When the family returned to Philadelphia in 1991, Bryant joined the Lower Merion high school basketball team, leading it to the state championships four years in a row. When Joe Bryant's professional career ended in 1991, the family returned to the United States and settled in a comfortable home on the Main Line, the most prestigious of Philadelphia's suburban areas. Basketball helped bridge the gap between Bryant and his classmates at Lower Merion High. Tall and skilled, Bryant quickly became a starter for the varsity team and just as quickly began to make a name for himself in greater Philadelphia. Not surprisingly, Bryant was offered scholarships to almost every major college and university in the country.
My first experience playing organized basketball began when I was in the fifth grade on an after school program in the old armory. We played every Saturday morning and I remember that this is where I became the best point guard ever. At least that was the mentality I had because I thought I knew where my basketball career was headed. Little did I know at that time, the odds of me becoming a professional NBA star were not in my favor. Nevertheless, I continued on with my dad’s support and mentoring to be the best player the Arkansas River Valley had ever laid eyes on.
Michael Air Jordan Michael Jordan has been considered the greatest basketball player to ever play. He was born on February 17th 1963 in Brooklyn New York. As a sophomore he was a skinny 5-11 guard who got cut from his basketball team but after the next summer he grew to 6-3 and was starting to become really good at basketball. He started his basketball stardom at North Carolina University after he made a game winning shot to help North Carolina win the NCAA championship. During his sophomore year in college he was named College player of the year.
Sherman Alexie has brought himself into his writing by including some of his personal experience in this young adult novel. In the novel, a underlining plot in the story is Junior’s run through his freshman basketball season on the Varsity team at Reardan High School. He makes varsity after an intense battle with the teams best player, Roger. Even though he is the best shooter on the team, Junior felt he wouldn’t get a lot of playing time, which at first he doesn’t, but then he becomes the teams spark plug, their 6th man, averaging 12 points off the bench. When came time to play his former school, Wellpinit, he started his first game.
His family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when he was only seven years old. He attended Emsley A. Laney High School where he began his high school athletic career by playing basketball, baseball, and football. During his sophomore year, he tried out for the varsity basketball team but he was deemed too short to play at that level at 5 feet 11 inches tall. The following summer he grew four inches and trained rigorously. His hard work then paid off when he averaged a triple double: 29.2 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 10.1 assists over his final two seasons of high school play.
Research Paper Kobe Bryant is a basketball superstar who has been playing for the Los Angeles Lakers since 1996. When at the age of eighteen he became the youngest player in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bypassing college, Bryant moved straight from high school to the NBA, a feat accomplished by only twenty-seven other players since the league was founded in 1946. During his professional career Bryant has won nearly every honor associated with the sport of basketball, including being consistently named an all-star, being chosen the league's most valuable player, and helping the Lakers to win five NBA championships. The youngest of three children born to Joe and Pam Bryant, Kobe Bryant was born in Philadelphia in 1978 on August 23, 1978.
Autobiographical Narrative of the Start of My Basketball Career Devin Bliss This paper is on my life as a basketball player. And that life started when I was 12 and was talked into trying it out at the YMCA. I had a blast playing and I had an amazing coach. His name was Coach Roland Parks and he is a big part of me deciding to play real basketball instead of the recreational league I played in. Coach Parks saw that I was gonna b real tall and he played me at the center position on the court.
There once was a Boy named Bryce Bryant. He is 22 years, old about 6`3, 137 pounds, and just finished his 4 years in college. Bryce felt like a skinny African American young man who had dreams He lived in Los Angeles, CA next door to his parents. His Dream was to become the Starting point guard on the L.A. Lakers or Golden State Warriors. They were his 2 favorite NBA teams ever.
Like most NBA players, James and Bryant had amazing high school careers. James attended St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, where he became a starter during his freshman year for the Fighting Irish. Averaging 21 points and 6 rebounds, James led SVSM to a 23-1 record and a Division III state title (Freedman 35). After earning the Gatorade National Player of the Year his junior year,
Mark Gibson September 14, 2010 Title: Basketball is The Best Sport Ever “When it's played the way is supposed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating the way oppressed peoples of this earth imagine themselves in their dreams.” said John Edgar Wideman. The game of basketball is one of the most interesting and exciting sport that I always engaged myself in. Since the age of five, I was always talented at it, winning championships, making all-star teams, and of course on my way in having the chance to play in college for Fairleigh Dickinson University. In my opinion, the game of basketball is the best sport ever invented. Basketball is a game of many different styles, its mainly a fast paced game, a combination of skill and athleticism that are unmatched, and most of importantly you can play it by yourself.