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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUN FOR KIDS

  • Sunlight is so strong that it can damage your eyesight and even blind you.
  • Never look directly at the sun through a telescope, binoculars, or sunglasses.

Did you know that the sun is really a star?


It looks much larger than the stars we see in the sky at night. Although many of those stars are even larger than the sun, they look smaller because they are even farther away from the earth.
All stars produce huge amounts of energy. Each star is like a powerhouse of energy. In one second, the sun, for example, produces 4 million short tons (3.6 million metric tons) of energy. Without the sun’s energy there would be no life on earth. The earth would be completely dark and freezing cold.

Heat energy travels from the core of the sun to its surface. Energy is released from the sun’s surface as electromagnetic radiation.

WHAT IS THE SUN MADE OF?

The sun is a huge ball of hot substances. The hottest part is in the center, or core. Here, the fierce heat causes atoms of hydrogen to join together in the process called nuclear fusion. During nuclear fusion, huge amounts of energy are released. This energy flows outwards from the core to the surface of the sun.
The surface of the sun is like a sea of continually exploding gases and boiling liquids. Much of the sun’s energy is heat and light, and this travels out, or radiates, in all directions. The sun is the source of almost all the energy we use.

A fountain of gas flares up from the surface of the sun, reaching as far as 992,000 miles (1,600,000 kilometers) into space.

Will the sun burn itself out?

If the sun is producing so much heat and light, why doesn’t it burn itself out like a coal fire or a match? The answer is that it will burn itself out, one day. It will swell up into a giant red star and use up the rest of its fuel. But don’t worry—that day is about 5 billion years away!
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Human Eye How does the human eye work



Human Eyes are part of the organ of sight, with almost perfect sphere shape, about one inch in diameter.
Each eye is protected at its back and sides by the bones of the skull and at the front by two lashed eyelids.
The outer covering of the eye, the sclera or "white," is both protective and structural. Light penetrates the sclera only at the front of the eye, where the outer surface bulges into the transparent cornea, a delicate structure overlaid with a thin defensive membrane, the conjunctiva.
Under each upper eyelid is a tear-secreting lacrimal gland whose constant activity keeps the conjuctiva moist and free from germs.
Light entering the eye passes through the cornea and then through a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, in the front of the eye. Behind the fluid is the iris, a ring of muscle with a central hole, the pupil. The cornea focuses light rays so that they pass through the pupil. 
The iris determines how much light enters the eye. In dim light its muscles relax to let in more light; in bright light its muscles contract to reduce pupil size and restrict light entry.

The fine focusing of light is achieved by the lens, a soft, transparent structure lying behind the iris. The lens is held in place by ligaments attached to internal eye muscles. The actions of these muscles bring about changes in the shape of the lens so that close and distant objects can be focused upon. For viewing near objects, the muscles make the lens shorter and fatter; for viewing distant objects, the lens becomes longer and thinner. This process is known as accommodation.
From the lens, light passes through the thick jelly (vitreous humor) that fills the center of the eye. The light is projected onto the retina, a light-sensitive layer inside the sclera from which it is separated by the choroid, a dark layer of tissue rich in blood vessels.
The retina contains two sorts of light-receptor cells: rods, which detect shades of black and white; and cones, which are sensitive to color.
In response to light, the rods and cones generate nerve impulses that pass along the optic nerve to the brain to be interpreted as vision. The concentration of cones is densest at a single spot called the fovea. The fovea is the region that gives the greatest visual sharpness.
Visual sharpness (acuity) depends on the number and density of the rods and cones, since each cell can record only the presence of light and, in cones, its color. There are about 10 million cones and 100 million rods in each eye.
Where the optic nerve leaves the back of the eye, there are no rods or cones; this is called the blind spot.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Quote of the Week

"A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it."
~ Samuel Johnson
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Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart Study Made Easy


HUMAN BODY SYSTEM DIAGRAM :

Anatomy and physiology study is normally broken down into 12 sections, with each section representing one system of the body, for example, the endocrine system. When you begin revising, it is recommended that you take 1 system of the body and learn it on its own. Various body systems are similar in nature so learning them together might cause confusion. Take each area of your anatomy and physiology study and write out concise notes on that area. To give you an example and for the purpose of this article I will give you a brief overview of the heart and its role in blood circulation.



Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart - Study Made Easy

The heart is a hollow muscular organ, approximately the size of its owners fist. It is positioned in the center of the chest area, between the lungs and is divided into 4 chambers. The upper chambers are called the atria and the lower chambers are called the ventricles. The right and left sides of the heart are divided by a muscular wall called the septum, this prevents deoxygenated and oxygenated blood from mixing together.


If you can imagine the pipe system in your house providing water and heat to you on a daily basis, metaphorically speaking, the house is your heart and the pipes are the blood vessels that are found throughout our bodies. Blood is pumped from the heart around all parts of the body through a complex transport system consisting of arteries, veins and capillaries (blood vessels). The heart beats approximately 100,000 times every day in order to supply our cells with oxygen rich blood and pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers on a daily basis.

Blood circulation follows a specific route and can be summed up as follows;

1. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the superior and inferior vena cava.

2. The blood is then pushed through the tricuspid valve down into the right ventricle. The tricuspid valve is a small flap that prevents the back flow of blood between the chambers on the right side.

3. Once the right ventricle fills up, the blood is then propelled into the pulmonary artery which then travels to the lungs where gaseous exchange occurs.

4. When the lungs remove the carbon dioxide, the deoxygenated blood becomes oxygenated and returns back to the heart via four pulmonary veins.

5. The blood enters the left atria via these pulmonary veins and is then pushed down into the left ventricle through the bicuspid valve. The bicuspid valve prevents the back flow of blood on the left side.

6. Once the left ventricle fills up it contracts, forcing the blood into the aorta which then branches to become the ascending aorta which supplies the upper body with oxygen rich blood and the descending aorta which supplies the lower body with oxygen rich blood.

7. Blood becomes deoxygenated once again and returns to the superior and inferior vena cava where the process begins again.

As I mentioned above, this just gives you a brief overview of the heart, its function and how it transports blood around the body. When you are carrying out any anatomy and physiology study, always make sure to summarize all areas as above. Using visual tools such as diagrams is a great way to spice up your notes. Even if you cant draw like picasso, it doesnt matter. To illustrate the heart you can draw a square shape or a circle and divide it equally into 4 chambers. It just gives you an idea of the layout of the heart and it has been proven that learning visually can be much more effective than just reading something over and over again.




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Otto The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear

"No one, I dare say, no one was as original."
--Maurice Sendak

"He never lost the feeling of how a child sees the world. And a childs view is not really sentimental."
--Burton Pike, professor of comparative literature at CUNY

"The most famous childrens book author you have never heard of."
--Phaidon Press

Who do the above quotes refer to? None other than Tomi Ungerer, one of my all-time favorite authors. I was an Ungerer fan as a child, poring over my tattered copies of The Three Robbers and Emile again and again. As an adult I came across The Beast of Monsieur Racine and fell in love with this exuberant story about a retired tax collector whose life is changed forever when he finds two young friends where he least expected. Read the book. Its one of my top 10 favorite picture books.

Many of Ungerers books are now out of print. (One reason he fell out of favor here was his not-so-secret hobby of erotica.) Luckily, Phaidon Press is in the process of reprinting 26 of his titles. The latest is Otto: The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear. Originally published in German in 1999, the picture book tackles a disturbing subject, World War II. Like all of Ungerers work, the book doesnt shy away from the gory realities of war and what happens to soldiers and to civilians, children included.

Otto, the teddy bear of the title, tells the story of his life, beginning with his creation in a toy workshop in Germany in the 1930s. Not one to shun unpleasant truths, Otto admits that being stitched together "was quite painful." Given as a birthday present to David, a young Jewish boy, Otto spends blissful day playing with the boy and his best friend, Oskar, who is not Jewish. Then things begin to change. David must wear a yellow star on his jacket. Next he and his family are taken away. In a moving illustration, David hands over Otto to Oskar for safekeeping. Interestingly, Oskar is the one who looks upset and is crying, not David.

