Derrick Rose Basketball Player Biography And Wallpapers/Images 2011

Derrick Rose Biography

Derrick Rose was born on October 4, 1988 in Chicago, IL. Derrick Rose is a freshman basketball player for the NBA team Chicago Bulls. Derrick Rose is 6 foot 3 inches and weighs at 205 pounds. Derrick Rose was drafted in June 2008 by the Chicago Bulls for the 2008-2009 NBA season. Derrick Rose was selected first overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by his hometown Chicago Bulls.

Derrick Rose owns two state championship rings. Derrick Rose has been compared to NBA stars, such as Dwyane Wade, and Jason Kidd. If Derick Rose decides to go to the 2008 NBA Draft, he is expected to be a top pick. Derrick Rose is currently considered the number one Point Guard in the nation by Rivals.com.\

Derrick Rose Bio in High School :
Derrick Rose was ranked the nation's top point guard in 2006-07. Derrick Rose is also a consensus top-five recruit and was ranked among the top-five by Rivals.com (3), Rob Harrington (5), RiseMag.com (5), Scout.com (5), ESPN150 (5), SI.com (5) and Sporting News High School Hoops (5). Named to the USA Today 2007 All-USA Team (first team). Rob Harrington/USA Today rated him the country's top point guard. Selected to the 2007 Parade Magazine All-America Team. It was the third-straight year he was named to one of Parade's All-America squads (2005 third team; 2006 fourth team). Also selected to 2007 SLAM magazine and MaxPreps.com All-America first teams. Was a 2007 EA Sports All-America first team pick and a 2006 EA Sports All-America second team selection. Named 2007 Illinois Mr. Basketball by the Chicago Tribune. Derrick Rose played in the Jordan Brand and McDonald's All-America games. Derrick Rose also participated for Team USA in the Nike Hoops Summit Game, which was played in Memphis. Derrick Rose as a junior in 2005-06, averaged 20.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 2.6 steals. Shot 57 percent from the field. Helped lead the Wolverines to a 33-4 record and the Illinois Class AA championship. Simeon also won the Chicago city crown. Derrick Rose as a sophomore in 2004-05, averaged 19.8 points, 5.1 boards, 8.3 assists and 2.4 steals, while shooting 50 percent from the floor. Simeon finished the 2004-05 campaign with a 30-5 record. Derrick Rose as freshman in 2003-04, averaged 18.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 2.1 steals. Simeon finished the 2003-04 season with a 24-1 record.

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Blake Griffin Girlfeiend Photos 2011

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Blake Griffin Girlfeiend 

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Blake Griffin Basketball Star 2011 Profile,Bio & Photos

Blake Griffin

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Born: 1989/03/16
Age: 22
Height: 6-10
Weight: 251
Place of birth: Oklahoma City, OK
Seasons: 1
Class: Sophomore

 

 

Biography:

Blake Austin Griffin was born March 16, 1989 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Click here for a complete listing of today's sports birthdays.) His parents, Tommy and Gail, had an older son, Taylor, born three years before Blake. Tommy, a former high school basketball and track star, owned a trophy company and was a hoops coach in Oklahoma City. Gail home-schooled the boys until 2003, when Blake finished eighth grade and Tommy finished the equivalent of his sophomore year in high school.

The Griffin boys may not have had schoolmates, but they had no shortage of teammates. Both were gifted athletes who competed in youth leagues for football, baseball and basketball. Their greatest battles were in the family driveway. Balke was known as “Little Griffin” by just about everybody, and he didn't like it.

Blake was a typical younger sibling, always looking for a challenge. If Taylor wouldn't play him, he’d find something else to turn into a competition between the two. Blake was always trying to run a little faster or jump a little higher.

One of Blake’s friends was Sam Bradford, who would go on to be the top pick in the 2010 NFL draft. His parents owned a gym, and they got all their trophies from the Griffins. Taylor and Blake spent endless hours playing in the Bradford complex.

That spring, one of the many fans in the stands watching Blake was Jeff Capel, the new head coach at Oklahoma. With Taylor on his roster, Capel already knew a good deal about Blake. The teenager got rave reviews from other Sooners as well. Capel was impressed by Blake’s size, speed and jumping ability. He also liked the fact that Blake had not yet become a household name among recruiters.

But while Capel was sold on Blake, he wasn’t sold on Oklahoma. That was Taylor’s job. He convinced his younger brother that the Sooners could be a national powerhouse. By the time Duke, UNC, Kansas and other schools began wooing Blake, he had already made up his mind. He officially committed to Oklahoma before the opening tip of his senior season.

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Tim Duncan’s With Wife Amy Duncan Images 2011

Tim Duncan’s Wife Amy Duncan

Amy met Tim while attending Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Tim played basketball, while Amy was a cheerleader.

Amy married Tim in the summer of 2001. The couple had their first child, daughter Sydney in the summer of 2005, and their second child, a son, during the summer of 2007. Amy oversees the Tim Duncan Foundation, which has been established to serve the areas of health awareness/research, education, and youth sports/recreation in San Antonio, Winston-Salem, and the United States Virgin Islands. Amy Duncan serves as the executive vice president of the organization.

