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Dallas Mavericks
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The Dallas Mavericks are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association as a club of the leagues Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its games at the American Airlines Center. According to a 2016 Forbes magazine report, they are the ninth most valuable franchise in the NBA. As of the 2013 season, the Mavericks have sold out 477 consecutive games since December 15,2001, since their inaugural 1980–81 season, the Mavericks have won three division titles, two conference championships, and one NBA Championship. In 1978, Californian businessman Garn Eckardt met Dallas lawyer Doug Adkins, asking for a possible partner, Adkins recommended him one of his clients, Home Interiors and Gifts owner Don Carter. Negotiations with Eckardt fell through, but Carter remained interested in the enterprise as a gift to his wife Linda, who played basketball while at Duncanville High School. At the same time, Buffalo Braves president and general manager Norm Sonju grew an interest in bringing the NBA to Dallas as he studied possible new locations for the ailing franchise. Sonju and Carter tried purchasing both the Milwaukee Bucks and the Kansas City Kings, but disagreement on relocation stalled the negotiations, leading them to instead aim for an expansion team. The league was initially reluctant to expand to Dallas, given Texas had both the Spurs and Houston Rockets, and the 1978–79 NBA season was proving unprofitable and unpopular. Still, during the 1979 NBA All-Star Game weekend, NBA commissioner Larry OBrien announced the league would add two new teams in the 1980–81 season, with teams in Dallas and Minneapolis. Once the Minnesota team backed out, only Dallas remained, and through negotiations with general counselor and future commissioner David Stern, Carter would provide half the amount. James Garner, who played the character, was a member of the ownership group. The University of Texas at Arlington, who uses the Mavericks nickname, had objections about a shared name. They joined the Midwest Division of the Western Conference, where they would stay until the league went to six divisions for the 2004–05 season, Dick Motta, who had guided the Washington Bullets to the NBA Championship in 1977–78, was hired as the teams first head coach. He had a reputation of being a stern disciplinarian, but was also a great teacher of the game. In the Mavericks debut game, taking place in the brand-new Reunion Arena, but the Mavs started the season with a 6–40 record on their way to finishing 15–67. However, the Mavericks did make an acquisition that, while it seemed minor at the time
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Basketball
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Basketball is a non-contact team sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of five players each. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high that is mounted to a backboard at each end of the court. The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket being defended by the opposition team during regular play. A field goal scores three points for the team if the player shoots from behind the three-point line. A team can also score via free throws, which are worth one point, the team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but additional time is mandated when the score is tied at the end of regulation. The ball can be advanced on the court by passing it to a teammate and it is a violation to lift, or drag, ones pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling. The game has many techniques for displaying skill—ball-handling, shooting, passing, dribbling, dunking, shot-blocking. The point guard directs the on court action of the team, implementing the coachs game plan, Basketball is one of the worlds most popular and widely viewed sports. Outside North America, the top clubs from national leagues qualify to continental championships such as the Euroleague, the FIBA Basketball World Cup attracts the top national teams from around the world. Each continent hosts regional competitions for teams, like EuroBasket. The FIBA Womens Basketball World Cup features the top womens basketball teams from continental championships. The main North American league is the WNBA, whereas the EuroLeague Women has been dominated by teams from the Russian Womens Basketball Premier League, in early December 1891, Canadian Dr. He sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied, after rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums, he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10-foot elevated track. Basketball was originally played with a soccer ball and these laces could cause bounce passes and dribbling to be unpredictable. Eventually a lace-free ball construction method was invented, and this change to the game was endorsed by Naismith, dribbling was not part of the original game except for the bounce pass to teammates. Passing the ball was the means of ball movement. Dribbling was eventually introduced but limited by the shape of early balls. Dribbling only became a part of the game around the 1950s
