Showing posts with label Basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Basketball. Show all posts

Sunday, June 26, 2011

TONY PARKER PROFILE

William Anthony "Tony" Parker was born May 17, 1982 is Frenchtown. professional basketball player, which currently plays for the NBA San Antonio Spurs and France's national team. The son of a professional basketball player, Parker Played for two years in Frenchtown basketball league for Entering the 2001 NBA Draft.

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Early life
Parker was born in Bruges, Belgium, but raised in France. His father, Tony Parker Sr, An African-American, basketball game at Loyola University Chicago, as well as professionally abroad. His mother, Pamela Firestone, a Dutch model.

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player profile
Parker plays the point guard position och Have One as a potent score. Voted by his colleagues in a 2007 poll as one of the fastest players in the NBA, he often slashes to the basket for a layup or teardrop shot.

Club honors-
  • NBA Champion: 2003, 2005, 2007
  • French League Rookie of the Year: 2001
Tony Parker wiki & pics
Tony Parker wiki & pics

Tony Parker wiki & pics
Tony Parker wiki & pics

Sunday, May 22, 2011

SHAQUILLE O'NEAL PROFILE

Shaquille O�Neal Profile

This is Shaquille Rashaun O�Neal Profile. He was born March 6, 1972, nicknamed �Shaq�, he is an American professional basketball player for the NBA�s Boston Celtics. he is one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA. Shaq is the oldest active player in the NBA. In addition to his basketball career, O�Neal has released four rap albums, with his first, Shaq Diesel, going platinum. He has appeared in numerous films and has starred in his own reality shows, Shaq�s Big Challenge and Shaq Vs.

Shaquille ONeal Profile Shaquille ONeal Profile

Famous as : Basketball Player
Birth Name : Shaquille Rashaun O�Neal
Popular Name : Shaquille O�Neal
Nickname : Shaq
Born : March 6, 1972
Place of birth : Newark, New Jersey
Height : 216 cm
Weight : 147 Kg
Natonality : American
Current Club : Boston Celtics
Position : Center
Number : #36

Shaquille O�Neal Family
Father : Joseph Toney
Mother : Lucille O�Neal
Ex-Wife : Shaunie Nelson (ended September 4, 2007)
Children : Shareef, Amirah, Shaqir, and Me�arah and Taahirah

Shaquille O�Neal Career
Pro Career : 1992�present
1992�1996: Orlando Magic
1996�2004: Los Angeles Lakers
2004�2008: Miami Heat
2008�2009: Phoenix Suns
2009�2010: Cleveland Cavaliers
2010�present: Boston Celtics

Awards and Honours
NBA Champion : 4 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006)
NBA Finals MVP : 3 (2000�2002)
NBA Most Valuable Player : (2000)
NBA Rookie of the Year : (1993)
NBA All-Star : 15 (1993�1998, 2000�2007, 2009)
NBA scoring champion : 2 (1995, 2000)
All-NBA First Team : 8 (1998, 2000�2006)
All-NBA Second Team : 2 (1995, 1999)
All-NBA Third Team : 4 (1994, 1996�1997, 2009)
All-Defensive Second Team : 3 (2000�2001, 2003)
NBA All-Rookie First Team : (1993)
NBA All-Star Game MVP : 3 (2000, 2004, 2009)
FIBA World Championship MVP (1994)

Shaq Album
Shaq Diesel (1993)
Shaq Fu: Da Return (1994)
You Can�t Stop the Reign (1996)
Respect (1998)
Shaquille O�Neal Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1 (Unreleased)
Shaq Film
Blue Chips (1994), Kazaam (1996), Good Burger (1997), Steel (1997), He Got Game (1998), A Great Day in Hip Hop (1998), The Wash (2001), Freddy Got Fingered (2001), After the Sunset (2004), Scary Movie 4 (2006), The House Bunny (2008).

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Sunday, April 3, 2011

DIANA TAURASI


Diana Taurasi
(born June 11, 1982 in Glendale, California) is a WNBA basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury.



Taurasi had a notable high school career, after which she began to play, during the 2000-2001 season, for the University of Connecticut women's basketball team. She helped her team win three straight national championships, the last one coming in the 2003-2004 season. In Connecticut, Taurasi was admired by most fans. Taurasi won the 2003 Naismith Award and College Player of the Year Awards.

In April 2004, Taurasi was the first pick in the WNBA Draft to the Phoenix Mercury, a team that had earned the first selection at the draft with an 8-26 record in the 2003 season. Soon after, she began to build a supportive fan base in Phoenix as she had in Connecticut.

