From Highly Touted to Being Undrafted

Prudential Center

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Last June 23, 2011 (June 24 here in Manila), the NBA draft was held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It was considered by many as a “weak” draft, but still, for some reason, according to NBA TV analyst David Aldridge, it garnered higher TV ratings than the past drafts. It was just an indication of how much interest people have for the NBA.

                Kyrie Irving

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New Jersey’s own Kyrie Irving was drafted number one by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The former Duke point guard who played in only 11 games last season still ended up as the top overall pick and he is now expected to be the foundation of LeBron’s former team. (I never want to refer to him as the king). Yet, basketball junkees all over the world know about these things already. And so now, I will be moving on to what I really want to talk about in this article.

The Magic of Winning a Championship

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Just a few weeks ago, the most unexpected thing that could ever happen happened in the NBA. Of course, the Dallas Mavericks, the so- called "one and done" boys of the NBA due to their first round exits in the past, won the NBA championship and got themselves the much coveted Larry O'Brien trophy. 

Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki together with his teammates, co- future Hall of Famer Jason Kidd, Jason "The Jet" Terry, Shawn "The Matrix" Marion, and former Dominguez High star Tyson Chandler, literally outclassed the Big 3 of the Miami Heat. In fact, during the post- game analysis, former NBA player and now NBA TV analyst Greg Anthony said, "the team that wins a seven game series is always considered the better team, and the Dallas Mavericks in this series was the better team."(Might not be the exact stuff he said but definitely, somewhere along these lines).