2005 NBA Draft

sports. Then all they will have left will be their education. While some athletes are attending college, they only care about playing the sport. The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Football League (NFL) require at least one to three years of college before qualifying and entering the draft. The NBA has a policy called the “one-and-done” rule. The NFL has a policy similar

Should High School Basketball Players go straight to the NBA from High school? By: John Larose English IV Mr. Wilson Period 2 March 14, 2017 Introduction Basketball, a man 's favorite sport. Basketball plays a huge part all around the world. Basketball is the most played sport in the world. Basketball formerly played between two teams with five guys or girls, and the goal is to get as many baskets as you can. Basketball is played nationwide against other players, every city

Kobe Bryant is one of the best basketball players to ever live. He is known for entering the NBA straight from high school instead of from college. Kobe also is the third highest scorer in the NBA. He is athletic, tall, and famous. This beast has earned two Olympic gold medals . Kobe even has his own shoe brand that millions of people wear today. Kobe Bryant was born on August 13, 1978, in Philadelphia. He retired at age 37 and is still living and well. He used to be a basketball legend and is now

professional basketball. Flashy dunks, dazing buzzer beaters, and unimaginable scoring done by these two players. If you thought Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant you would be correct. Michael Jeffrey Jordan, the absolute best player to ever set foot in the NBA, or at least until Kobe Bean Bryant came along. For many years these two players have been compared side by side between each other. But who was the better player? Both players have amazing stats and have done pretty much the same things. Where one

Starting Born in San Antonio in 1986, Wesley Matthews, Jr. came from true sports pedigree. He father, Wesley Matthews, was a former NBA point guard who won two NBA Championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. His mother, Pam Moore, also played basketball and was an All-American runner. Matthews, who is currently a six foot five inch shooting guard was named Mr. Basketball in 2005 while playing for James Madison Memorial High School. After high school, Matthew received a lot of pressure to attend his father's

Before 2006, NBA players did not have to go to college to be drafted into NBA. Notable players such as Lebron James, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, and Kobe Bryant were drafted directly out of high school. Their careers have been nothing short of outstanding, so many people have questioned why the NBA increased the age limit in the first place. In 2005, the NBA decided that every player entering the draft must be at least one year removed from high school. Most players elect to spend that year, and

school, he decided not to go to college and declared for the NBA draft. He was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA in 1996 but then was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. In 1999, Phil Jackson, a former basketball

decided to forego college and enter the 2004 NBA Draft. He was selected first overall by the Orlando Magic. He completed his rookie year with

Association (NBA) records during his twenty seasons as a player. He won six NBA championships and a record setting six NBA Most Valuable Player awards, he is the NBA’s all time leading scorer and was the first pick in the 1969 NBA Draft. Abdul-Jabbar was significant for many things, however, in my opinion, he is most significant for being named a cultural ambassador for the United States by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, winning six Most Valuable Player awards during his twenty seasons in the NBA, and

In the Summer of 2005 the path to NBA stardom would forever be changed. David Stern, the commissioner of professional basketball at the time, signed a new provision that prevented basketball prospects from going straight to the pros. Instead, young athletes were forced to wait until their nineteenth birthday before they would be considered draft eligible. With seemingly no other options, NBA bound athletes were forced to bite their tongues and go to college. It was the only choice that they had in