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Tim Duncan Basketball Star 2011 Profile,Bio & Photos

Tim Duncan Profile

Team:     San Antonio Spurs
Position:     Power Forward / Center
Jersey Number:     21
Height:     6-11 / 2,11
Weight:     260 lbs. / 117,9 kg
Nickname:     Tim, The Big Fundamental
All-Star:     13 times
NBA Titles:     NBA Championship Trophy 4 - 1998-99, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07
Born:     April 25, 1976 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
High-School:     St. Dunstan's HC
College:     Wake Forest
Drafted:     1st overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1st round of the 1997 NBA draft.

Tim Duncan Biography:

(born April 25, 1976, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands) American collegiate and professional basketball player, who led the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) to four championships (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007).

In his youth, Duncan excelled in freestyle swimming and had hopes of participating in the Olympics after seeing his older sister, Tricia, compete as a member of the Virgin Islands swim team in 1988. The following year, however, Hurrican Hugo destroyed most of the island's swimming pools, and Duncan was left unable to train. He began playing basketball and proved a natural at the sport, but he attracted little interest from college scouts. In 1993 Duncan entered Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., where he gained national attention with his all-around play and poise. He was predicted to be the number one pick in the NBA draft following his junior year, but Duncan elected to stay in school. In his final season he received the John R. Wooden Award as the outstanding collegiate player in the United States.

After graduating with honours in 1997, Duncan was the Spurs' first overall pick. He and teammate David Robinson formed the dominating tandem known as the “Twin Towers,” and in 1998 Duncan was named Rookie of the Year. The following season he averaged 24 points and 17 rebounds in the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks to give the Spurs the franchise's first NBA title and earn himself the finals Most Valuable Player award. In 2000 he was named co-MVP of the All-Star Game, but he later suffered a knee injury that ended his season and forced him to withdraw from the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team.

After recovering from his injury, Duncan's performance in the 2001–02 season—in which he became the 14th NBA player to have registered more than 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a single season—secured him the league's MVP award. In 2003 he led the Spurs to victory over the New Jersey Nets, scoring a triple double (21 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 assists) in the decisive sixth game to claim the NBA title and his second finals MVP award. He was also named MVP for his regular-season play. In 2004 Duncan finally realized his dream of competing in the Olympics, helping the U.S. men's basketball team win a bronze medal at the Athens Games.

Following the retirement of Robinson in 2003, Duncan was named captain of the Spurs. In the 2004–05 season, San Antonio defeated the defending champions, the Detroit Pistons, to win their third championship. That year Duncan became just the fourth player to win three finals MVP awards. In 2007 the Spurs swept the Cleveland Cavaliers to capture another title.

Off the court, Duncan was involved in charitable works. In 2001 he created the Tim Duncan Foundation, which, among other things, worked to raise funds for youth sports and recreation in San Antonio, Winston-Salem, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Sue Bird Basketball Star 2011 Profile,Biography and Images

Sue Bird Profile

 
Mostly Credited As: Sue Bird
Sometimes Credited As: Susan Bird
Suzy Bird
Birth Name: Suzanne Brigit Bird
Date Of Birth: October 16, 1980 (Age 30)
Country Of Birth: USA
Birth Place: Syosset, New York
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)

 

 

 

Sue Bird Biography

Sue Bird was born on October 16, 1980 in Long Island, New York. She is the younger of two children to Herschel and Nancy Bird. The original family name was “Boorda.” In 2006, Bird acquired Israeli citizenship. She still maintains her citizenship in the United States. [1] Sue’s role model as a young child was her older sister Jen. Jen did a lot of recreation stuff to stay active. [2] Out of all the activities, Sue’s favorite was basketball. Sue also played soccer, tennis, and track. [3] Sue became a very good player and started playing AAU basketball in the sixth grade. She played her freshman and sophomore years at Syosset High School but wanted more competition. She decided to enroll at the basketball powerhouse Christ The King Regional High School in Queens, New York. Christ the King also produced well known basketball stars Chamique Holdsclaw, Lamar Odom, Jason Williams and Speedy Claxton. [4] Sue spent two seasons at Christ the King and the Royals went undefeated in both seasons. In the second season her team won the New York state championship, and the national title. Sue won many awards including the New York State Player of the Year, and the New York Daily News Player of the Year. Bird was named a WBCA All-American.[5] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored eleven points Sue chose UConn over Stanford, Vanderbilt and many others. She chose UConn because UConn was close to home, and the UConn program had a winning tradition like the one at Christ the King. [7] She suffered an ACL injury, eight games into her freshman season. She was not able to redshirt because she played in more than 20% of the team’s games. [8] In her sophomore season (1999-2000) she came back to lead the team to a 36-1 record and won the Big East Championship and the 2000 NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament. The Huskies went 32-3 in Sue’s junior season. The last loss was to Big East rival Notre Dame in the Final Four. That was the last loss of Sue’s college career as the Huskies went an undefeated 39-0 in Sue’s 2002 senior season. In that season, Sue won the Wade Trophy and Naismith Award as College Player of the Year. She finished her UConn career on many of the record lists. She currently ranks #24 on the 1,000 point list with 1,378 points, #2 in assists with 585, and over 200 steals. She also ranks number 1 in three point field goal percentage (45.9). .

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Yao Ming Basketball Player With Wife Images 2011

Yao Ming Wife Images