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Memphis Tigers men's basketball
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The Memphis Tigers mens basketball team represents the University of Memphis in NCAA Division I mens college basketball. The Tigers have competed in the American Athletic Conference since 2013, as of 2011, the Tigers had the 29th highest winning percentage in NCAA history. They play home games at the FedExForum, ESPN Stats and Information Department ranked Memphis as the 19th most successful basketball program from 1962 to 2012 in their annual 50 in 50 list. The predecessor of the University of Memphis, West Tennessee State Normal School, zach Curlin began coaching the team in 1924. The Tigers joined the Mississippi Valley Conference in 1928, the team played its early home poines a local high school gym, a local YMCA, and in a room on campus called the Normal Cage which allowed only six inches from the court lines to the walls. In 1929, a $100,000 facility on campus named Memorial Gym became the Tigers home, curlins last season coaching the Tigers was in 1948, by which time the school had been renamed Memphis State College, it would become Memphis State University in 1957. In 1951, the new $700,000 Field House gym was opened for Tiger home games, in 1952, John Wallesea became the first Memphis State player to be drafted by the NBA. Forest Arnold became the schools first All-American in 1954, the Tigers made the NCAA tournament for the first time in 1955 under coach Eugene Lambert. Bob Vanatta became the coach in 1956 and took the Tigers to the NIT final. Win Wilfong became the teams second All-American in 1957, in 1962, Dean Ehlers took over coaching duties. The Tigers began playing its games at the Mid-South Coliseum in 1964. Moe Iba became the coach in 1966, the same year the team joined the Missouri Valley Conference. Ibas four years running the program are considered the low point in the history of Memphis basketball, however, the Tigers did not remain down for long. In 1970, Gene Bartow was named head coach, the 1970 season also saw the first games of Larry Finch and Ronnie Robinson, two all-time greats. Larry Finch scored 24 points in his first appearance as a freshman, in 1971, the Tigers led by Finch and Robinson upset conference rival Louisville. At 11-2, they were ranked #19 after not reaching the Top 20 in a decade, early in the 1971–1972 season, Memphis State fell in a heart breaker to No.2 Marquette after leading by five points with five minutes to go. After defeating Louisville in Freedom Hall, the Tigers shared the Missouri Valley Conference title in 1972 with Louisville, Louisville won a playoff to represent the MVC in the NCAA Tournament while the Tigers went to the NIT for their fifth time. During the 1972–1973 season, seniors Finch and Robinson led the Tigers to one of their most successful seasons, Memphis State won the MVC outright in 1972 after winning 14 straight games
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Miami Heat
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The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the leagues Eastern Conference Southeast Division and they play their home games at the American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami. The team owner is Carnival Corporation owner Micky Arison, the president and general manager is Pat Riley. The mascot is Burnie, an anthropomorphic fireball, formed in 1988 as an expansion team, the Heat have won three league championships, five conference titles and eleven division titles. In 2013, the Heat won twenty-seven regular season games in a row, in 2016, Forbes valued the Heat at $1.3 billion as the tenth most valuable among NBA franchises. In 1987 the NBA granted one of its four new teams to Miami. The Miami Heat began their early years with much mediocrity, only making the two times in their first eight years and falling in the first round both times. Upon the purchasing of the franchise by Micky Arison in 1995, Pat Riley was brought in as the team president, Riley acquired center Alonzo Mourning and point guard Tim Hardaway to serve as the centerpieces for the team, transforming Miami into a championship contender throughout the late 1990s. With them they brought in a new team trainer, Cody Posselt. The Heat underwent a dramatic turnaround in the 1996–97 season, improving to a 61–21 record – a franchise record at the time and that same year, Miami earned the moniker of Road Warriors for its remarkable 32–9 record on the road. Their biggest rivals of the time were the New York Knicks, Rileys former team, a period of mediocrity followed after, highlighted by missing the playoffs in 2002 and 2003. In the 2003 NBA draft, with the fifth overall pick, free-agent swing-man Lamar Odom was signed from the Los