chanhanson

I would recommend the book “When the Game Was Ours” to teenagers and older. The book talks about Larry Bird’s and Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s life as a kid and in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They helped the NBA more then the NBA helped them. Magic Johnson grew up in Everet Michigan, where he won the basketball state tournament at Everet High School. Larry Bird grew up in Springs Valley Indiana, where he also won the state basketball tournament at Springs Valley High School. They both grew up in small towns and little money with a large family. When they our in high school you could always find them at the part playing basketball in rain or sunshine. Larry Bird went to college at Indiana University in 1976 to play basketball. He broke his foot in a pickup game of basketball. He decides to drop out of school work in his home town. A year late he decides to go back to college to play basketball at Indiana State University but couldn’t play his first year because he had to set a year because of National College Athletic Association (NCAA) rules on transferring. Everet Johnson went to Michigan State University in 1977 to play basketball. The year of 1978-79 they were both on the cover of Sports Illustrated and they played each other in the NCAA National Championship. Michigan State won the National Championship. Bird was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1978 but didn’t sign with them till after the 1979 National Championship game. He won 3 NBA titles and retired in 1992 and played his whole career with the Celtics. Johnson was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979. He won 5 NBA tilts with the Lakers, he retired in 1991 but came back in the 1995-96 season and retired after the season. They did so much for the NBA, they helped create a rivalry that people had to see, and they also helped get the drugs out of the NBA. Bird and Johnson became good friends in the middle of their NBA career. With out those two men the NBA wouldn’t be as popular as it is now.

2022-10-21 05:46