There is no sign of him slowing down anytime soon, as he continues to become more and more efficient as his career goes on, he has slowly dipped in scoring this last year, but has increased in rebounding and assisting, as well as his steals. The numbers this man has put up, to go with the things he has accomplished at such a young age with still time left to add to his resume are the determining factor as to why he is the greatest player of all
Dellavedova held the NBA MVP Stephen Curry to an average of 10.1 points per 100 possessions compared to the 20.7 points when Dellavedova was on the bench. In the Game 5 win over the Warriors Dellavedova held Curry to 19 points and forced Curry into 6 turnovers, BUT defense is only half of basketball. Those same people believe that Matthew Dellavedova should
LeBron earned several honors for his performance. As a junior James was named PARADE magazine 's High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year and Gatorade Player of the Year. LeBron decided to finish his education and had a tremendous senior year on the court. He averaged 31 points a game and finished with 2,657 points, 892 rebounds, and 523 assists during his four years at St. Vincent-St. Mary’s High School. He would soon emerge to become one of the National Basketball Association’s greatest players.
In six short seasons, Paul George has established himself as one of the best Pacers of all time. Other than the 2014-2015 season, in which he played in only six games, George has consistently improved his game- exceeding the expectations that were bestowed upon him after being drafted in
From Peoria Illinois, to Oakland California and everywhere in between, Shaun Livingston is proof that hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t talent doesn’t work hard. The Beginning 2004 Livingston is warming up in an empty arena in Brooklyn, he’s a part of the best team in the NBA over the last few years. After running drills with some of the NBA elite such as Steph Curry, and Kevin Durant he’s surrounded by hordes of reporters during his media scrum asking questions about the Warriors. He’s answering all questions with a smile on his face.
“He competed against race horses and won it. ”(“50 facts” ). An athletic legend was born September 12, in 1913 and his name was James Cleveland Owens. After he got the nickname Jesse, he was highly recognized for his outstanding performance in track and field throughout high school and college. After his long hard work and training he qualified for the 1936 Summer Berlin Olympics.
In 2003, Lebron James was the first pick in the NBA draft to the Cleveland Cavaliers (Nagelhout 29). His first season in 2004, he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award (Nagelhout 30). He was only 19 years old at this time, but he was selected onto the USA Olympic Basketball team (Nagelhout 31). In Lebron’s third season in the NBA he finally made it to the playoffs. James and the Cavs had a record of 50-32 (Nagelhout 33).
In contrast, “King James” main position is power forward, but unlike Jordan, Lebron is able to run the court at any position on the court. Lebron is 6’8” and 250 pounds. Lebron James was projected to be so good in the NBA that he came into the draft straight out of high school. He was drafted first pick in 2003 to the Cleveland Cavaliers until 2010 when he left the Cavs to go to the Miami Heat, only to return to Cleveland in 2014 and still plays today (“Lebron James vs. Michael Jordan”). Despite Jordan being the best scorer, Lebron is thought to be a better, passer and rebounder, and yet is still close to being one of the best scorers.
As James still has some time left to play to surpass Jordan as he entered his 15th season in the NBA this year tying Jordan's years in the league. James while beginning his 15th year has displayed that he is still a very dominate player on the court. Jordan has averaged more points during the regular season, playoffs, and finals. While James rebound and assist averages through the regular season, playoffs, and finals surpasses Jordan's. While Jordan's steals and blocks per game gives him the lead in current career stats along with his shooting percentage as well.
To many, Michael Jordan was and will forever be the greatest basketball player of all time. Michael Jordan was an all-star basketball player and will leave a huge impact in the sports community. With his unique combination of skills he was able to shock the country with his amazing athleticism. Michael Jordan overcame adversity at a young age, earned plenty of awards and accomplishments, and left a vast impact on today’s society.
$772 million were turned in by hundreds of athletes during the past year (2013) as stated by opendorse.com, just by endorsement alone. With an estimate of $1.1 billion, 70% of this was spent on athlete endorsements every year for the past years. The one who’s in the lead when it comes to athlete endorsements is Tiger Woods. He’s proclaimed to have earned an immense amount of income with an annual earnings $65 million just by endorsement only.
He played all of his 12 seasons in the NBA with the Boston Celtics. He was known as a “clutch shooter” – a shooter that shoots really well under pressure and that makes the game winner shoot with only a few seconds left in the game. He scored more than 15,000 points in his career, participated in 5 All-Star games. He is also considered as one of the best shooting guards in his generation. K.C Jones, a college and Celtics’ of Russell teammate.
The Jordan Influence When most people think about Michael Jordan, they think about him as the greatest basketball player who ever played. However, Jordan was not only a basketball player, but someone who influenced the American culture and society. Jordan’s influence was one that had never been seen before. Whether it was through basketball or his own brand, Jordan was making everyone want “to be like Mike”.
Analysis of influences on ESPN and other traditional medias JY EAP 3.1 As the development of the technology, the traditional media and new media are becoming the main-stream broadcasting tool in the period of recent twenty years for the professional sport events, such as Super Bowl and NBA. The objects of research in this essay are ESPN and other media resources, which are the representatives of the new media and traditional media, respectively. ESPN is the abbreviation of Entertainment Sports Programming Network. Other media will be the traditional media in this essay, such as newspaper and magazine. This essay will describe their influences on the sport events, and make a comparison.