Angeles Clippers. Just prior to the start of the 03–04 season, Riley stepped down as coach to focus on rebuilding the Heat. In the offseason, Riley engineered a summer blockbuster trade for Shaquille ONeal from the Los Angeles Lakers, Alonzo Mourning returned to the Heat in the same season, serving as a backup to ONeal. Returning as championship contenders, Miami finished with a 59–23 record, sweeping through the first round and the semifinals, Miami went back to the Conference Finals for the first time in eight years, where it met the defending champion Detroit Pistons. Despite taking a 3–2 lead, Miami lost Wade to injury for Game 6, the Heat would go on to lose Game 7 at home despite Wades return. In the summer of 2005, Riley brought in free agent Gary Payton from the Boston Celtics. After a disappointing 11–10 start to the 05–06 season, Riley relieved Van Gundy of his duties, the Heat made it to the Conference Finals in 2006 and in a re-match, defeated the Pistons, winning the series 4–2
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DeAndre Jordan
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Hyland DeAndre Jordan Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. He played one season of basketball for Texas A&M University before being selected by the Clippers in the second round of the 2008 NBA draft with the 35th overall pick. Jordan is both a two-time All-NBA and two-time NBA All-Defensive Team member, and has led the league in rebounding. In 2017, he was named an NBA All-Star for the first time, Jordan currently holds the NBA record for best career field goal percentage at 67. 4%. Jordan was born in Houston, Texas, to Kimberly and Hyland Jordan, Jordan attended Episcopal High School through his junior year. Jordan averaged 15.0 points,12.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks as a sophomore, Jordan transferred to Christian Life Center Academy for his senior year, where he averaged 26.1 points,15.2 rebounds and 8.1 blocks per game. He was a third-team Parade All-American, named to the first-team All-Greater Houston squad by the Houston Chronicle and was a two-time all-state selection. At Christian Life Center, Jordan posted a high of 37 points in a game. Coming out of school, Jordan was rated as the number 8 overall prospect, the number 2 center in the country. Jordan was recruited by Florida, Florida State, Indiana, Texas, Texas A&M, LSU, Kentucky, in the summer of 2007, Jordan played for Team USA at the 2007 Under 19 World Championships in Serbia. Jordan played only 9 minutes per game, the team finished 2nd with an 8–1 record. Before Jordan arrived in College Station, Aggies head basketball coach Billy Gillispie left the school to take the coaching position at Kentucky. Jordan chose to honor his commitment to the university, Jordan started 21 of 35 games in his freshman season at Texas A&M. He averaged 20 minutes and 1.3 blocks per game, in those games, he shot a team-high of 61.7 percent in field goals, but a team-low of 43.7 percent in free throws. Most of his goals, however, were within a few feet from the basket. He finished the season averaging 7.9 points and 6.0 rebounds and he made the Big 12 All-Rookie Team for his efforts. After the season, he declared for the 2008 NBA draft, prior to the draft, draftexpress. com, a third party NBA draft website, listed Jordans strengths and weaknesses. A few strengths include incredible physical specimen, defensive potential, incredible upside, some weaknesses include not productive, poor fundamentals, mediocre footwork, and high bust potential
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Jalen Brunson
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Jalen Brunson is an American basketball player who plays for the Villanova Wildcats mens basketball where he has completed his sophomore season for the 2016–17 team. He completed his season for Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire. According to ESPN, he ended his year of high school as the number one point guard in the country. He was selected as the 2014 Illinois Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year and he was selected to participate in the 2015 McDonalds All-American Boys Game as well as the 2015 Jordan Brand Classic and to represent the Team USA in the Nike Hoop Summit. As a senior, he repeated as the 2015 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year and that year, he led Stevenson to the Illinois High School Association Class 4A championship. Following the season, he won Illinois Mr. Basketball, Brunson holds the IHSA playoff single-game and the IHSA Class 4A championship game scoring records and set the USA Basketball single-game assist record for the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championships. He earned the MVP of the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for the medal winning Team USA. He is the son of nine-year National Basketball Association veteran Rick Brunson and he began his college career as the 2015–16 Big East Conference