... best young power forwards to ever play the position. Anyone of the Nets starting five could easily go out and score twenty a game each. With all these different scoring options, they led the Nets to the second best record in the Eastern Conference with forty-eight. The architect of the Detroit Pistons ... a chance on a young and inexperienced coach named Rick Carlisle. Joe Dumars began his career with the Detroit Pistons as a player. He was a catalyst for the two championships that they won in the late eighties and early nineties. After his career he gradually worked his way up to the fr...

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... name Michael Jordan than just the greatest basketball player to ever live. Growing up, Michael Jordan set goals for himself. He pushed himself to work as hard as he possibly could at achieving them. For Michael, all the hard work paid off. Mr. Jordan didn't always have things come so easily to him. ... practicing everyday, even skipping some classes to go to the gym and practice. His effort paid off when he made the team the next season. This ambitious man went on to have a very successful high school basketball career. He is proof that even the greatest of greats experience a set back e...

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