Jun 14, 2001 12:09 PM
10003 Views
I'm writing this review in response of someone's request. I think it was asking about which is the best team to watch in NBA. That is a question that depends on your opinion. But since I'm writing this one, I'll let you in on which team is the best to watch in my opinion.
Right now the 76er in Philly is in the NBA finals with Lakers in LA. Neither one is my favorite. Funny to say that my favorite is actually the Trail Blazers in Portland, OR. They range from the top of the NBA stastics and fall to the 6th place in matters of 3 weeks. They started out this season beating every single team in the NBA. Until the team starting to fall apart. I've been a big fan of basketball for 2 years now. Sadly to say, I never got a chance to see some of the best player in my time. Hopefully there's more talents that will reach the status of Michael Jorden in the near future.
Let me describe a little bit about NBA. As most of you might already know, NBA stands for National Basketball Association. It's a dream of every basketball player to be in the NBA one day. You have to start playing basketball in high school. With a little luck, a scout will find you and let you get into college basketball. If not, you will have to try to get into the college basketball team which is very competitive. Later on, if you are good and lucky, you might catch eyes of NBA draft and get drafted into NBA. Finally, if you are really lucky, when the teams get to pick from the NBA draft, you will get in with a good team.
It's with a lot of talent and effort for someone to get into NBA. There is a lot of respectable players in NBA, but there are also few of players that take advantage of their fame and some drug usage.
Some of the respectble players make the team interesting to watch. Although an individaul doesn't won the game for the whole team, but it's exciting to see how a person can get a own group of people together and bring out the best of them.
Michael Jordon is probably one of the most respected player in basketball. Not only that he is a great player, but he also have a great sportsmanship. He brough the team together when he was in the Chicago Bulls. His teammates are great players as well, but they are not winning material until they have a leader and someone to count on like Michael Jordon. Another thing I respect about him is that he only play for one team and refuse to go to another team. Now you see players jumping from team to team. I wonder how they could build a team or a reputation that way.
One of the other respectable player in my mind is Allen Iverson. He not only is a talented player, but he is also one of those guys that would do anything for his team. While he was a kid in Philly, most people don't believe he would ever get into NBA. Later on in high school and college, they commented about his height. He is only 6 feet tall and normally the player in his position (guard) are all around 6'6'' or more. He was such a great player in college he got drafted in NBA. In the first year in Philly for the 76ers. He got the honor of getting ''rookie of the year''. Right now he is the starter in 76ers also one of the MVP (most valuable player).
Even though I live in LA, I'm not a big fan of the Lakers. For one reason I don't like how they have one star. Which is Shaq. They have not won one game whenever he is not playing. To me, that's not much of a team.
I think NBA is a great dream for most of the young kids. While in school, I know a lot of kids that stay off drugs and crime with the hope of playing for the NBA one day. They work hard in school trying to get to a good college that has a great basketball team. Although none of the people I know got into NBA, but they've had a great education because of their basketball scholoships and had a great career in the end. To me also there is a lot of NBA player work in charity work among their community. They have a good reputation and are good role models for the younger generation.
