Nba Title Contenders Research Paper
Top 3 NBA Title Contenders
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is known as one of the best professional sports leagues in the world. The thirty-two teams in the league work hard to get to the NBA Championship after the tough and long season. Only sixteen teams of the thirty-two will be able to compete for the championship, but which team will be the one standing as champion? Each team is filling their rosters up to be prepared for the new season. The NBA is full of talent leaving many to wonder who the true title contenders are this year. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC), and San Antonio Spurs are three of the best teams in the NBA. With their athletes, coaches, and offensive and defensive strategies, these teams …show more content…
At one point during their franchise, the Cavs were amazing with NBA stars, Ron Harper, Brad Daugherty, Alan Carr, and Mark Price in the 1980’s. But those glory days seemed to be over for this team. In 2010, the year after LeBron James had left the team, the Cavaliers had the worst season records in the history of the NBA. Their record was 19 wins and 63 losses. Cleveland has had it rough since then but now seems to be a top title contender by the end of this year. The team drafted Kyrie Irving, a guard from Duke University in 2011. LeBron James came back too after he opted out of his contract at the end of this season. One of the newest members of the Cavaliers is Kevin Love. He is an all-star power forward who has spent all of his six years with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Cavaliers traded away 2013 and 2014 number one draft picks Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins, along with a 2015 first round draft pick to Minnesota for Love(Stein). The Cavaliers now having the best big three (Love, James, and Irving) in the league also has some of the best shooters in the league too. …show more content…
The reigning NBA Champs are still as strong as ever with the first big three in the league. Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Tim Duncan, are still going strong being leaders for their team. These men might are in their thirties, but they are still playing like they are in their mid twenties. Other than the big three, the Spurs have some of the best offensive players in the league. Players like Danny Green, Boris Diaw, and NBA Finals MVP, Kawhi Leonard. These young men bring a lot to the Spurs franchise with speed, scoring, and defense. This team is stacked with talent and each person on the team contributes to every win. But every win is from listening to a legend on the court. The head coach Gregg Popovich. Popovich has coached the Spurs over the last 16 years("Gregg popovich," 2014). He has lead the team to four national championships and has been named NBA coach of the month 12 times in his career("Gregg popovich," 2014). Popovich’s offensive strategy is simple: make a lot of passes and cut across the court while another teammate sets a screen for you. In other words a play the Spurs perform is the ball is passed six to seven times before a shot is took. One wing player will cut across the court to the corner three point line. As the wing player cuts across the court, Tim Duncan or Boris Diaw will set a pick for the wing player so he can get
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is known as one of the best professional sports leagues in the world. The thirty-two teams in the league work hard to get to the NBA Championship after the tough and long season. Only sixteen teams of the thirty-two will be able to compete for the championship, but which team will be the one standing as champion? Each team is filling their rosters up to be prepared for the new season. The NBA is full of talent leaving many to wonder who the true title contenders are this year. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC), and San Antonio Spurs are three of the best teams in the NBA. With their athletes, coaches, and offensive and defensive strategies, these teams …show more content…
At one point during their franchise, the Cavs were amazing with NBA stars, Ron Harper, Brad Daugherty, Alan Carr, and Mark Price in the 1980’s. But those glory days seemed to be over for this team. In 2010, the year after LeBron James had left the team, the Cavaliers had the worst season records in the history of the NBA. Their record was 19 wins and 63 losses. Cleveland has had it rough since then but now seems to be a top title contender by the end of this year. The team drafted Kyrie Irving, a guard from Duke University in 2011. LeBron James came back too after he opted out of his contract at the end of this season. One of the newest members of the Cavaliers is Kevin Love. He is an all-star power forward who has spent all of his six years with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Cavaliers traded away 2013 and 2014 number one draft picks Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins, along with a 2015 first round draft pick to Minnesota for Love(Stein). The Cavaliers now having the best big three (Love, James, and Irving) in the league also has some of the best shooters in the league too. …show more content…
The reigning NBA Champs are still as strong as ever with the first big three in the league. Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Tim Duncan, are still going strong being leaders for their team. These men might are in their thirties, but they are still playing like they are in their mid twenties. Other than the big three, the Spurs have some of the best offensive players in the league. Players like Danny Green, Boris Diaw, and NBA Finals MVP, Kawhi Leonard. These young men bring a lot to the Spurs franchise with speed, scoring, and defense. This team is stacked with talent and each person on the team contributes to every win. But every win is from listening to a legend on the court. The head coach Gregg Popovich. Popovich has coached the Spurs over the last 16 years("Gregg popovich," 2014). He has lead the team to four national championships and has been named NBA coach of the month 12 times in his career("Gregg popovich," 2014). Popovich’s offensive strategy is simple: make a lot of passes and cut across the court while another teammate sets a screen for you. In other words a play the Spurs perform is the ball is passed six to seven times before a shot is took. One wing player will cut across the court to the corner three point line. As the wing player cuts across the court, Tim Duncan or Boris Diaw will set a pick for the wing player so he can get