Preseason Freshman of the Year and was a Big East All-Freshman Team selection following the season. As a starter, he helped the 2015–16 Wildcats win the game of the 2016 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Brunson was raised in southern New Jersey until sixth grade and he is the son of Rick and Sandra Brunson. His parents met at Temple University where Rick played for the Owls mens basketball team, Rick went on to spend nine seasons in the NBA. The family first settled in Cherry Hill, New Jersey but moved seven times before settling in Lincolnshire, as a freshman, Brunson was an All-Lake County honorable mention selection in 2012, as Stevenson finished the season with a 17–11 record. During his sophomore season, Stevenson started the season 10–4 before going on a 19-game winning streak, following the season, the Associated Press named him to the Class 4A All-state second team as the only sophomore on the first or second team. Brunson averaged 21.5 points that season, on February 21,2014, junior Brunson scored 57 points in a double overtime victory over Lake Forest High School. The performance gave him both the school single-game and career scoring records, on March 21, Brunson set the IHSA playoff single game scoring record against the Jahlil Okafor-led Whitney Young High School by scoring 56 points in a 75–68 state playoff semifinal loss. Brunson averaged 26.1 points,5.4 rebounds,4.7 assists and 2.9 steals for a Stevenson team that finished the season with a 32–2 record. Two members of his school team were National Football League athletes offspring, Matt Morrissey. Brunson was named Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Illinois as a junior, following the season, Associated Press named him as the only non-senior on the Class 4A All-state first team that also included Okafor, Cliff Alexander, Tyler Ulis and Sean OMara
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Dirk Nowitzki
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Dirk Werner Nowitzki is a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. Listed at 7 ft 0 in, Nowitzki is considered to be among the greatest power forwards of all time, Nowitzki led the Mavericks to 15 NBA Playoffs, including the franchises first Finals appearance in 2006 and only championship in 2011. He is a 13-time All-Star, a 12-time All-NBA Team member, Nowitzki is the highest-scoring foreign-born player in NBA-history and the sixth player to achieve over 30,000 regular-season points. He is also one of seven players who achieved a 50–40–90 season and he is the first Maverick voted onto an All-NBA Team and holds several all-time Mavericks franchise records. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Nowitzki are the players to achieve four consecutive 30-point. Nowitzki led the German national basketball team to a medal in the 2002 FIBA World Championship and silver in EuroBasket 2005. He was named the Euroscar European Basketball Player of the Year by the Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport for five years running from 2002 to 2006 and again in 2011. He was also named the Mister Europa European Player of the Year by the Italian sports magazine Superbasket in 2005, on December 18,2011, Nowitzki was named the 2011 German Sports Personality of the Year, the first basketball player to receive the award. On December 10,2012, he became the first non-American player to receive the Naismith Legacy Award and his older sister Silke Nowitzki, a local champion in track and field, also became a basketball player and now works for the NBA in International TV. Nowitzki was a tall child, most of the time he stood above his peers by a foot or more. He initially played handball and tennis, but soon tired of being called a freak for his height. Furthermore, Geschwindner encouraged Nowitzki to play an instrument and read literature to make him a more complete personality. After a year, the coach was so impressed with Nowitzkis progress that he advised him, if you choose the latter, we will stop training immediately, because nobody can prevent that anymore. But if you want to play against the best, we have to train on a daily basis, after pondering this lifetime decision for two days, Nowitzki agreed to enter the full-time training schedule, choosing the path to his eventual international career. When Nowitzki joined the team, DJK played in the Second Bundesliga and his first trainer was Pit Stahl, who played the tall teenager as an outside-scoring forward rather than an inside-scoring center to utilise his shooting skills. DJK finished second in the South Division, but could not earn promotion after losing, 86–62, in the match versus BG Ludwigsburg, in that game. In the 1996–97 Second Bundesliga season, the top scorer Kuisma left the team. Filling the void, Nowitzki averaged 19.4 points per game and led DJK again to place after the regular season
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Little Rock, Arkansas
