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.
Griese would come on and lead the Phins to a 35-21 victory. However, winning still eluded the new franchise which finished 4-10. 1968: In the draft the Dolphins select Syracuse All-American Larry Csonka with the 8th overall pick. The Dolphins improve to 5-8-1 as Bob Griese sets then-club records with 2,473 yards, 186 completions and 21 TDs. 1969: The Dolphins make a splash by acquiring 2 future Hall of Famers in 2 separate deals.
When came time to play his former school, Wellpinit, he started his first game. He scored only three points, but shut down his best friend/ best enemy, Rowdy. Reardan went on to beat Wellpinit by 44 points. Sherman Alexie has been noted for his love of basketball as a player, and a fan. He happens to be a huge fan of the Oklahoma City Thunder, and even testified for the then Seattle Supersonics to stay in Seattle until there lease at the KeyArena in Seattle was to expire in the year 2010.
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.
We ended up being down 3 with 10 seconds left. We called a timeout and drew up a play for a three. We passed the ball in and the play failed, but Mike had the ball and shot a three to tie the game. He banked it in and the place went nuts. There were a lot of kids in the gym now and it was pretty cool.
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.
I started horrible and was three over par in my first three holes. I shot a front nine score of 40 and I started the back nine with a chip on my shoulder to go low. I played well on the back and shot a 34 adding up to a total score of 74. I could have done a bit better but I had a chance to be top five and that was my goal. I got 6th place in the tournament and was not happy but I gained experience and never gave up.
Unfortunately I didn’t start as we had an experienced team, with only one more freshmen that made the varsity team. On the first game day, the unlucky sequence of events for the team gave me the chance to be the first freshmen starting goalkeeper in 5 years, as the starting goalkeeper sprained his wrist. From that day I did not give up the starting position, and was number one goalkeeper for my entire high school career. The regular season passed, and we were able to clutch the playoff spot against our arch rivals East Catholic. We had the great run, and ended up being the 10th seed.
Where as the 2012 team, won four MVP awards, seven NBA titles and were included in 43 All Star games. The Dream Team was much more experienced then, than the 2012 team is today. However, Duhaime, in my opinion, contradicts himself in his article too. “I agree that today’s NBA player tends to be physically stronger, quicker, and more explosive” (Duhaime 3). “The 2012 team possesses great young talent and will likely rout their competition in London” (Duhaime 3).
Elementary school in P.E. was no exception... The basketball games were always so close. Red jerseys would take the lead and then the Yellow jerseys would score and tie it up. I was finally put into the game with minutes to go, the red jerseys were down by two.