Kobe on the other hand has won the championship ring four times. This is Kobe’s thirteenth year playing in professional basketball and he has only been M.V.P one time. This is Lebron sixth year playing professional basketball and has won MVP one time. Next I will talk about their high school careers, which are both impressive. First LeBron he averaged 32.1 points per game, 9.9 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 3.8
Coach K at last led Duke to victory in 1991, winning their first national championship. Once again in the year 1992, Duke won the national title, and maintained the national number one ranking throughout the season, this time by 20 points. Mike Krzyzewski is the only coach since John Wooden to win two consecutive NCAA championships. Once again the Duke team made it to the championship in 1994, losing by only 4 points to Arkansas. Shortly after the tournament, Coach K. was forced to take a ten-month break from coaching because he underwent back surgery, but he returned to lead the Blue Devils into three more NCAA tournaments in 1996, '97 and '99.
The NBA was formed in 1949 -50 and The Lakers won the very first NBA Champs versus the Syracuse Nationals” (History of The Lakers, 2012). 1951-53 The Lakers won their first back to back championship, making them the first dynasty and the beginning of a legendary NBA franchise. ”In 1960-61 after 13 years in the Land of 10,000 lakes, the Lakers moved to Los Angeles, becoming the first NBA team on the West Coast. Despite no lakes anywhere in site the team decides to retain their old nickname” (Fleming, 2012). Fast forward to present day and 16 NBA championships later, The Los Angeles Lakers are the NBA’s most valuable franchise, beating out the New York Knicks (Badenhausen, 2012).
McGrady was drafted ninth overall in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors. T-mac was famous in China because of teaming with Yao Ming from 2004 to 2010. He previously played for the Toronto Raptors, Orlando Magic, Houston Rockets, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, and Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). On December 9, 2004, he scored 13 points in the last 35 seconds of a game against the San Antonio Spurs as a member of Houston Rockets, with four consecutive 3 pointers (one of which was part of a four-point play), including a steal and the game-winning 3 pointer with 1.7 seconds left in the game that helped the Rockets win 81–80. That made him more and more famous in China
Over the years, Phil Jackson has earned himself the nickname “Zen Master”. The reason he is called the “Zen Master” is because Phil Jackson brings the aspects of Eastern philosophy and the Native American spiritual practices to coach his teams (Wikipedia.org). Phil Jackson had an enormous role in the 90s Bulls becoming a dynasty. Phil Jackson has won 11 NBA Championships, more than any other coach in NBA History (Wikipedia.org). Phil Jackson also has the highest win percentage of all-time at a whopping 0.704 (NBA.com).
The Celtics' 17 NBA Championships are the most for any NBA franchise, with their Western Conference rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, following behind with 16 NBA Titles. From 1957 to 1969, the Celtics dominated the league winning 11 championships in 13 years, and eight in a row (1959–1966), the longest consecutive championship streak of any North American pro
Sergei Federov defected from the Soviet Union in 1990, and helped his new team reach the playoffs. After jumping out to a 3-1 series lead, the St. Louis Blues would roar back and win the series in seven games. In 1991/92, the Wings would win the Norris division with a strong 43-25-12 record, and were set to face the Minnesota North Stars in the first round. Minnesota jumped out to a 3-1 series lead, but unlike last year, the Wings would be the winners in seven games. There would be no rally for the second round, being swept by the Blackhawks.
This wasn’t a normal type of thing you usually see from a rookie. Jordan and the Bulls made a huge turn around after going six seasons without winning a NBA title. The first of six titles came in the 1990-91 season, not only was this Jordan first title it was also the Chicago Bulls first title in franchise history. That season brought faith to a
American professional boxer Floyd Mayweather was born on Feb. 24, 1977 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He three national Golden Gloves and a bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics. He became a professional boxer in 1996. By 2007, he was considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and had 38 undefeated bouts. He retired in 2008, but returned to the ring in September 2009.
[7] Their average home gate for the 2011–12 season was 41,478, the sixth highest in the Premier League. [8] In April 2012 it was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the seventh most valuable football club in the world, at £473 million ($761 million). [9][10] Since 2003, Chelsea have been owned by Russian billionaire Roman