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Little Rock is the capital and the most populous city of the U. S. state of Arkansas. It is also the county seat of Pulaski County and it was incorporated on November 7,1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the geographic center of the state. The city derives its name from a rock formation along the river, the capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post in 1821. The citys population was 193,524 at the 2010 census, Little Rock is a cultural, economic, government, and transportation center within Arkansas and the South. Little Rocks history is available through history museums, historic districts or neighborhoods like the Quapaw Quarter, the city is the headquarters of Dillards, Windstream Communications, Acxiom, Stephens Inc. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Heifer International, the Clinton Foundation, other large corporations, such as Dassault Falcon Jet and LM Wind Power have large operations in the city. State government is an employer, with many offices being located in downtown Little Rock. Two Interstate highways, Interstate 30 and Interstate 40, meet in Little Rock, Little Rock derives its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River called le petit rocher. The little rock was used by river traffic as a landmark. The little rock is across the river from big rock, a bluff at the edge of the river. Archeological artifacts provide evidence of Native Americans inhabiting Central Arkansas for thousands of years before Europeans arrived, the early inhabitants may have been the Folsom people, Bluff Dwellers, and Mississippian culture peoples who built earthwork mounds recorded in 1541 by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. Historical tribes of the area were the Caddo, Quapaw, Osage, Choctaw, Little Rock was named for a stone outcropping on the bank of the Arkansas River used by early travelers as a landmark. Le Petit Rocher, named in 1722 by French explorer and trader Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe, Travelers referred to the area as the Little Rock, and the landmark name stuck. Little Rock is located at 34°44′10″N 92°19′52″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 116.8 square miles, of which,116.2 square miles of it is land and 0.6 square miles of it is water. Little Rock is located on the bank of the Arkansas River in Central Arkansas. Fourche Creek and Rock Creek run through the city, and flow into the river, the western part of the city is located in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. Northwest of the city limits are Pinnacle Mountain and Lake Maumelle, the city of North Little Rock is located just across the river from Little Rock, but it is a separate city. North Little Rock was once the 8th ward of Little Rock, an Arkansas Supreme Court decision on February 6,1904, allowed the ward to merge with the neighboring town of North Little Rock
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Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
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The Arkansas Razorbacks basketball team represents the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States in NCAA Division I mens basketball competition. The schools team competes in the Southeastern Conference. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament in 2017 and they lost in the second round to the University of North Carolina. The basketball team plays its games in Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas campus. Under the coaching leadership of Nolan Richardson, the Hogs won the championship in 1994, defeating Duke, and appeared in the championship game the following year. The Razorbacks have made NCAA Final Four appearances in 1941,1945,1978,1990,1994, Arkansas had a relatively late start in basketball, it did not field its first team in the sport until 1924. Francis Schmidt coached the Razorbacks from the 1924 season until the 1929 season, in the 1930 season, Charles Bassett took over as head coach. He would coach until the 1933 season, Arkansas finished first in the Southwest Conference during his first year, but would not finish above third place for the rest of his reign. After 4 seasons, his record was 62-29. Glen Rose took over in the 1934 season and would leave after the 1942 season, the Razorbacks took first place in the Southwest Conference outright three times and tied for first twice more during this nine-year run. In the 1941 season, Rose led Arkansas to the NCAA Final Four, eugene Lambert took the helm for the 1943 season and would last until the 1949 season. During these four seasons, Arkansas tied for first place of the Southwest conference twice, Arkansas was selected for the NCAA tournament in the 1944 season, but had to withdraw after two of their players were involved in a car accident. The next year they were selected again and would make it to the Final Four and they would not make the tournament again, however until the 1949 season when they reached the NCAA Regional. Presley