulls

The Boston Celtics had 29 wins the season before they drafted Bird. The team improved by 32 games to go 61-21 in Bird's first season. The main reason they won so many more games was because of Larry Bird. Bird was not just a shooter, he was also a great passer and rebounder too, which in turn made his teammates better as a whole. In his second year in the NBA, Bird and Celtics won the NBA Championship against the Houston Rockets. Larry Bird would go on to win two more championships with the Celtics. He would also win the Most Valuable Player award three times. This is what Larry Bird said after his second Most Valuable Player award, "While I was still trying to figure out how I could improve my game for the next season, I was notified that I had been selected as the league MVP for the second year in a row"(Bird and Ryan 153). Larry Bird after being in the league for seven years and winning two straight MVPs was still trying to find ways to get better. Bird proved that perseverance and dedication to the sport he loved would lead to a successful and rewarding

The NBA “one-and-done” rule was first implemented in the summer of 2006. This new rule concerns the eligibility for recent high school graduates to forego their eligibility to play college basketball and enter straight into the NBA draft. The informed high school basketball players that they had to be at least one year removed from high school and had to be at least 19 years of age in order to partake in the NBA draft. Currently, the league does not require players to play NCAA basketball as you can be drafted after playing a season overseas. However, for many high school graduates attending college has becomes their only option in pursing the dream to one-day play in the NBA.

Patty mills has overcome many challenges at the moment his arm is broken and will be out for seven months while the were vs Miami he also had to face to nba lockout which he played for the flying tigers in china then nbl for the Melbourne tigers, He got signed to the spurs and is still playing for them. Patty mills dad

Kevin started by playing with the PG Jaguars, an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) youth basketball team in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The team won two national championships while Kevin was there, the reason he wears number 35 is because his AAU coach and childhood mentor Charles Craig, who died at age 35.

Derrick Rose went to Simeon Career Academy. He played basketball for Junior Varsity, but had the skills to play for varsity, but the coach was against the idea. So he spent his 2003-04 season playing for JV. He wore the number 25 as a freshman, but then wore number 1 in his years after. He wore 25 because the best player in the country played at Simeon and he was shot and killed, so they retired his number. Only the best players got to wear his number. Derrick Rose got to wear the number 25 because he was the best. Then when he left he was commemorated by the best player got to wear the number 1 in honor of Derrick Rose.

The way he plays amazes me. He is like Albert Einstein in Basketball. The first game of his career as a celtics is this year. He signed with the Celtics after being a free agent. He was drafted by the Utah Jazz. I have alway watched him because the Celtics Coach Brad Stevens had coached him in college at Butler.

Kevin Durant born September 29, 1988 is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association NBA. He has won an NBA championship, an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable

 Tony Dungy Tony Dungy is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Quiet Strength and Uncommon. He led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory on February 4, 2007, the first such win for an African American coach. Dungy established another NFL first by leading his teams to the playoffs for ten consecutive years. Dungy joined

Demarcus Cousins was the fifth pick, in the first round. Before him came John Wall, Evan Turner, Derrick Favors, the came Demarcus. He was drafted by Sacramento, and is currently still playing there. That year he won the Rookie Of Year, award. Demarcus is a 2 times NBA all star, and made the all NBA second team. Hes still a little but young,

He was drafted out of high school and paid 90 million dollars for a Nike shoe contract. He was one of the last great players to be drafted straight from High School since the created the 19 year old/one year in college rule.