During wartime, Oskars building is bombed and Otto is sent flying. Again, the illustration of the carnage, with the bodies of dead soldiers, is unsparing. Hes picked up by an American soldier, thereby saving the soldiers life when a bullet hits them both. (Quibble: Could a stuffed teddy bear be enough of a buffer?) The soldier takes Otto home and gives him to his daughter. Loved again, Otto enjoys being pampered until hes snatched from the girls arms by "three nasty boys" and finally ends up in a trash can. An old woman rescues him and bring him to an antique shop, where he stays in the window for many years. One rainy night, an old man spots him. Yes, dear reader, its David, the original owner, who survived the war (although his parents didnt). David takes him home, and the story is written up in the newspaper, which leads to Oskar (another survivor) contacting David, and the three friends are reunited.

Despite the involved plot, the text for Otto is relatively straightforward, although there are a few vocabulary words to chew on, such as "indelible," "charred rubble," and "mascot." Would a Level 3 reader be able to get through the book by herself. Yes. Should she? No. A trusted adults presence is strongly recommended, as a child is bound to have many questions. The illustrations, as with all of Ungerers work, are amazing. Done in soft watercolors, they can be playful (as when David and Oskar dress Otto as a ghost and dangle him in front of a neighbors window), touching (Oskar saying goodbye to his father as he heads off to war), and graphic (the wounded American soldier clutching Otto to his chest to staunch the flow of blood). Even Ottos expression subtly change each time he undergoes another reversal of fortune. I highly recommend this book, and Im looking forward to seeing more of Tomi Ungerers work reissued by Phaidon.
 

Otto: The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear
by Tomi Ungerer
Phaidon Press, 36 pages
Published: September, 2010
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Monday, March 16, 2015

One Year Later Assessing the Impact of iPads on Education

Found an interesting reflection on iPads over at ipadeducators posted by Sam Gliksman on April 8, 2011 at 8:00am

        Mobile digital devices rocketed to popularity around 10 years ago with the release of the iPod. Mobile computing went mainstream with the release of the iPhone in 2007. With the release of the iPad just one year ago, we are now seeing a significant shift in the dynamics of computer purchase and practice – moving away from desktops and laptops to iPads and other mobile devices. Their cost relative to laptops along with the promise of mobile computing has raised tremendous interest in iPad use in education.
        I don’t believe Apple anticipated the demand for iPads as educational devices. When they were first released, more than one Apple sales representative suggested that iPads were designed for personal media consumption and laptops would be a more appropriate investment for schools. In response to overwhelming interest among educators, I started our online community – iPads in Education – within weeks of the iPad’s release. The site is an online network that provides guidance on educational usage, allowing users to ask questions and gain from others’ experiences. In the past several months we’ve learned a significant amount about how mobile tablet computing may impact education now and into the future.

