Now we can add Michael Jordan name to the list of players I just named. Jordan is being inducted into the Hall of Fame today due to his great basketball skills on the court and all of the things he accomplished in fifteen seasons in the NBA. As a child Jordan basketball career had some ups and downs. According to ESPN, “during his sophomore year at Laney, a 5’9 Michael Jordan tried out for the basketball team. He was passed over for the final spot on the varsity team.” He took that as motivation and dominated on the junior varsity team.
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.
Running head: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS PART A: “POWER PLAY FOR HOWARD” Case Study Analysis Nicole Lilly, Joshua Hudanish, Jamie Enriquez Jr., Robert Riley, Justin Perry MGT/445 March 1, 2010 Case Study Analysis Negotiation is a common problem people use to formulate a decision and handle disputes. For example, in 1994 Juwan Howard was drafted into the National Basketball Association. Juwan worked hard, carried himself with dignity and class both on and off the basketball court. During Juwan Howard’s sophomore season he placed statistics of past superstars. Howard almost was the highest paid basketball player during the 1996 and 1997 season, but his contract was voided by the NBA.
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.
Collins was drafted and hired for the same reason, to restore the winning tradition of the franchise. Collins was a very successful player for the 76ers, but due to injuries was forced to retire the summer before the title won in 1983. Collins is considered one of the best coaches, however there are certain aspects of his coaching style I disagree with. For example, Jrue Holiday should not have been named the point guard because the position doesn’t fit his capabilities. He wants to be known for making the big plays, instead of distributing the basketball to his teammates.
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. Now that I had my goal of becoming an NBA player in front of me, I wanted to know how to get there. I began by asking my dad questions about salary, work environment, would it be easy to grow as player and what type of education I would need. NBA Salary Expectations As I continued throughout junior high and High school, my attention was quickly drawn to the amount of money that professional players made for playing a sport they love. Salary expectations for this profession exceeded my wildest dreams and I couldn’t even begin to imagine what I could do if I made that kind of money.
History of Professional Basketball The history of professional basketball is spectacular and very interesting in the way it has grown since the 19th century. The game of basketball has expanded into a very popular professional sport among athletes and fans in the United States and other countries. The National Basketball Association has remained as the organization for professional basketball league as other organizations failed. Professional basketball has overcome many obstacles and challenges such as, different organizations trying to compete to be the best, players and teams switching organizations, players’ union and lockouts between the team owners and players. In 1898, the first professional basketball league, the National Basketball League, was formed in Treton, New Jersey (www.basketball.net).
During the 1920s, basketball, like everything, boomed and formed a following as minor leagues everywhere were hosted in arenas, and gyms. But when the Great Depression hit the US and the US involvement with World War II began shortly after the Berlin Olympics, the leagues fell apart as the players and the audience were swept into the war. From this difficult environment a group of arena owners, looking to fill their venues, saw the popularity of college basketball and established the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946. The concept was to take the college athletes that had a history of basketball in America and bring them to face each other. The new league had mixed results, selling out arenas spottily mainly from fans who wanted to see George Mikan and others who wanted to see the Harlem Globetrotters, the opening act for some games.
“His Airness”: Michael Jordan “There is Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us.”-Magic Johnson (Wikipedia 10). Michael Jordan is a retired American professional basketball player. Jordan is widely considered to be the greatest basketball player ever (Jordan 1). He also became one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation with sponsors including Nike, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, Gatorade, McDonald’s, Ball Park Franks, Rayovac, Wheaties, Hanes, and MCI. Jordan has had a long relationship with Gatorade, appearing in over 20 commercials for the company since 1991 (Wikipedia 1, 10).
With all the power that they have, I think they could beat the Lakers. Another person I forgot to mention, is the very good three point shooter that will also help Miami Heat, is Eddie House. Eddie is another person they just received from the Celtics. In the finals which the Heat will win, three point shots will help them, and assists from Dwayne Wade will also help. Then they