I can’t help it. The 1984 NBA Draft caught my attention once again last night while I was indulging in the passion of my life by watching one of the greatest players of all-time. The super basketball player’s name is Michael Jordan, aka Air Jordan, aka The Greatest of All-Time, and that’s just the half [...] [...more]
The shoe industry hasn’t been the same since the Air Jordan basketball shoes were created. Nike released the first Air Jordans in 1985. Before Nike released the first Air Jordan shoe, it was a struggling company. At the time, the rookie Michael Jordan was already endorsing several products and was ready to make [...] [...more]
The two most important decades of the NBA brought the two best teams, maybe of all-time. During the 1980s Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul Jabbar led the talented Lakers to 9 championship appearances and 5 titles. Their style of play was known as Showtime. The Chicago Bulls of the 1990s were led by perhaps [...] [...more]
One of the biggest topics in the NBA right now is if it should retire Michael Jordan’s number 23 all around the league. This topic was brought up after the showdown between Cleveland and Miami/Lebron and Wade, when LeBron told a reporter that he was going to change is number (23) in memory of Jordan. [...] [...more]
I hate to lose. But one of the first things my basketball coach taught me when I was in junior high school was to be a good loser. After each game, whether we won or lost, we were required to form a line and go shake the hand of each player on the opposing team. [...] [...more]