BASKETBALL FROM A FANS PERSPECTIVE
A shoot out
The Sixers beat the Bucks 130-125, Giannis Antetokounmpo did the best he could leading his Bucks teammates. Antetokounmpo filled up the box score with 52 points and grabbing 16 rebounds along with 7 assists 1 blocked shot and 2 steals. Joel Embiid had 40 points plus 15 rebounds and 6 assists 3 steals and 1 blocked shot for the winning Sixers. If we simply checked the box score the Bucks appeared to have a more balanced attack although they came up short, oh well next time.
The Sixers beat the Bucks 130-125, Giannis Antetokounmpo did the best he could leading his Bucks teammates. Antetokounmpo filled up the box score with 52 points and grabbing 16 rebounds along with 7 assists 1 blocked shot and 2 steals. Joel Embiid had 40 points plus 15 rebounds and 6 assists 3 steals and 1 blocked shot for the winning Sixers. If we simply checked the box score the Bucks appeared to have a more balanced attack although they came up short, oh well next time.
No
worry
Do you follow my thought process, the NBA season is too long? I believe we all agree with that. I believe the Warriors become “bored” during the regular season, they are waiting for the playoffs to begin. Can they win another championship, it’s certainly possible if they remain healthy? In closing I continue to believe Steph Curry has the quickest release of any shooter I’ve ever seen.
Do you follow my thought process, the NBA season is too long? I believe we all agree with that. I believe the Warriors become “bored” during the regular season, they are waiting for the playoffs to begin. Can they win another championship, it’s certainly possible if they remain healthy? In closing I continue to believe Steph Curry has the quickest release of any shooter I’ve ever seen.
Interesting
A former supervisor sent me an email recently. He stated, “Some of my friends never watch the NBA they prefer the college game. As for me it’s strictly the NBA.” I smiled after I read his comment, I know some of those folks too not the same one’s but those with a similar view of the game. There are quite a few who wouldn’t attend an NBA game if you gave them free tickets. As for me if you’ve been reading Words eye view for any length of time you will see it’s almost evenly divided in coverage. July to September there is less coverage of college because there is lesser activity during this time-period. Words is written to illustrate various levels of basketball. As mentioned at one-point coverage only extends down to high school. Some middle school wiz might not earn a roster spot in high school.
A former supervisor sent me an email recently. He stated, “Some of my friends never watch the NBA they prefer the college game. As for me it’s strictly the NBA.” I smiled after I read his comment, I know some of those folks too not the same one’s but those with a similar view of the game. There are quite a few who wouldn’t attend an NBA game if you gave them free tickets. As for me if you’ve been reading Words eye view for any length of time you will see it’s almost evenly divided in coverage. July to September there is less coverage of college because there is lesser activity during this time-period. Words is written to illustrate various levels of basketball. As mentioned at one-point coverage only extends down to high school. Some middle school wiz might not earn a roster spot in high school.
They
might be the reason
Recently we reported the NBA was forming a league comprised of African nations. It was also reported former president Barack Obama would have a role although it was not clear at announcement time. No place other than the nations representing the former Yugoslavia has basketball had such an impact as it’s had on the continent. A steady stream of talent has emergence from the continent over the last several decades. Yes, soccer (or football) is still quite popular but so is basketball. Hakeem Olajuwon wasn’t the first talent to arrive on these shores, but he might have been the basis for many who followed.
Recently we reported the NBA was forming a league comprised of African nations. It was also reported former president Barack Obama would have a role although it was not clear at announcement time. No place other than the nations representing the former Yugoslavia has basketball had such an impact as it’s had on the continent. A steady stream of talent has emergence from the continent over the last several decades. Yes, soccer (or football) is still quite popular but so is basketball. Hakeem Olajuwon wasn’t the first talent to arrive on these shores, but he might have been the basis for many who followed.
Several players have come from European
nations however their parents immigrated.
We can look at Giannis Antetokounmpo whose parents left Nigeria for
Greece, he and siblings were born in Greece.
Victor Oladipo was born in Silver Spring Maryland, his mother from
Nigeria and his father Sierra Leone. Denis
Schroeder is from Germany, his father a citizen his mother from Gambia
originally. Clint Capela’s parents are
from Angola and the Congo, the son was born in Switzerland. Others arrived in the U.S. directly from
their former country, Hall of Fame player Dikembe Mutombo from the Congo. Perhaps the two best players in the NBA not
native to this soil are Joel Embiid (Cameroon) and the already mentioned
Antetokounmpo. There are others we failed to mention however the hope is you
begin your own exploration of talent from the continent.
