My book is called Home Court it’s by Amar’e Stoudemire. Amar’e is the main character he is the one telling the story and they also call him STAT. Amar’e loves playing sports mostly basketball and skateboarding but, he also loves playing other sports. At the very beginning of the book, he was stressing out because he had a book report due soon and was also being pressured to play basketball. He didn’t really want to play basketball for a team because then, he would have no time for his other favorite sports or other things like homework, but he just didn't know how to tell his friends without letting them down.
Even though his little brother would make varsity as a sophomore a excel in everything his brother couldn’t. So far i have not finished this book but I like this book a lot it has meaning. This book isn’t hard to read at all it is an average book to read. The author did a good job of writing and presenting the story with his word choice and good descriptions of people,
The book I read is called Long Shot, by Mike Lupica. This book is about a kid named Pedro Morales and his basketball team. He moved from Mexico to the United States (US) as a little kid. He loved to play basketball, but couldn’t decide whether to take full responsibility for the basketball team or his education to make his parents proud especially his dad. He was best friends with a character named Ned.
This story is about a young man named Billy Raynor who wanted to win the basketball championships for the season. Billy also had other problems at home with his parents and his younger brother so that made it harder for him to win the basketball champions. Billy thought that he would never make it to the championship with his father the coach. Billy was already the best player on his team and was the best shooter in the league since Billy was the best shooter he would always like to shoot rather than passing. The day that it was the championships his brother had piano so Billy and his father had to go with him.
In June of 1996, one month after he graduated magna cum laude, the Golden State Warriors selected him as the 11th pick in the second round there were forty overall. He was also named the SWAC player of the Year and was the first player from MSVU to earn that award.
In life,no matter what you go through its battles, fun, refuge, opportunities, passion, performance and teamwork. Schooled by Don Stradley a nonfiction genre book. Lebron James the main character who was born in December 1984 in a big house in Akron who has been in the family for generations. This book report will talk about Lebron James and his family struggles and how he pick himself back up and play basketball. Maybe everybody struggle and fail but you can always get back up and try again.
Kevin Durant mom and dad got a divorce when he was 13 years old.when kevin Durant was 13 he had a basketball game and he score12 points and and 4 rebounds. Kevin Durant went to Washington elementary. Kevin Durant accomplishments were that he got a rookie of the year MVP award when he played the for the OKC.Also Kevin Durant got
My book The Walk is about Alex Myers, a student athlete who tries to take on the sport establishment in his new hometown . His name was Alex. Alex was 6’1 ft tall and had one other sibling and that was his younger sister.. When he was little his dad had always knew he had a arm. He told Alex mom “ Babe I think you done something great. Alex had play Baseball and basketball, but he was better at football then those 2 sports and like football more anyways.
These are huge statistics and are going to help him win his second NBA MVP and most likely another NBA champion because he’s become impossible to guard and his team is as well. What the authors are trying to accomplish is to show that Curry is indeed the best there in the world and that Curry himself believes that he is the best as
The author Andrew Curry thinks that workers today are unfulfilled because they would rather work a job they do not like and earn more money than work a job that they are passionate about and earn less. He also talks about how people seem to work more than relax in today's age like when he says “instead of working less, our hours have stayed steady or risen.” (Curry, Kirszner and Mandell 399) the evidence that he uses to connect his view is the amount of people who complain about their jobs. Nowadays everyone knows a person that constantly complains about his or her job but they still work that same job because of the financial gain. Many people today hate the job they work but that same job is the reason they have a car, house etc.
“Circumspect Police Ends the Drop in Crime?” This debate topic speaks about police being less proactive, because of vitriol, and causing an increase in crime rates. This debate topic is not directly related to the book, Ghettoside, but falls into the same bracket. The debate talks about the police becoming less involved because of denunciation, and rates of crimes increasing because of that. Ghettoside talks about the black-on-black homicide rates going up, one reason, because of the ignorance of the police.
Steph Curry stands out among his teammates and other professional players. His skills are recognized by the entire NBA franchise. Many consider him to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time. In addition to his skills on the court, Curry is active in his
Stephen King's Why We Crave Horror Movies explains why he thinks people watch so many horror movies. According to him, everyone is all a little crazy in their own way. There is just a variety of definitions of crazy. There is also a difference between deranged and having a guilty pleasure.
I read the book Night Hoops, by: Carl Deuker. This book is about a boy named Nick that is dealing with some problems that are more than just basketball. He meets a boy names Trent Dawson who he was not too fond of at first, Trent is going through a lot more than Nick is in his home life, so Nick takes Trent under his wing to help keep him out of trouble. But at first Trent seems to resist and says he doesn’t need help. He ends up running out every night with his brother to get into some trouble.
He stood at the height of 5’6 in the 10th grade which made it hard for him to follow his dream. The summer of his sophomore year he decided to change his shot for the better. He averaged 20 points a game but it wasn’t enough for colleges to notice him. He ended up going to Davidson college where he later lead them to the be the NCAA final 8 but lost in the semi-finals, and during his time in college
