Essay about Informative: Nba

Submitted By 19anton94
Words: 1394
Pages: 6

Topic: Basketball
General Purpose: The development of basketball.
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the sport of basketball and how it evolved to be one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports.
Thesis: Basketball’s great history, great players and great teams have revolutionized the sport into an international sensation.
Main points:
1. Basketball was invented in December 1891 by the Canadian educator, and physician
James Naismith. Naismith introduced the game when he was an instructor at the Young
Men's Christian Association Training School ,which is now Springfield College in Springfield,
teams of five became standard. The game rapidly spread nationwide and to Canada and other parts of the world, played by both women and men; it also became a popular informal outdoor game. U.S. servicemen in World War II (1939 945) popularized the sport in many
1 other countries. In 1934 the first college games were staged in New York City's Madison
Square Garden, and college basketball began to attract heightened interest. By the 1950s basketball had become a major college sport, thus paving the way for a growth of interest in professional basketball. By 1949 two subsequent professional leagues, the National
Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America merged to create the
National Basketball Association (NBA).
2. Of the thousands of men who have played in the NBA over the past six decades, most have been forgettable. Many have been excellent at one or two skills. Some have been champions. Only a small group have become legends. The Boston Celtics, led by their center Bill Russell, dominated the NBA from the late 1950s through the 1960s. Wilt
Jabbar, also a center, came to prominence during the 1970s. Jabbar perfected his famed "sky hook" shot while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers and dominated the opposition.The NBA suffered a drop in popularity during the late 1970s, but was resuscitated, principally through the

Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers are credited with injecting excitement into the league in the 1980s through their superior skills and decades long rivalry. During the late1980s,
Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls rose to stardom and helped the Bulls dominate the NBA during the early 1990s. Michael Jordan is known world round as “Air Jordan”.
Lebron James of the Miami Heat and Kevin Durant of the Oakland Thunder, have sustained the NBA's growth in popularity.
3. So legendary are the teams that comprise the Top 10 Teams in NBA History. The teams were selected in 1996 by a panel of media members who regularly cover the NBA.
Voters were asked to select the top 10 teams in NBA history, without ranking them, as part of the NBA at 50 celebration during the '96
97 season.The 10 teams selected averaged
66 wins per season and all went on to win the NBA Championship. Three teams were selected from the 1960s, one from the 1970s, four from the 1980s and two from the 1990s.
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