Askew would take over in 1950 and would only last until 1952, Arkansas would tie for first place in the Southwest conference in his first season, but would get progressively worse. The Razorbacks would not make the NCAA tournament during this tenure, glen Rose would take back over in 1953 and would last until 1966. Roses overall record for his time at Arkansas was 325-204, duddy Waller would become head coach for the 1966-67 season, but only lasted until the 1970-71 season. His overall record during his 4 seasons was 31-64, which was the worst overall winning percentage, at 0.326, Waller was replaced by Lanny Van Eman, who lasted from the 1970-71 season through the 1973-74 season. Van Eman finished his career at Arkansas with a 48-56 record, Arkansas failed to finish above second place under during the tenure of these 2 coaches, and would not receive any invitations to the NCAA tournament
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National Basketball Association
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The National Basketball Association is the major mens professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier mens professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 teams, and is a member of USA Basketball. The NBA is one of the four professional sports leagues in the United States. NBA players are the worlds best paid athletes by average annual salary per player, the league was founded in New York City on June 6,1946, as the Basketball Association of America. The league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3,1949, the leagues several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City. NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, the Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 by owners of the major ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada. On November 1,1946, in Toronto, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens, the first basket was made by Ossie Schectman of the Knickerbockers. During its early years, the quality of play in the BAA was not significantly better than in competing leagues or among leading independent clubs such as the Harlem Globetrotters. For instance, the 1948 ABL finalist Baltimore Bullets moved to the BAA and won that leagues 1948 title, Following the 1948–49 season, the BAA took in the remainder of the NBL, Syracuse, Anderson, Tri-Cities, Sheboygan, Denver, and Waterloo. The new league had seventeen franchises located in a mix of large and small cities, as well as arenas and smaller gymnasiums. The process of contraction saw the leagues smaller-city franchises move to larger cities, the Hawks shifted from the Tri-Cities to Milwaukee in 1951, and then to St. Louis in 1955. The Rochester Royals moved from Rochester, New York, to Cincinnati in 1957, japanese-American Wataru Misaka broke the NBA color barrier in the 1947–48 season when he played for the New York Knicks. He remained the only player in league history prior to the first African-American, Harold Hunter. During this period, the Minneapolis Lakers, led by center George Mikan, won five NBA Championships, to encourage shooting and discourage stalling, the league introduced the 24-second shot clock in 1954. If a team does not attempt to score a goal within 24 seconds of obtaining the ball, play is stopped. In 1957, rookie center Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics, who already featured guard Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, and went on to lead the club to eleven NBA titles in thirteen seasons. Center Wilt Chamberlain entered the league with the Warriors in 1959 and became a dominant individual star of the 1960s, russells rivalry with Chamberlain became one of the greatest rivalries in the history of American team sports. The 1960s were dominated by the Celtics, led by Russell, Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, Boston won eight straight championships in the NBA from 1959 to 1966
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J. J. Barea
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José Juan J. J. Barea Mora is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for Northeastern University before joining the Mavericks in 2006 and he went on to win an NBA championship with the Mavericks in 2011 before signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves where he played for the next three seasons. He has also played in the NBA Development League and the Baloncesto Superior Nacional, Barea was a member of the Puerto Rican national team that won the gold medal in the 2006 and 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. He was the point guard for Puerto Rico when they won the gold medal in the 2011 Pan American Games. Barea was born in the Puerto Rican municipality of Mayagüez in 1984 to parents Marta, growing up in Mayagüez, Barea was a member of Boy Scouts of America Troop 790 for seven years. In 2001, Barea starting playing basketball for Indios de Mayagüez