2009 NBA All-Star Game

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    winning season (“Bill Bradley’65.”). For Bill, that accomplishment was not easy or given to him. He was on the rise and everyone wanted to beat him. Everyone knew that he was an NBA prospect, but he kept his composure and played to the best of his ability every single game. It did not matter who he was playing, he gave it his all and made his teammates better. His teammates loved playing with him. Bill displayed impeccable confidence. He always made the right decisions whether it was shooting the last

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    The Chicago Bulls have been in Chicago, Illinois since 1966 when they joined the NBA as an expansion team. The Bulls took over the basketball scene in Chicago by winning games and having a great fan base to come to games. The Chicago Bulls since when they first started playing at Chicago Stadium dubbed "Madhouse on Madison" they were winning games and making it to the playoffs. The Bulls did run into a slump stretching from 1976 till about 1989. Their slump turned around when the Bulls hired Phil

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    Adversity is defined as an unfortunate event or circumstance. Men and women alike all deal with it, from birth to death. Stephen Curry, Ben Carson, and Robert Downey Jr. all faced adversity in different measures and in different parts of life, but it affected their lives in good ways and bad. Adversity pushed them to become successful in each of their fields of expertise, whether medical, athletics, or acting. Adversity doesn’t look at your bank account or how much talent you might have or your home

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    scheme which went away from the league’s usual white shoes. And as a result, the NBA banned the shoe from being worn. But that didn’t stop Jordan from wearing his newly-made shoe. Jordan continued to wear the shoe, even when was getting fined up to $5000 a game for doing so. That brought more attention to his new shoes, and gave NIKE the boost they needed to get their company going again (“Air

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    Warriors, an NBA national championship team. Stephen wasn’t always a household name, coming out of high school he wasn’t even recruited by any big name schools. This man, an NBA Most Valuable Player, by unanimous vote, was once a five foot six inches, one hundred and twenty-five pound boy. Growing up with a father like Dell Curry, an NBA star himself, it wasn’t hard for Stephen to decide his career path. To make this dream happen, in eighth grade Stephen chose to start doing basketball all year round

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    However, he never give up, because the fan and the team need him. He name is Derrick Rose, from Chicago, ILLinois. Derrick is the one who has been in pains than a lot of people and it kinda bring the fan down too. He is the dominate players of the game in the NBA, and has been the SuperStar even when he fall down or injury. Derrick Rose’s early life has been very difficult. Rose’s born on October 4, 1988 in Chicago, ILLinois. He said “ My mom would walk down the street and drag us home if she heard

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    Dennis Rodman Essay

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    to do my study would is because he is well known to have a lot of psychological problems. Some of his psychological problems are the reason that made him an even bigger star than he was just off his accomplishments. Some people could even argue the fact by some of his bizarre events he was able to generate a bigger salary for NBA contract as well too. By fully understanding Dennis Rodman we, will know who he is, where he comes from, then ask what makes him do the things he does, and why he does it

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    Kyrie Irving attended Monclair Kimberely Academy where he averaged 25 points per game, 10.3 assists per game , 4.8 rebounds per game , and 3.6 steals per game. Irving switched high schools because he felt he needed a bigger challenge. For instance, At Monclair Kimberely there wasn’t anybody who could possibly guard him. At St. Patrick high school, Irving averaged 17 points per game, 6.0 assists per game, 5 rebounds per game, his junior and senior year. During high school he played AAU for the MAC Irvine

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    Athletes Overpaid? Essay

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    Some even think “overpaid” while others believe that they deserve every penny they earn. In 2010 NBA player Kobe Bryant signed a three-year $90 million extension with the Los Angeles Lakers (Source 2).Which equals $30 million per year. In 2009 Kobe Bryant’s contract was worth $25 million a year (Source 2). He received a five million dollar pay increase although he is an aging player. Between 2009 and 2010 professional golfer Tiger Woods earned an astounding $111 million (Source 1). That huge payday

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    is the best shooter of all time. The warriors , splash brother , Steph curry family. To begin with did you know Steph curry was drafted in 2009 according to wikipedia . According to the article “ warriors history index “ it states; “ the golden state warriors are the one only three charter member of national basketball Associations “ this proves the golden state warriors is one of the best teams to last though all of Basketball today. The most scoring player in the NBA was on the golden state

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