2005 NBA Draft

An Indigenous girls basketball team from northern Manitoba scored a slam dunk after four months of fundraising efforts enabled them to practice with a Toronto Raptor and play in a Toronto basketball tournament. This is an opportunity that players from the remote First Nation’s community of God’s Lake Narrows just don’t get, said the team’s coach Kishma Davidson. “It’s going to show them that dreams do come true and it’s also going to show them that determination does work and working hard and having

couple of years, both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college basketball have lost a substantial amount of their competition and have caught much criticizim for it. At the heart of this problem is a single cause, greed. The game of basketball has become all about money instead of the game and its fans. This problem needs to be addressed, and the best place to start is with the college players, or more specifically, the NBA draft.

Edgar Galvan NCAA as a Monopoly After over a century of existence, the National Collegiate Athletic Association stands today as a multi-million dollar organization, one of the largest and most successful organizations in the nation. The NCAA is in charge of overlooking every college athletic competition in the United States. Every year millions of fans watch NCAA organized games and follow the top prospects of every sport. However, all schools and players involved with the NCAA are obligated to follow

belief that student-athletes pass classes with flying colors is a total myth. Many student-athletes do exceptionally well in the classroom; however, some fail at an alarming rate. For example, “Ben Simmons, projected by many to be the No. 1 pick in the draft in June, made a mockery of his single season at LSU, apparently attending as few classes

One reason why LeBron James is the greatest NBA player ever is because he got a lot of recognition from the media and the NBA when he played in High School. According to BallisLife, LeBron James had his game televised by ESPN by his senior year. ESPN is a well-known sports television channel that analyzes sports games such as basketball, football, etc. To be featured on ESPN is not only an accomplishment, but it acts as recognition that sports teams are looking for when they recruit players. Although

“I can’t believe it” R.J told himself. At the University of Miami R.J had a unbelievable basketball season with 24.8 points per game, 8.5 assists per game, and 5.3 rebounds per game. He was a easy first round draft pick heading into the last game of the season. In the last game of the season his head coach (Coach falls) had asked him if he was feeling all right before the game and R.J said he felt fine even though we had a minor pain in his left leg. So when his name was called he ran out to play

I Andre Winters have always wanted to play in the NBA. I have bought all of the NBA 2k games they have, but this one has never done this to me. On January, 5th 2016 the newest game out in stores had just came out. I am determined to get it no matter what I have to do. I had asked my mom if she would take me to go get the game, and she said she would. We got to the store, and we looked at the price. Oh my goodness this game was a ninety dollar game. My mom strongly told me that if she bought this

based on Robinson III’s injury and he provides a defensive-minded player on the wing and a veteran presence as well. With two spots remaining, you can then look at the young up-and-coming players. Guys that have spent time in both the G-League and the NBA. For the final spots, it basically leaves Ike Anigbogu, Edmond Sumner, Poythress, and Jarrod Uthoff. Out of these guys, Poythress is likely the guy who comes out on top. He provides athleticism to an up-tempo team, not to mention spent time with the

The first day of the 2017 NBA Playoffs is in the books. Some notes below: Pacers @ Cavs Pacers extended their losing streak in Cleveland to eight straight games, it appears that they just cannot get over the hump at Quicken Loans Arena. The game was a little too close for comfort for Lebron James and his teammates. Pacers star, Paul George finished the game with 29 pts. The Cavs gameplay to keep the ball out of George's hands didn't work as planned until the final seconds of the game. Paul George

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is currently struggling with a widespread epidemic known as tanking. Tanking, for the sake of this paper, is a, “team 's intent to do less than everything it can to win.” Teams are motivated to tank because of a system known as the NBA Draft lottery, which assigns the worst NBA teams with the best odds of winning one of the three top picks in the NBA Draft (where teams are able to select from a talent pool of amateur or previously unassociated athletes)