The Promise

  •  Form factor: Anyone that has used an iPad can attest to its compelling form factor. It just feels right. Light, portable and easy to hold or lay in your lap.  As opposed to a laptop where the upright screen acts as a barrier between people in classroom settings, the iPad tends to be used more organically; it’s small, lays flat and is easily shared and passed around.
  •  Long battery life and instant-on: Continuous, transparent access to information is a key educational goal and these are two core requirements. The long battery life of iPads allows you to charge them overnight and use them throughout the school day without any need to pull out messy power cords or search for sparsely located electrical outlets. Additionally, they power up almost immediately. Teachers have little class time to meet increasing demands and don’t need to be wasting five or more minutes every lesson waiting for students to open laptops, power up and log in or shut down. The iPad simply flips open and it’s on.  Importantly, as with other mobile devices, this also enables natural, almost transparent educational use. You’re more likely to just spontaneously turn to it for information in the course of a discussion. Students can carry it around easily and instantly access and integrate information and tools into discussions and educational activities.
  •  Price:  The cost of computer implementations has been a stumbling block for many communities and countries. The advent of cheaper alternatives – netbooks, smartphones and iPads – are closing the digital divide and making computing increasingly accessible to more people.
  •  Touch interface:  When combined with the simplicity of the screen layout, the touch interface is a key element of the iPad’s popularity. Most notably, you will observe how young children instinctively take to it without instruction – the web is replete with examples. From my own experience, I find that younger children adapt to the interface even more naturally than teens.
  •  Improved digital reading: The crisp quality of the display, especially when combined with the light weight and portability, enables a far superior reading experience than currently exists on desktops and laptops. Along with the iPad’s light weight and portability, this finally opens the door to the possibility of utilizing eBooks in education in place of their far heavier and more expensive paper counterparts.
  •  Integrating multimedia: We live in a society that increasingly expresses itself in images and video. There is an abundance of apps delivering high quality multimedia content to iPads, allowing for integration of fantastic media experiences into educational activities. This is especially applicable to news events where fresh, sharp video footage and images are easily accessible and can spark valuable class discussion.
  •  Special education: Increasingly we are hearing how the iPad has been a huge success within special education. The simplicity of the touch interface is making it an extremely popular device for students with special needs.
  •  Connecting: The educational value of social networking lies in its ability to facilitate the growth of impromptu virtual learning communities - connecting people around the globe to share opinions and experiences. Social networking applications are an integral part of iPad usage – whether connecting users to news events, industry experts or video-conferencing with students and classes in other countries.

Consumption or Production?

Much has been written about the opinion that iPads are great consumption devices but are less stellar at allowing students to express themselves creatively. I don’t entirely agree. Firstly, it isn’t simply a consumption device – it’s an extraordinary consumption device – and the role of information acquisition in education shouldn’t be under-valued. Also, as the application market matures we’re starting to see an evolving depth in the creative opportunities. Music applications, digital storytelling, animation, mathematics … now with the addition of a camera to the second generation iPad and the hallmark release of core Apple applications such as iMovie and GarageBand, the creative possibilities are expanding rapidly.

Some Considerations

  •  Sharing: iPads are intensely personal devices that record your digital footprint – logins, preferences and more. There’s no login process. This makes them difficult to share. A 1:1 iPad implementation requires very different planning than an implementation that shares iPads among students. My hope is that educational app developers will see the obvious need for sharing in schools and add login layers to their apps.
  •  They aren’t laptops: You can’t manage iPads in the same way as laptops. Imaging and synchronization processes, content management, application purchasing – they all raise specific issues that require thorough discussion and planning.
  •  Keyboard: The touch screen keyboard is not popular with all users. I find that it’s more than sufficient for smaller typing tasks such as emails, notes, blog posts and more …. but I believe we’re approaching the end of qwerty typing in computing. The popularity of tablet computing may end up stimulating development of alternative, more efficient input methods that also utilize voice and video.
  •  eTextbooks: At this point, the promise of eTextbooks still exceeds the reality. There aren’t enough quality books available in digital format and frankly, most still stem from a model that is built upon their physical, paper counterpart. It’s not enough to simply translate textbooks to digital files - we need new models that utilize the media and interactivity capabilities available on iPads. A digital textbook should be cognizant of what the learner has mastered and where he/she needs assistance. It should customize the content to the reader’s strengths and weaknesses and report the student’s progress to the teacher. Effective use of multimedia – interactive multimedia – will become core elements of new eTextbooks and eCourses. There have been someexcellent first attempts and eTextbooks and eCourses will improve as the market matures.

The Immediate Future

  • The app market will mature and we’ll move from single task, short session apps to more sophisticated offerings. The release of GarageBand and iMovie are the first steps in that direction.
  • The barrier to entry for creating and distributing eBook content will become lower. Increasingly, teachers and communities will create their own eBook content.
  • Social reading is an imminent phenomenon that combines the reading of eBooks with social networking. When reading eBooks users can connect to friends and other readers, asking questions and sharing notes or opinions. Apps such as Inkling are a bold first step in that direction.
  • While the iOS browser is adequate it still lags behind desktop offerings. As mobile continues to expand we can expect a consolidation of desktop and mobile systems and browsers resulting in better mobile web editing, more collaboration tools and support for a wider range of web technologies.

