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Showing posts with label basketball. Show all posts

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a retired American professional basketball player

Full name: Michael Jeffrey Jordan.
Born : February 17, 1963 (age 47).
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a retired American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats.
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His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.
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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.
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After a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he led the Tar Heels to a National Championship in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984.

Evan Marcel Turner is an American basketball player

Full name: Evan Marcel Turner

Born : October 27, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois), is an American (1988-10-27) (age 21)

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Turner is a first-team 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American and 2010 National Player of the Year according to multiple sources. Turner is the incumbent two-time Big Ten Conference scoring champion and the reigning Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

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He has twice been the only player named as a unanimous first-team selection by both the coaches and the media to the All-Big Ten team (2008–09, 2009–10). By finishing first in scoring and second in both rebounds and assists in the conference in the 2009-10 season, he is the first men's basketball player to finish in the top two in each of these categories and in fact, the first to finish in the top five in each category in the same season.

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Turner attended St. Joseph High School in Westchester. By his senior season, he was one of the top high school basketball players at his position in the nation.He was the Big Ten Conference scoring champion for the 2008–09 season and was a first-team 2009 All-Big Ten selection. That season, he was also an honorable mention All-American and was selected as a member of the 2009 All-Big Ten Conference Tournament team,and he became one of five Big Ten players to have been among the top ten in the conference in average points, rebounds, and assists in the same season.

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Ronald William "Ron" Artest Jr.basketball player

Full name: Ronald William "Ron" Artest, Jr.

Born : November 13, 1979) is an American.

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RonArtest, Jr is an American professional basketball player who is currently with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. Artest gained a reputation as one of the league's premier defenders as he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2004. He was also criticized for assaulting a fan in the Pacers–Pistons brawl and is known for his sometimes eccentric, outspoken behavior.

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Artest was born and raised in the Queensbridge projects in Queens, New York. Artest has 2 younger brothers, Isaiah and Daniel. He played high school basketball at La Salle Academy and college basketball at St. John's University from 1997–1999 majoring in mathematics .

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In 1999 he helped the Red Storm to the Elite Eight, losing to Ohio State in a classic game. He gained fame playing in some of New York City's high profile summer basketball tournaments at Nike Pro City,

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Hoops in the Sun at Orchard Beach, Bronx, New York and Dyckman Park at Washington Heights, earning himself nicknames such as Tru Warier and The New World Order, a name he received from Randy Cruz (one of the co-founders of the Hoops In The Sun basketball league at Orchard Beach in the Bronx, New York).



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