In her first season as a WNBA player, Taurasi has already led her team past the number of victories that the Mercury posted the year before, and she is among the league's leaders in a number of categories. She had 26 points and led the Mercury to an 84-76 victory over the Seattle Storm on her debut as a WNBA player.

Taurasi wears number 3, the number she wore at UConn, with the Mercury. Her jersey has substituted Michele Timms' number 7 jersey as the best-selling Mercury jersey.

On June 19, 2004, she was selected to represent the United States with the United States women's national basketball team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She scored 22 points that night against Lisa Leslie and the Los Angeles Sparks, but could not prevent a 76-74 defeat.



Monday, March 14, 2011

MICHAEL JORDAN BIOGRAPHY



BIOGRAPHY


Michael Jeffrey Jordan
born February 17, 1963 is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time."Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

After a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' National Championship, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993�94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995�96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.

Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6, 2009 and was inducted on September 11, 2009.

Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today.Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam as himself. He is the majority owner and head of basketball operations for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats; he recently won a bidding war to buy controlling interest in the team from founding owner Robert L. Johnson.

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Personal information
Date of birth: February 17, 1963 (1963-02-17) (age 48)
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
High school: Emsley A. Laney High School (Wilmington, North Carolina)
Listed height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight: 215 lb (98 kg)

Career information

College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
NBA Draft: 1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by: the Chicago Bulls
Pro career: 1984�2003

Career history

* Chicago Bulls (1984�1993, 1995�1998)
* Washington Wizards (2001�2003)

Saturday, March 12, 2011

DERON WILLIAMS BIOGRAPHY



BIOGRAPHY


Deron Michael Williams born June 26, 1984, nicknamed D-Will, is an American basketball player currently with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Prior to playing in the NBA, Williams played for the University of Illinois men's basketball team. Williams was drafted 3rd overall in the 2005 draft by the Utah Jazz, for whom he played before being traded in the middle of his sixth season to the Nets. He is a two-time All-Star and a gold medal winner at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

In elementary school and middle school, Williams won two state wrestling championships. In 1993, as an eight-year-old, he won the 67 lb. weight class Texas State championship. Four years later in 1997, he won the twelve-year-old 116 lb. weight class championship. Williams attended The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas and averaged 17 points, 9.4 assists, and 2 steals per game as a junior in 2001. That year he led his team, the Cougars, to a 32�2 record and the Class 5A state semifinals against Bryan High. In 2002, as a senior, he averaged 17.6 points, 8.5 assists, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.6 steals per game. His team, the Cougars, went 29�2 that season, losing the 5A Texas State semifinals.Williams was a teammate of Bracey Wright who went on to play for Big Ten rival Indiana University










Personal information

Date of birth: June 26, 1984
Place of birth: Parkersburg, West Virginia
Nationality: American
Listed height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight: 207 lb (94 kg)

Career information
College: Illinois
NBA Draft: 2005 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Pro career: 2005�present

Career history

* Utah Jazz (2005�2011)
* New Jersey Nets (2011�present)

Career highlights and awards

* 2� NBA All-Star (2010, 2011)
* 2� All-NBA Second Team (2008, 2010)
* NBA All-Rookie First Team (2006)
* Skills Challenge Champion (2008)

Friday, March 11, 2011

LISA LESLIE PROFILE



Lisa Deshaun Leslie-Lockwood
born July 7, 1972, in Gardena, California is a former American professional women's basketball player in the WNBA. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner. The number seven pick in the 1997 inaugural WNBA draft, she followed a superb career at the University of Southern California with seven WNBA All-Star appearances and two WNBA championships over the course of eleven seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, before retiring in 2009. Leslie, a 6'5" center, is the first player to dunk in a WNBA game. She was considered a pioneer and cornerstone of the league during her WNBA career.








PERSONAL INFORMATION


Born: July 7, 1972 (1972-07-07) Gardena, California
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight: 170 lb (77 kg)
High school: Morningside High School
College : Southern California
Allocated: 1997, Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA career: 1997�2009

Sunday, February 27, 2011

LAMAR ODOM PROFILE

Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6, 1979) is an American professional basketball forward with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Odom is noted for being a professional athlete with a significant fondness for candy. Wrigley made a replica of the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy out of candy in celebration of the Lakers' victory in the 2009 Finals, and Odom's name is featured on the base.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

ROY HIBBERT

Roy Denzil Hibbert was born in December 11, 1986. Heis a Jamaican American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. He plays the center position, and graduated from Georgetown University in 2008. He was drafted 17th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors and was immediately traded to the Pacers on draft night. He also holds Jamaican citizenship and therefore he has represented the Jamaican national team in international competition.