... businesses and corporations have these skills, but they are also extremely necessary to manage a winning sports team. What difference does it make if you are on the basketball court or in the office? How is a sports team different from a creative team in a marketing firm? The answer is no difference at all. No matter how you look ... years of age, making him the oldest coach in the league. When Hubie took the job in 2002, the Grizzlies were a struggling team. This season, he brought the Grizzlies to reach 50 wins for the first time and a playoff appearance. What he is known for is his st...

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Good Evening Mr. ____________, I would like to clarify some issues regarding the Los Angeles Clippers and associated matters. From the onset, I did not want to sell my team. The team that I love, the team that I respect, the team that I have worked for over 33 years to build up! And now I am being forced to give that away? I have apologized for my mistakes. I know what I said and ... value the right to be different, the right to hold certain ideas ideas that when voiced or communicated, are subject to our own opinion and our own opinion alone. I was brought up in America and educated to belie...

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... and privilege. What Webster's Dictionary does not tell are the people who would qualify as being honorable under these traits. Honor, to me, means a person who is a team player, a family man and a person who does not always think of himself all the time. Emmitt Smith, a running back for the Dallas Cowboys, is a person who ... fits under being a person who has honor. Even though my favorite team in the National Football League (NFL) is the Miami Dolphins, Emmitt Smith portrays his honor both on and off the field. This past year, Emmitt Smith became ... also for the community by giving ba...

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... NBA achievements and awards. Jordan went to Laney High School in Washington, North Carolina. As a sophomore he tried out for the varsity basketball team and was cut. Eventually as a freshman in college at the University of North Carolina he earned a starter position. In that same year at North Carolina ... that became an NBA star. It was Patrick Ewing. Little did Michael and Patrick know that in ten years they would be teammates on a USA Olympic team. Jordan was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1984 NBA draft. He was picked third over all. With the Chicago Bulls ....

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... moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he first played basketball. At Ringe and Latin High School, Patrick played on the basketball team. Ewing was 7 feet tall and played center. The basketball coach to the school's team in Cambridge Massachusetts, noticed Ewing the second he walked into school. He asked him if he wanted to play on the ... team , and Ewing said yes without a problem. He scored more points than any other person on the team that year, and continued to do so for the rest of his basketball career at the school, up until ... if not the greatest player in the NBA's history....

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... Carter's sixth season in the league, although he has been plagued with injuries he has brought the Toronto Raptors into and immediate playoff team. He has also yet to bring an NBA championship to the city. Dissimilar to Jordan, Jordan brought a championship to his Bulls during his sixth season. ATTITUDE Michael Jordan always had a calm ... knew what it took to win and he showed it throughout every game. Jordan knew that to be great you had to sacrifice your body for the team, and he demonstrated that during the playoffs in 1997. Jordan came down with the flu before the game, and althoug...

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... were the Detroit Pistons and the New Jersey Nets. The New Jersey Nets were a high-powered offense that was led by their team leader Jason Kidd. The Detroit Pistons were a "tough as nails" team that were not led by one individual but instead led by a core group of guys who would do anything for the ... team. Even though both teams made it to the same destination their paths were completely different. The Detroit Pistons had only one true ... also an NBA player. He played fourteen season in the NBA and spent eleven of them with the Los Angeles Lakers who some consider the best NBA team e...

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... the NBA, in particularly, great guards. One of the best guards in the game is Kobe Bryant; one of the comparisons that is often brought up is the similarities between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. As young players, both Bryant and Jordan shared explosive dunks, drive and determination to win ... players around him a lot better. Kobe Bryant entered the league at the age of eighteen with the potential to be a superstar for whatever team he played for. In his early seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, Bryant dazzled spectators with gravity defining moves and dunks. As Bryant began to ... ...

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... the NBA, in particularly, great guards. One of the best guards in the game is Kobe Bryant; one of the comparisons that is often brought up is the similarities between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. As young players, both Bryant and Jordan shared explosive dunks, drive and determination to win ... players around him a lot better. Kobe Bryant entered the league at the age of eighteen with the potential to be a superstar for whatever team he played for. In his early seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, Bryant dazzled spectators with gravity defining moves and dunks. As Bryant began to ... ...

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... the NBA's teams. The WNBA teams played on the same courts as the NBA teams and they were given all the same privileges and salaries that the NBA got. This brought the idea of equality to the sport of basketball and since this started there has been a great deal of popularity of this sport. This too helped high school females become ... . In fact the numbers just keep rising. And things happen every day that show this. In Flint, Michigan Powers Catholic High School has a powerhouse girls basketball program. Last year their team made it all the way to the state championship where they were...

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... past for the audience, making him an author of his story and of this speech. Durant uses credibility in order to persuade the audience of his past and what has brought him to where he is. The MVP award is selected by a series of votes taken by sportswriters, broadcasters, and basketball fans. A large number of these people saw that Durant had ... had helped him to reach earning MVP. Whether it was on the court or off the court, Durant gave account to real life stories that involved every player on the team. This shows the character of Kevin Durant and the time he took to recall the infl...

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