Ask a teenage boy's basketball team from the Bronx what the capital of Tuvalu(a small 9 square mile country) is. Chances are the boys will shake their head and ask you to repeat the question. Now ask another teenage boy's team from Madrid the same question. Chances are they won't have a damn clue. (The capital of Tuvalu is Funafuti in case you were wondering.) Now ask both teams who scored the most points in a single basketball game. Almost a no brainer. Basketball is a language. It can bring kids from all around together. It can unite the world.Anybody who plays basketball knows what a bounce pass is or what a 3 point shot is. They know and understand the rules of the game. Someday I wish to travel the world and play world wide. I love the feeling basketball brings. When I am out on the court it is like I zone out. That impossible chemistry crap gets flushed out of my head. My math test first period the next day is put on hold. If I am playing with kids I have never met before it feels like we have a special bond. Basketball is my antidote to problems. There is no drama. There is no stress. When I am out on the court I am free.
Syracuse vs. Uconn. Just thinking about the game that happened last week gives me chills. I don’t care for either Syracuse or Uconn however, my eyes were glued to the screen. I had one of my friends sleepover and we were up until 2 30 watching the game. Every so often we would scream waking up my parents. It was worth it. Six frigen overtimes. You gotta love this game. The excitement and the upsets. The buzzer beaters and the long bomb threes. The next morning everybody I saw I asked them if they saw the game. First thing I brought up in my conversations.
My favorite basketball player is Brandon Jennings. Some people have never heard of him, but he is easily one of the greatest to ever play the game. You may think if he is so good why doesn’t anybody in the United States know of him? Well, if you don’t watch too much basketball and don’t know where Oak Hill is you are probably lost. Brandon skipped college but was not allowed to go to the NBA. He is currently playing on a team in Rome and is absolutely owning. Europe basketball is now on a whole other level. Many American players dream about playing in Europe which is just another example of basketball uniting the world.
If you watched the NBA dunk contest this year you would have seen yet another example of how basketball brings the world together. High flying Rudy Fernandez from the Portland Trailblazers was born and raised in Spain. Pao Gasol and his brother Marc are also from Spain and are currently playing in America. Nobody cares what ethnicity they are. It is only about skill and their love for the game. Without basketball and other sports the world would be distant.
Syracuse vs. Uconn. Just thinking about the game that happened last week gives me chills. I don’t care for either Syracuse or Uconn however, my eyes were glued to the screen. I had one of my friends sleepover and we were up until 2 30 watching the game. Every so often we would scream waking up my parents. It was worth it. Six frigen overtimes. You gotta love this game. The excitement and the upsets. The buzzer beaters and the long bomb threes. The next morning everybody I saw I asked them if they saw the game. First thing I brought up in my conversations.
My favorite basketball player is Brandon Jennings. Some people have never heard of him, but he is easily one of the greatest to ever play the game. You may think if he is so good why doesn’t anybody in the United States know of him? Well, if you don’t watch too much basketball and don’t know where Oak Hill is you are probably lost. Brandon skipped college but was not allowed to go to the NBA. He is currently playing on a team in Rome and is absolutely owning. Europe basketball is now on a whole other level. Many American players dream about playing in Europe which is just another example of basketball uniting the world.
If you watched the NBA dunk contest this year you would have seen yet another example of how basketball brings the world together. High flying Rudy Fernandez from the Portland Trailblazers was born and raised in Spain. Pao Gasol and his brother Marc are also from Spain and are currently playing in America. Nobody cares what ethnicity they are. It is only about skill and their love for the game. Without basketball and other sports the world would be distant.
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