Finally, it’s still a free-for-all in the mobile tablet market. The huge popularity of the iPad is spawning a wealth of new applications and cultivating the development of a host of competitive products that will only serve to strengthen the overall educational value of mobile tablet computing. 

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Sunday, March 15, 2015

The Thalamus as its Relay function






the thalamus is a part of diencephalon and has multiple functions. It translates information from all sensory pathways other than Olfaction and selectively distributes those impulses to appropriate parts of the cortex (relay function). The following thalamic nuclei receive input from sensory pathways:

1.Ventral posterolateral (VPL) receives input from the spinothalamic tract (pain and temperature sensation) and medial lemniscus(position and proprioception). It transmits impulses to primary somatosensory cortex (Brodmann areas 3,1 & 2).
2.Ventral posteromedial nucleus (VPM) receives inputs from the trigeminal and gustatory pathways and transmits them to the primary sensory cortex (Brodmanns areas 3, 1 & 2).
3.Lateral geniculate body is a relay nucleus for the vision pathway. It receives impulses from the optic nerve and transmits them via the optic radiations to the visual cortex (calcarine sulcus)
4.Medial geniculate body is a part of the auditory pathway. It receives impulses from the superior olivary nucleus and the inferior colliculus of the pons, and projects them to the auditory cortex of the temporal lobe (Brodmann areas 41 & 42)

The olfactory tract is the only sensory pathway where input is not processed through thalamus.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

The 12 Greatest NBA Players of All Time

Here’s a list of the greatest NBA players based on the MVP awards they achieved including other statistical data. Most of the players included on the list are very tall players. Height is truly a might in the game of Basketball.











1.) Kareem Abdul Jabbar


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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Profile

“One of the greatest players in the history of the NBA”

Height: 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)

Position played: Center

Original name: Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.,

Born: April 16, 1947

Place of birth: New York City

Other Occupation: coach, actor, and author.

College: UCLA

NBA Team(s): Milwaukee Bucks (1969-75), Los Angeles Lakers (1975-1989)

Nickname: “Cap or Captain”

NBA Accomplishments:

  • 6 NBA Championships – 1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988
  • 6 regular season MVP awards – 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980
  • NBAs all-time leader in points scored - 38,387
  • NBAs all-time leader in defensive rebounds - 17,440
  • NBAs all-time leader in minutes played - 57,446
  • NBAs all-time leader in field goals made - 15,837
  • NBAs all-time leader in field goal attempts - 28,307
  • NBA Most All-Star selections -19
  • NBA Most All-Star games played - 18
  • NBA Rookie of the Year – 1970
  • NBA Finals MVP – 1971 & 1985
  • NBA all-time Games played – 1560 (2nd most in NBA history)
  • NBAs all-time leader in blocked shots - 3,189 (3rd most in NBA history)
  • Named one of the 50 Greatest Players of All Time

2.) Bill Russell


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William Felton Russell’s Profiles

“One of the greatest players in the history of the NBA”

Height: 610" (2.08 m)

Position played: Center

Original name: William Felton Russell

Born: February 12, 1934

Place of birth: Monroe, Louisiana, USA

Other Occupation: Coach

College: University of San Francisco

NBA Team(s): Boston Celtics

Nickname: "Bill"

NBA Accomplishments:

  • 5 Time NBA Most Valuable Player
  • 12 Time All-Star
  • 11 NBA Championships
  • Holds the record for the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league
  • First African American player to achieve superstar status in the NBA
  • First African American NBA coach
  • Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
  • One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History

3.) Michael Jordan


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Michael Jeffrey Jordan’s Profiles

“The greatest players in the history of the NBA”

Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

Position played: Shooting guard/Small forward

Born: February 17, 1963

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York

Other Occupation: Baseball player, Businessman, Actor

College: University of North Carolina

NBA Team(s): Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards

Nickname:  Air Jordan, His Airness

NBA Accomplishments:

  • Considered as the greatest basketball player of all time
  • One of the best defensive players in basketball
  • Holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game)
  • Holds highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game
  • Named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN
  • Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6, 2009 and was inducted on September 11, 2009.
  • 5 NBA Most valuable Player Awards
  • 6 NBA Championships – 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998
  • NBA-record of 72 regular season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season
  • 10 ALL-NBA First Team designation 
  • 9 All-Defensive First Team honors
  • 14 NBA All-Star Game appearances
  • 3 All-Star Game MVP awards – 1988, 1996, 1998
  • 6 NBA Finals MVP awards
  • 10 Scoring titles
  • 2 NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion 1987, 1988

4.) Wilt Chamberlain


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Wilton Norman Chamberlain’s Profile

“One of the greatest and most dominant players in the history of the NBA”

Height: 7 ft 1 in

Position played: Center

Born: August 21, 1936

Died: October 12, 1999

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Other Occupation: Volleyball player, Businessman, Actor, Author

College: University of Kansas
NBA Team(s): Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers

Nickname: "Wilt", The Big Dipper, Dipper or Dippy, Chairman of the Boards (He hated Goliath and Wilt the Stilt)

NBA Accomplishments:

  • He is the only player in NBA history to average more than 40 and 50 points in a season He is the only player in NBA history to score 100 points in a single NBA game
  • 4 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968
  • 7 NBA Scoring Champion
  • 9 NBA field goal percentage
  • 11 NBA rebounding titles
  • 2 NBA Championships
  • 4 regular season Most Valuable Player awards
  • NBA Rookie of the Year award
  • 13 NBA All-Star Games
  • 10 All-NBA First and Second teams
  • Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
  • One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
  • (Have had sex with over 20,000 women)

5.) Moses Malone


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Moses Eugene Malone’s Profile

“One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History”

Height: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)

Born: March 23, 1955

Place of birth: Petersburg, Virginia, USA

NBA Team(s): Philadelphia 76ers, LA Clippers, Houston Rockets, Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs

NBA Accomplishments:

  • 3 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 1979, 1982, 1983
  • 1 NBA Championship – 1983
  • 13 NBA All-Star
  • 4 All-NBA First Team
  • 4 All-NBA Second Team
  • NBA All-Defensive First Team
  • NBA All-Defensive Second Team
  • One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
  • Member of American Hall of Fame basketball player

6.) Larry Bird


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Larry Joe Bird’s Profile

“One of the Greatest Players in NBA History”

Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

Position played:  Small Forward/Power Forward

Born: December 7, 1956

Place of birth: West Baden, Indiana, USA

Other Occupation: Coach

College: Indiana State University

NBA Team(s): Boston Celtics

NBA Accomplishments:

  • 3 NBA Championships – 1981, 1984, 1986
  • 3 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 1984, 1985, 1986
  • 12 NBA All-Star
  • 2 NBA Finals MVP
  • 9 All-NBA First Team
  • NBA Rookie of the Year – 1980
  • NBA All-Star Game MVP - 1982
  • NBA Coach of the Year - 1998
  • 3 Three-point Shootout Champion – 1986, 1987, 1988One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
  • Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

7.) Earvin Magic Johnson


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Earvin Johnson Jr.’s Profile

“Greatest Point Guard of All-Time”

Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

Position played:  Point Guard/Forward

Born: August 14, 1959

Place of birth: Lansing, Michigan

Other Occupation: Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Motivational Speaker

College: Michigan State University

NBA Team(s):
Los Angeles Lakers
Nickname: "Magic"

NBA Accomplishments:

  • 3 NBA MVP Awards
  • 5 NBA Championships
  • NBA Finals MVP award – rookie year
  • All-Star MVP award – 1992
  •  12 All-Star Games
  • 10 All-NBA First and Second Team
  • 4 Regular-season assist leader
  • NBA’s all-time leader in assist per game – average 11.2
  • NBA’s greatest point guard of all-time by ESPN
  • One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
  • Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame

8.) Robert E. Lee "Bob" Pettit Jr.

