The Causes Of Early Basketball Dynasties In The United States

UCLA has a world renouned sports program, consisting of highly ranked and successfully teams. UCLA carries a huge reputation on its back in sports, molding Lakers point guard Lonzo ball and producing hall-of-famers in almost every one of their Sports. Are you worthy to live up to 100 NCAA titles, or a count of 261 Olympic medals? UCLA’s girls basketball team is ranked number 11 in the entire woman's NCAA program. Due to the incredible coaching by Corey Close, amazing training facilities, and very gritty players willing to strive for excellence causes them to acquire athletic domination. The way of coaching implemented by and iconic coach named John Wooden is the pyramid of Success, which pushes all athletes to succeed soon enough to become as iconic like players such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Jackie Robinson.

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.

This summer 2016, the Boston Neighborhood Basketball League (BNBL) will celebrate 47 years of providing an outstanding recreational experience for thousands of youth in the City of Boston. It is the finest neighborhood basketball league in the country, encompassing sports recreation and community engagement. Its value is in its history and its people. BNBL has helped make Boston a “basketball town”. Even more valuable, it has helped make summers in Boston happier and safer, by providing a physical outlet for Boston youngsters throughout the city.

King of the Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution brings a fresh perspective to the life of one of the National Basketball Association’s most iconic and prominent players of all time. Bill Russell is known for his tenacious and innovative style of basketball play, but rarely does his background get much attention. Aram Goudsouzian takes a detailed look into the life of 6’10” Bill Russell, making note of not only his authority on the court, but also his background, culture, and attitude off the court.

John Robert Wooden was nicknamed the Wizard of Westwood, as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including a record seven in a row. No other team has won more than

In all of college basketball history, there has only been one coach to win ten NCAA Basketball Championships. Who is this phenomenal coach? It is none other than the legendary John Wooden. Being one extraordinary basketball coach, his legacy was built on and off the court in the most incredible ways.

With two titles in the past three years, the Villanova Wildcats are on their way to becoming a dynasty. Since the end of John Wooden's UCLA coaching tenure in 1975, only twice has a school won two times in the span of three years. These were Duke's  early 90's teams of Grant Hill, Bobby Hurley, and Christian Laettner, and Florida's 2006-2007 teams of Joakim Noah, Al Horford, and Corey Brewer, meaning the Wildcats have joined elite company. Once known as a top team during the regular season who would flame out in March, Jay Wright's most recent teams have shattered that belief.

Over the years the Boston Celtics have won 17 NBA championships, of those seventeen Bill Russell contributed to 11 of them. And played in 13 NBA championships, not all with the Celtics, some as a player, some as a coach. Whether he was a player or a coach, Russell contributed, with his tremendous athletic ability or his great attitude. During the 1966 season, Bill decided to coach, (Russell is both the first African American player and coach) but he still wanted to

Legacy There is absolutely no doubt that Phil Jackson’s lasting impact to the sport of basketball will remain throughout history. He has led a few of the teams that are usually mentioned in the list of the best teams of all time, and arguably the best among them all, the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls. This team set a regular season record of 72 wins that has never been broken and only four teams have since come close with 67 or more wins. Those teams were the 96-97 Bulls with 69 wins, the 99-00 Los Angeles Lakers with 67 wins, both of which were also coached by Jackson, the 06-07 Dallas Mavericks with 67 wins, and the 14-15 Golden State Warriors also with 67 wins (NBA Franchise Win Totals, n.d.). Poised to challenge the 72 win record again this

The Lakers were named after Minnesota because it was the land of ten thousand lakes. They were founded in 1948 in Minnesota and a year later the NBA was formed. The La Lakers are an American basketball team that represents Los Angeles. The Lakers wear purple, white, and gold and play in the Staples Stadium in the heart of LA.The Lakers are well known for their great players, teamwork, and for their sportsmanship. They have won 16 championship and been to the finals a total 31 times. They hold the record for the most appearance in the finals. Boston Celtics are second with only 21 appearances. The next closest record is 9 by the Philadelphia 76ers.

Central Idea: The Central idea of “Why sports history is American History” by: Mark Naison is that all people in America didn’t always have a chance to try stuff like sports. Text Evidence: It says in the article, “For most of the 1900s, women were told that sports were just for men.” Explanation: It says that sports are just for men so it’s basically saying that women shouldn’t be playing sports. Text Evidence: Another quote from the article is, “Black people were not allowed to play most professional sports.” Explanation: It literally says within the contents of the quote that black people didn’t have equal opportunity in the MLB or other sports until like 1930s. Text Evidence: The Final quote I found was, “Waves of immigrants have come

The Boston Celtics’ Dynasty started in the 1956-1957 season when they won their first title for the franchise. The dynasty lasted until 1969 when they won their last championship in the 60’s. People call it the end of the dynasty because it’s when the biggest part of the team, both literally and figuratively, Bill Russell, retired. Russell was crowned the MVP of the NBA 5 times and winning the Finals 11 times in his 13 year career. He was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975. He was a 12-time NBA All Star, and a 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist. Bill Russell was drafted to the St. Louis Hawks in 1956, but it wasn’t until 1957, when the Celtics had just received Bill Russell in a trade where the Hawks received Ed Macauley and Cliff

I want to find out more of the hard evidence on the topic instead of opinions and shallow statistics. More facts that can be used to compare teams from different eras will be extremely helpful. These stats will go further in determining who was truly the best team of all time, rather than just overall team wins. Also I'd like to look at the individuals on the teams and use their stats comparatively to also help determine the overall team success.

Colleges also helped popularize basketball. In 1893, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania the first recorded college basketball game was between Geneva College and the New Brighton YMCA.  Geneva College now feels they are the birthplace of college basketball. 1901 is when many colleges began having basketball seasons. Only few colleges like Yale, Minnesota, Dartmouth, Columbia, Chicago, Utah and Navy participated at first. In the early days of college basketball, most teams played less than 10 games, and some 15 or 16. That following year, the University of Minnesota would become the first undefeated team in basketball, by going 11 and 0. Early games always had problems with injuries. Fouling was in place, but there weren’t enough good refs back

The Golden State has been portrayed and imagined as a state that had the potential of becoming a beacon of modernity, originality and beauty. Boosters of the region sold California as a romantic destination that rivaled scenarios from the country it tried to emulate, Spain. This imagination brought forth growth, both economically and socially, to cities like Los Angeles but with danger and controversy in their way. In the process of building a defining image for California, these boosters embraced but erased the people and cultures that existed in California before the arrival of the Anglos. They essentially took away what these cultures had built upon in California and took them as their own while keeping these cultures out of the picture. This racial exclusion persisted throughout 20th century California. One city where this exclusion was persistent was Los Angeles which throughout much of its 20th century history, the habitants of Los Angeles practiced racial exclusion both explicitly and implicitly. Such arguments like the rise of suburbanization, natural disasters having a double standard in terms of social class and the exclusion of the races in California’s history warrant that the city and state alike had problems in dealing with racial tensions; so much so that the booster tried so seemingly to hide from everyone else. Regardless, everyone living in Southern California was put in danger by these boosters who kept information about the nature of the area from all its