Athlete Of The Day

Eastern Conference Finals
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This Is The Athlete Of  The Day
1. He Is Under 25 Years Old
2. His Team Is In The Eastern Conference Finals
3. He Went To A College In California

Redskins to change their name

After 10 congress members agreed to pass a ban that said that the Washington Redskins have to change their name because of the Native Americans. Some of the Native Americans consider the word  Redskin to be like the N-word. Congress has not made the ban but they are planning on passing it soon.
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NBA Playoffs Pacers even up the series

     Last night the Pacers evened the series up with the Heat, and they are going back to Miami in a 2-2 series. Indy squeaked by with a 92-99 W. Roy Hibbert had 23 and 12 while beating up the Heat on the block. Lance Stevenson also had a good game scoring 20 on 9-15 shooting, every Pacer starter scored in double figures. Lebron had an average game scoring 24, along with 6 boards, and 5 dimes.

Conference Finals
East
(1) Heat-2
(3) Pacers-2

West
(2) Spurs-4
(5) Grizzlies-0

NBA Playoffs San Antonio Sweeps Memphis

     The San Antonio Spurs are going to the NBA finals for the 5th time in 15 years. They beat Memphis 93-86 in the 4th game of the series. Tony Parker did his part for 37 points and 6 dimes. Memphis shot only 37.2 % from the field throughout the whole game. Also Memphis was dominated by the Spurs in one of their strongest statistical categories, points in the paint. Memphis had 32 to SAS' 52.
     Sunday night Miami went to Indiana and took care of business with the Pacers. D-Wade had 18 points, 8 assists, and 2 blocks. Every Heat starter had 14+ points. The one positive from the Pacers was the fact that they held Miami to 6 fast break points.

Conference Finals
East
(1) Heat-2
(3) Pacers-1

West
(2) Spurs-4
(5) Grizzlies-0

Should the NBA have a 1 year out of high school rule?

     Lebron James, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant. When you hear those names you think of Hall of Famers, and some of the top basketball players ever. They were also drafted straight out of high school. There are two sides to every argument and that rule applies especially to this one.

Read more on the NBA page coming in resource (sorry I need to polish things up)...

NBA Draft Lotto

The New Orleans Pelicans new logo
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     Last night was the annual NBA draft lottery. Cleveland won the lottery for the 2nd time in 3 years. They are now the team who won the most #1 picks since the lotto started (4). The Charlotte Bobcats also announced that before the 2014-2015 season they are changing their name back to original name. The Charlotte Hornets. They can do this because the New Orleans Hornets are now the Pelicans.
Projected order:

1. Orlando Magic 25 % chance for #1 pick
2. Charlotte Bobcats 19.9 % chance for #1 pick
3. Cleveland Cavaliers 15.6 % chance for #1 pick
4. Phoenix Suns 11.9 % chance for #1 pick
5. New Orleans Pelicans 8.8 % chance for #1 pick
6. Sacramento Kings 6.3 % chance for #1 pick
7. Detroit Pistons 3.6 % chance for #1 pick
8. Washington Wizards 3.5 % chance for #1 pick
9. Minnesota Timber-wolves 1.7 % chance for #1 pick
10. Portland Trail Blazers 1.1 % chance for #1 pick
11. Philidelphia 76ers 0.8 % chance for #1 pick
12. Toronto Raptors 0.7 % chance for #1 pick
13. Dallas Mavericks 0.6 % chance for #1 pick
14. Utah Jazz 0.5 % chance for #1 pick

Actual Turnout:

1. Cleveland Cavaliers
2. Orlando Magic
3. Washington Wizards
4. Charlotte Bobcats
5. Phoenix Suns
6. New Orleans Pelicans
7. Sacramento Kings
8. Detroit Pistons
9. Minnesota Timeber-wolves
10. Portland Trail Blazers
11. Philidelphia 76ers
12. Oklahoma City Thunder (Via Toronto from past trade)
13. Dallas Mavericks
14. Utah Jazz

AOTD INFO

I don't know if any of you know this, but you can answer AOTD's from other weeks too. I will all of them even if it was 2 or 3 weeks ago. Thanks for reading

AOTD

Him As A Kid
Photo Credits To: www.sikids.com 

This Is Todays AOTD
1. He Plays A Professional Sport In Switzerland
2. He Is One Of The Worlds Best Players In His Sport
3.He Is Currently Ranked #3 In His Sport

P.S: Sorry for not posting on Monday. I will post one tomorrow and friday

NBA Playoffs Conference Finals underway!

     The Grizzlies lost 105-83 to the Spurs in the first game of the WCF. Only two starters from each team played 30 or more minutes in the game.
     In the second WCF game every Spurs starter scored in double digits once again. The Grizzlies were held to 31 first half points. The Grizz still managed to take the game to OT, but SAS came out on top 89-93. Z-Bo had 15 points and 18 boards for Memphis, but his 6-18 shooting held them back.

Conference Finals
East
(1) Heat-0
(3) Pacers-0

West
(2) Spurs-2
(5) Grizzlies-0

Pacers advance to Conference Finals

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     The Indiana Pacers beat the NY Knicks in 6 games. The final score was 106-99. Carmelo Anthony had 39 points, while only 2 other Knicks scored in double figures. Every starting Pacer had 12+ points in the game. The Knicks could have won the game if they had more than 0 fast break points. The Pacers will face the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.