Basketball

Guilherme de Lemos 1º A

History of Basketball

Basketball was invented in December 1891 by James Naismith. It had only thirteen rules.Teams had nine players, and the goals were wooden peach baskets affixed to the walls.Basketball become an Olympic sport at the 1936 games held in Berlin.

Basketball position1- Point guard- He is the best ballhandleron the team, also named playmaker. Generally he is the smallest player in the team.

2-Shooting guard- He is usually the best shooter in the team- Kobe Bryant

3- Small Forward- He must be quick and have strength

4-Power Forward- He should help the pivot

5- Center or Pivot- He is the tallest player in the team, he “plays” near the basket

(National Basketball Association)• Is a professional basketball league

( in USA), composed of thirty teams.• The league was founded in New

York in 1946 • In a regular season, each team

plays 82 matches• In April the regular season finishes,

and then the best 16 teams go to playoffs

• Playoffs are a best of seven elimination tournament.

ACB(Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto)

• It is the professional basketball league in Spain

• Each team has to play all the other teams in its division twice, one at home and one away.

• At the end of the league, the eight best teams start a play-off. There are three rounds with five matches on each.

Michael Jordan

• He is probably the greatest basketball player of all time.

• Now he is retired, he is on the

Basketball Hall of Fame…

• His position was shooting guard

• Chicago Bulls

• Washington Wizards

Michael Jordan’s Awards• 2 Olympic Gold Medals – 1984, 1992• 6-time NBA Champion• 6-time NBA Finals MVP• 5-time NBA MVP• 7-time The Sporting News MVP • 10 NBA Scoring Titles• 14 NBA All-Star Selections• 3-time NBA All-Star Game MVP• 11 All-NBA Selections• 9 All-Defensive Selections• 2-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion – 1987, 1988 • NBA Rookie of the Year – 1984 • NBA Defensive Player of the Year – 1988 • ACC Freshman of the Year – 1982 • ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year – 1984 • USBWA College Player of the Year – 1984 • Naismith College Player of the Year – 1984 • John R. Wooden Award – 1984 • Adolph Rupp Trophy– 1984 • Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year– 1991 • Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996 • Ranked #1 by SLAM Magazine's Top 50 Players of All-Time • Ranked #1 by ESPN Sportscentury's Top 100 Athletes of the 20th century