The Black Mamba: Kobe Bryant

Wow! My blog is in a new style. Today I’m going to introduce basketball. When we talk about NBA, many peoples always associate Michael Jordon with basketball, but today I’m not going to talk about Kobe Bryant instead of Michael Jordon.

When I have watched NBA games, Michael Jordon had already retired, so I don’t know MJ very well. Kobe is the first NBA player whom I knew about. The first time I saw Kobe was on the TV broadcast, I was shocked by his amazing dunk in the slam dunk contest, and after that day I began to watch NBA games.

Kobe is well known for his talent and personality. When Kobe was in high school, he was recognized as the top basketball player in high school, and Kobe was the first person who entered into NBA after graduated from high school. He showed his talent in the first year and won the fame and favorite from the audiences. As Kobe become more and more famous, many peoples start to argue Kobe’s playing style. Some peoples argue that Kobe is an arrogant and selfish player; he doesn't  cooperate with his teammates. But I recognize those are Kobe’s characteristic, his arrogant pushes him to be the winner, he always keeps training himself and playing hard. His arrogant is the motivation of progress. In the end, I want to show one of my favorite quote from Kobe.

Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

                                                                                                              Kobe Bryant

NBA is coming soon!!!

The baseball season is over and the coming one is basketball season. The new 2011-2012 season scheduled to start on 1^st November 2011, but was postponed by labor strike. NBA announced lockout and all the gyms were close by management.

Fortunately, the players and owners had a temporary deal, including 66 games (regular season: 82 games), and the first game is on Christmas day.

The lockout was officially on December 8^th, and the player could start to use team’s facilities and get the training by the coaches. For this reason, my blog can’t update some NBA’s news until last week, but everything is OK now, so my blog is going to introduce some information for the basketball and NBA in my next post.

In the below picture, you can see that person whom I will introduce in next blog

Baseball Film

Yesterday, I saw a wonderful movie, The Rookie. I was touched by the plot so much, so I went to Google and searched some information about this film. I was shocked by the information which I had found. This film is based on the real story of Jim Morris.

Jim was a science teacher and the baseball coach in his school. One day he had bet with his baseball team. If the team can win the champion, he would go to the tryout of MLB. In the end, he kept his promise and got the contract with Tampa Bat Devil Ray. When Jim entered to MLB, he was already 35. He was the oldest “rookie” in major league since 1970.

This film gives me a idea about never give up. This film encourages me to keep chasing my dream. Although this is very difficult to achieve the goal now, if we keep this mind maybe we will get the dream in the future.

I hope you guys can enjoy this movie.

There is also baseball film, Moneyball in 2011. Bred Pitt is a main character in the film. Moneyball is based on the book by Michael Lewis in 2003. I have not seen this movie, but all my friend said this is a good movie. I will watch this film after the final exam, and I will introduce this for you next time.