Hi and welcome to my blog ! I'll be talking about basketball and will be posting basketball related posts ! Enjoy !
























Basketball is one of the most common

sports played in America.

A game is played with 5 players on

the court and a maximum of

7 players on the bench which means that a team would have at
least 12 players.Each player would be displayed differently
throughout the court and will be given different instructions
depending on his position. Each position is attributed to the
layer based on his height and physical abilities.

There are numerous basketball leagues throughout

the world such as NBL ( National Basketball League )

FIBA ( International Basketball Federation )

but the most famous is NBA ( National Basketball Association ).

It is the number one basketball league in North America and in the world.

There is a total of 29 teams in this league

( including famous teams such as The Knicks,

Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors and The Lakers ).

The league was first known as :

The Basketball Association of America

when it was created in 1946

and then officially changed its name after
affiliating with the National Basketball League in 1949.

Going back to the different positions of the players on the court (basing myself on the current positions of the Golden State Warriors players) :

Shooting Guards such as Ian Clark, and Klay Thompson are chosen depending on their height ( they're usually the shortest players of the team ), their role is mainly scoring and bringing the ball up and down the court depending on the other players' positions.

Point guards such as Stephen Curry, Shaun Livingston and Patrick McCaw are chosen depending on their ability to drible and pass. They are supposed to be the shortest
players of the team and to be able to score at a three pointer distance.

Centers such as Damian Jones, JaVale McGee, Zaza Pachulia and Anderson Varejao are often the tallest players in the team and the most athletic. They are supposed to defend the opposite team, be able to score from long distance or be able to bring the ball up to the hoop and pass.

Small forwards such as Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala, Kevon Rooney and James Micheal McAdoo 

 are part of the sortent players on the teams, they mainly just defend on the opposite team and have to be able to shoot a long distance shot in case they find themselves in that position.

Power forwards such as Raymond Green and David West are the tallest players of the team just like the Centers, they are chosen depending on the same abilities as the Centers but are placed in the corners or under the hoops and are expected to be able to shoot much longer shots then the Centers!

And this is all for my first post ! I hope you enjoyed it and I'll be back very soon !