the effects Basketball has on life today and american culture ?

1. Jordans influences on the NBA

1.1. Michael Jeffery Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York on Feb. 17, 1963.

1.2. Jordan left college his junior year after being drafted by the NBA's Chicago Bulls as the third overall pick in 1984.

2. Jordans influences on the Shoe community and Nike.

2.1. Michael Jordan retired from professional basketball in 2003. Michael Jordan hasn’t won an NBA championship since 1998. And Michael Jordan made $90 million last year from Nike.

2.2. The Air Jordan signature line changed the sneaker culture because… in a sense it created it

3. Lebrons influences on the NBA

3.1. In 2010, James changed the way NBA players and owners thought about free agency and franchise value with his move from Cleveland to Miami and the formation of a new Big Three.

3.2. In 2001, at age 16, James arrived at the famed Adidas-sponsored ABCD basketball camp run by Sonny Vaccaro.

4. Racial conflicts in basketball

4.1. he Clippers players staged a silent protest. As they warmed up for an NBA playoff game, the players removed their warmup shirts bearing team logos to reveal red T-shirts worn inside out, with the logos hidden.

4.2. The National Basketball Players Association demanded Sterling be barred from all playoff games this season.

5. Kobe Bryant's influences in basketball

5.1. "Kobe was my Jordan," said Paul George, who had been on the planet for just more than a year when Jordan won his first championship in 1991. “

5.2. "I'm not saying he's better than Jordan, but for me, growing up, that's who I idolized and looked up to. That was the standard. He was the best player, and it wasn't close."

6. Background on the game of basketball

6.1. aismith's class played the first game of basketball.

6.2. First game of basketball had 13 rules.