Robert E. Lee Pettit Jr.’s Profile

“First Recipient of the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Award”

Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

Position played:  Forward

Born: December 12, 1932

Place of birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

College: Louisiana State University

NBA Team(s): Milwaukee St. Louis Hawks

Nickname: "Bob", “Dutch”

NBA Accomplishments:

  • He was the first recipient of the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Award
  • 4 NBA All-Star MVP award
  • 11 NBA All-Star games
  • 10 All-NBA First Team ten times
  • NBA Rookie of the Year
  • Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
  • Holds the top two NBA All-Star Game rebounding performances with 26 in 1958 and 27 in 1962
  • Second highest All-Star Game points per game average with 20.4
  • No other retired player in NBA history other than Pettit and Alex Groza has averaged more than 20 points per game in every season theyve played (note: Michael Jordan averaged exactly 20 points per game in his final season).

9.) Karl Malone


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Karl Anthony Malone’s Profile

“One of the Greatest Power Forwards in NBA History”

Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

Position played:  Power Forward

Born: July 24, 1963

Place of birth: Summerfield, Louisiana, USA

Other Occupation: Businessman

College: Louisiana Tech

NBA Team(s): Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers

Nickname: “The Mailman”

NBA Accomplishments:

  • 2 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 1997, 1999
  • 2 NBA All-Star Games MVP – 1989, 1993
  • 11 All-NBA First Team
  • 2 All NBA Second Team
  • 3 All-Defensive First Team
  • All-Defensive Second Team
  • Considered one the greatest power forwards in NBA history
  • Scored the second most points (36,928) in NBA history
10.) Tim Duncan


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Timothy Theodore Duncan

“One of the Greatest Power Forwards in NBA History”

Height: 6-foot 11-inch (2.11 m)

Position played:  Power Forward, Center

Born: April 25, 1976

Place of birth: US Virgin Island

Other Occupation: Philanthropist

College: Wake Forest University Demon Deacons

NBA Team(s): San Antonio Spurs

Nickname: "Tim"

NBA Accomplishments:

  • 4 NBA Championships – 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007
  • 2 NBA Most Valuable Player awards
  • 3 NBA Finals MVP
  • NBA Rookie of the Year
  • 13 NBA All-Star
  • The only player in NBA history to be selected both All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams during each of his first 13 seasons.

11.) Steve Nash


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Stephen John Nash’s Profile

“One of the Greatest Point Guard of All Time”

Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Position played:  Point Guard

Born: February 7, 1974

Place of birth: Johannesburg, South Africa

Other Occupation: Philanthropist

College: Santa Clara University

NBA Team(s): Phoenix Suns,
Dallas Mavericks

Nickname: "Steve"

NBA Accomplishments:

  • 2 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 2005, 2006
  • 7 NBA All-Star 
  • 3 All-NBA First Team
  • 2 All-NBA Second Team
  • 2 Skills Challenge Champion
  • Named as the 9th greatest point guard of all time by ESPN
  • Ranked as one of the top players in NBA league history for 3-point shooting, free-throw shooting, total assists and assists per game
  • Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world

12.) LeBron James


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LeBron Raymone James’ Profile

“One of the Greatest Players in NBA History”

Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

Position played:  Small Forward

Born: December 30, 1984

Place of birth: Akron, Ohio, USA

NBA Team(s): Miami Heat (2010 – present), Cleveland Cavaliers (2003 -2010)

Nickname: “King James”

NBA Accomplishments:

  • NBA Rookie of the Year – 2004
  • 2 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 2009, 2010
  • 5 All-NBA First Team 
  • 2 All-NBA Second Team
  • 3 All-Defensive First Team
  • 2 All-Star Games MVP – 2006, 2008


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