Sentences with phrase «than a basketball player»

I assume that's a one - game aberration, but last night he was more a collection of flops in human form than a basketball player

Halfway between an herb and a shrub, it can reach several feet higher than a basketball player and it's plenty tough.

The gargantuan character of Tiny looks more than a basketball player in a rubber mask and Haig's Captain Spaulding is creepier than ever.

He just slammed that trash can down on him harder than a basketball player slams a hooker.»

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich have a heartfelt comment on why LeBron James is having a huge impact on society as more than a basketball player.

Not exact matches

I was getting ready to go into rehearsals for A Raisin in the Sun and, if you can believe it, I was making more money in rehearsals than the average basketball player at the time.

College basketball players are ineligible for pay, but many coaches cash in — none more than Coach K, or Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University's head men's basketball team coach.

I always share with employees this quote from basketball coach John Wooden and it's mentioned as part of my company's core values: «A player that makes the team great is better than a great player.»

Rather than rest on his laurels as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Johnson, who retired in 1996, now spends his days honing his skills as an entrepreneur.

Coach Phil Jackson was never a better basketball player than Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant.

But when they grow too large in number and scope, it's a little like having more referees than players on the basketball court.

Greater joy than being a professional NBA basketball player all - star.»

After chapel, once congregating players revert back from parishioners to competitors, the Rockets launch 42 threes and make 18 of them, pushing Memphis and their traditional big man basketball into a quicker pace than they're accustomed to playing.

Also, I don't know if they would be top 25, but Hank Gathers and Larry Johnson were better college basketball players than 1/2 the people on the list.

We're talking about some of the best basketball players in the world, but other than the MVP candidate and the league leader in free throws made, a bunch of guys couldn't hit the easiest shots in the game.

Luka is the best player in Euroleague which is much much closer to the NBA than college basketball.

As in, «Yes, please call me Three because I've worn three since my days at Marquette, but also please call me Three because I have three rings... which is one more than that other really good basketball player on my team.»

So he is a kind of two way player, but impacts the game differently than a two way player in basketball, because the games are so different.

This is the case for Kawhi as the best player in basketball: He is no worse than the second - best defender in the world and among the very best offensive players in the world.

With Malik Monk colleges are battling over more than just a basketball player — they're fighting for his brand as well

There's other advantages different players may have such as when some come in later and physically more mature than the 1 - and - dones or some come from pro leagues rather than «amateur «NCAA and then some have simply been playing basketball longer than others.

In turn, many of them also see also him as more than just a basketball player.

They play it much harder in the tall trade, says Halberstam, because, while we may think of our sports stars as heroes, «the new American athlete, particularly the modern American professional basketball player... was rarely confident about anything save his own sport... he was more often than not black, often came from pathetic economic and psychological circumstances, was a basketball player out of desperation....

What's funny to me, however, is that Thomas, Reed, and Mitchell (and Donnal I guess) are all better basketball players than they are talented basketball players.

They're possibly less beholden to the IOC than any other group (yes, even possibly USA Basketball players) so these problems might be more about the locale than the event.

In terms of basketball, there's no better player for the Spurs than Kawhi, and I can't think of a better team for Kawhi.

He says his staff spends more time helping players develop academically and socially than on the court, and he says they convince players that they will never be the best basketball players they can be if they are lousy people or lazy students.

No player in history, not even Lew Alcindor, transformed college basketball more than Baylor's dunk - happy Brittney Griner

More than 50 of the top female basketball players in NorCal were on hand for the Queen Court Skills Academy & Showcase on June 14.

Trae Young also committed more turnovers than any other player in the history of college basketball — freshman, sophomore, junior or senior.

Let's be honest, this is much more interesting and creative than the traditional hat ceremony that almost every high school football or basketball player does.

But let me hasten to add that girls» basketball players are just as attractive than girls volleyball players.

Soccer has a higher injury rate than many contact / collision sports such as field hockey, rugby, basketball, and football, with players younger than age 15 at higher relative injury risk compared with older players, concludes a clinical report in the journal Pediatrics.

After you do, I'm confident you will realize your success rate is much higher than you thin; k and also a professional baseball or basketball player.

Pro basketball players are much more likely to try another three - point shot after making one than after missing one

All athletes have higher bone densities than non-athletes, but runners, tennis players, basketball players, and others engaging in weight - bearing activities have higher densities than those doing non-impact sports such as swimming.

Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden always advised his players, Never try to be better than someone else; but never cease trying to be the best you can be.

from 2014 found that basketball players maintained sprinting performance into the final quarter of their games better on sodium bicarbonate than a placebo.

A trial from 2014 found that basketball players maintained sprinting performance into the final quarter of their games better on sodium bicarbonate than a placebo.

Former NBA player Rashad McCants has a few regrets about the way his basketball career shook out, but none bigger than dating one of the.

There is nothing better than sharing an interest with someone to connect on a personal level and could work wonders for you if your goal is to date and marry a professional basketball player.

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Stranded on the dreaded East 9 Highway while returning home from winning the championship game, a group of basketball players, cheerleaders, and coaches quickly realize that there's more to fear than a broken down bus when The Creeper descends mercilessly upon them.

With the possible exception of tot - murdering moms and professional basketball players who jilt their fans on live television, there is no more reviled figure in American life than Bernie Madoff.

Unless front - seat passengers are basketball player - sized, rear seat legroom is more than adequate.

While he is a (slightly) better basketball player than me, we're both basketball players.

On the other hand, if I focused on fundamentals and being the best within my ability every day, I'd wind up to be a darn good basketball player — better than most.

I'd imagine their player base numbers went up and down more times than a basketball until TTK.

There wasn't much to the demo other than a half - court, a player, and a basketball to test out the new technology.

The commissioner of the proposed league, Don «Moose» Lewis, denied that racism was the motivating factor behind the restrictions on player nationality and ethnicity, claiming instead that a subset of basketball fans are interested in seeing «fundamental basketball,» rather than the» «street - ball» played by «people of color.»»