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Basketball
This is the Future
6/11/2009
Akaylah M. Hayes
Living the life of
Basketball
B
asketball has been around almost 150 years. And it’s played all over the
world. In all continents, but is mostly played in North America where it
originated. Basketball has many leagues but there are few in the U. S.
There are five in modern day Basketball called D-league - Development league,
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association, NCAA – National Collegiate
Athletic Association (Men and Women), CBA – Continental Basketball Association,
and the most valuable of them all NBA – National Basketball League. So enjoy this
paper and see how basketball takes part in so many people’s lives.
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James Naismith had 13 original rules but these are some other ones that we
use now, in today’s game of basketball that are very important. Also I want to show
you all of the positions there is to the game of basketball.
Rules of Basketball
Basic Principles
Most Important
Block - The use of a defender's body position to illegally prevent an opponent's
advance.
3-second Violation - An offensive player may not stand in the lane for three
seconds.
Shot Clock - A team must attempt a shot that hits the rim within 24 seconds or else
it loses possession of the ball.
Travel - A violation in which a player takes too many steps without dribbling the
ball.
Double – A violation, in which a player dribbles the ball, stops, then begins to
dribble again.
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1
5
2
4
3
1: PG – Point Guard
A team's primary ball handler and the man who sets up the team's offense.
2: SG – Shooting Guard
3: SF – Small Forward
4: PF - Power Forward
5: C – Center
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Now I want to talk about the two major leagues that I personally like and a
little about the legends and some of the players in the leagues currently.
NBA June 6, 1944, 55 years after Basketball was invented NBA was started.
Currently there has been 62 years of Basketball. Elon Genet was the first player
signed to the NBA. November 1, 1946 in Toronto Canada was the NBA’s first game.
The channels that aired the games during this time were usa, ESPN, TBS, and TNT.
There have been 55 champions in the playoffs from 1946-2008. LA Lakers and the
Boston Celtics has been rivals of the game since 1962. Over all there are about 150
retired Numbers.
WNBA 33 years later April 24, 1997, the WNBA was created. The league
kickoff was in June of 1997. The first person signed was Sheryl Swoopes, on October
23, 1996. They put WNBA in the summer so that it wouldn’t be so many games
during the winter with NCAA and the NBA. The channels that aired WNBA games are
NBC, ESPN, and lifetime. The first MVP was Cynthia Cooper. Also the first champion
team was the Houston Comets. During the start of the WNBA there were only eight
teams. WNBA’s ball is one inch smaller than NBA’s ball 28.5 inches.
Here are the all time leaders, legends, and players that are currently in the
league and their accomplishments.
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9. Oscar Robertson 25.7
LEGENDS
Michel Jordan
PLAYERS
Kobe Bryant
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champion in 1997. He had twenty 50 point games, and four 60 piont games. Kobe
has Nike signature shoes with many different types. Kobe Bryant is also in 2009’s
NBA Finals.
Candice Parker
What I like
Favorite position: Point Guard - they get the ball the most.
Favorite NCAA player: Blake Griffin – He dominates in the paint.
Favorite NBA player: LeBron James – All around player.
Favorite WNBA player: Candice Parker – she can dunk and she is my IDOL.
Resources
http://www.naismithmuseum.com/naismith_drjamesnaismith/main_drjamesnaismith.
htm
http://hoopedia.nba.com/
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http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=NBA_-_50_Greatest_Players
www.insidehoops.com
http://www.firstbasesports.com/basketball_glossary.html#backboard
http://www.insidehoops.com/nba_alltime_stats.shtml
http://www.nba.com/analysis/00422966.html
http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=NBA_-_50_Greatest_Players
http://www.nba.com/history/
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history
http://www.sitevip.net/larry_bird/achievements.htm
http://www.iconomy.com/kareem33/list.html
http://sitevip.net/michael_jordan/michael_jordan_achievements.htm
http://www.nba.com/history/finals/champions.html]
http://www.wnba.com/about_us/historyof_wnba.html
http://www.wnba.com/history/
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