of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional, later that year, he moved to the United States to attend high school at Miami Christian School in Miami, Florida. As a senior in 2001–02, he averaged 20 points,6 rebounds,8 assists and 3 steals in helping his team to the state title and a 38–2 record. He made a name for himself nationally at the City of Palms event in December 2001 when he was the leading scorer at the event. In April 2002, he enrolled at Northeastern University, after enrolling at Northeastern, Barea returned to Puerto Rico where he again joined Indios de Mayagüez for the 2002 BSN season where in 14 games, he averaged 2.8 points per game. As a freshman at Northeastern in 2002–03, Barea earned third-team All-AEC and AEC All-Rookie team honors after averaging 17.0 points,3.0 rebounds,3.9 assists and 1.9 steals in 28 games. As a junior in 2004–05, Barea ranked second in the America East and he also led the conference and was fifth in the nation in assists. He subsequently earned first-team All-AEC honors for the second straight year and he was also named a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award. com. He finished third in the country in assists and led Northeastern and he was again named a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award. He finished his career as the schools second leading scorer with 2,209 points behind Reggie Lewis. He also leaves Northeastern as its second leader in assists with 721. Barea broke the single-game and single-tournament assist records, dishing out 18 assists for Beach Barton Ford in a 118–100 victory over Norfolk Sports Club, giving him 41 assists in three games. For his efforts, Barea received the tournaments first Allen Iverson A. I. award, given to the player deemed most important to his team. He then joined the Dallas Mavericks for the Rocky Mountain Revue where in three games, he averaged 12.0 points,1.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists in 25.0 minutes per game
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Harrison Barnes
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Harrison Bryce Jordan Barnes is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels before being selected by the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the 2012 NBA draft with the seventh overall pick, Barnes won an NBA championship with the Warriors in 2015. Harrison Barnes was rated as the number 1 player in the class of 2010 by Scout. com and he was rated as the number 2 player by Rivals. com. In his junior year, Barnes and teammate Doug McDermott led Ames High School to an Iowa 4A state championship where he had 24 points and 8 rebounds in the final, in the finals he scored 19 points against Southeast Polk. He averaged 27.1 points,10.4 rebounds,4.0 steals and 4.0 assists during his year and was selected to the USA Today All-USA First Team. Barnes capped off his Ames High School career as their leading scorer with 1,787 points. Barnes played in the 4th annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic where he scored 18 points for Skip To My Lou, on January 20,2010, it was announced that Barnes was selected to the 2010 Junior National Select Team. The team played at the 2010 Nike Hoop Summit at the Rose Garden in Portland and he was also selected to play in the 2010 McDonalds All-American Game where he led the West team to a 107-104 victory. He scored a team high 18 points and was named co-MVP with Jared Sullinger and he also played in the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic where he was named co-MVP with Kyrie Irving. On March 10,2010, Barnes won the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Award, Barnes completed nine advanced placement credits before graduating high school. AAU Barnes played for All Iowa Attack and Howard Pulley Panthers on the AAU Circuit, Barnes considered offers from Duke, Iowa State, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and UCLA. Barnes unofficially visited Kansas twice, for Late Night in the Phog in October 2008, on November 13,2009, Barnes Skyped coach Roy Williams of North Carolina to announce his decision to join the Tar Heels. Barnes had 21 points in his North Carolina debut in a game in the Bahamas against the Commonwealth Bank Giants. Overall, Barnes averaged 22 points and 6.5 rebounds per game for UNC in the Bahamas, on November 1,2010, Barnes was named a preseason All-American by the AP. Barnes had 14 points and 4 rebounds in his North Carolina debut vs. Lipscomb. He recorded his first career double on December 11,2010, scoring 19 points. Barnes made the game winning, three-point shot against Miami to give the Tar Heels the lead with 6.6 seconds remaining in the game. Just weeks later in the Tar Heels game at Florida State, Barnes set a career high of 26 points came against Boston College on February 1,2011. He surpassed this mark on March 12,2011, in an ACC tournament game against Clemson, additionally, Barness 40 point performance set the record for points by a freshman in an ACC Tournament game
