Sunday, November 22, 2015

Article 6 12/6/15


     Warriors Still Undefeated In The NBA

     The Golden State Warriors are the number #1 team in the western conference. They have been unbeatable { literally} for the last 3 weeks thanks to the offensive ability of their team and their good defense that won them a championship last year. After 40 years they have won their 4th franchise championship and are on the way towards a 5th. Their record as of December 6th 2015 is 21-0, 21 well played wins and not a single loss to start the season.

     The warriors best player Stephen Curry has been nothing but excellent to start this season. Curry is averaging a total of 32.6 points per game { according to ESPN}. Stephen is also having the best field goal percentage out of the whole team next to Andre Iguodala. Statistically Draymond Green is another option they have on the floor each game. Green has the highest average of rebounds and assists compared to the rest of the team. For Klay Thompson he has been holding decent stats to start. He has 16.2 points per game and he has only missed 1 out of the last 21 games they have played.



     The Warriors have made some minor changes to their roster. First they traded David Lee to the Boston Celtics and in return got about $15,000,000 in cap. David Lee has said that even in Boston he supports the warriors on twitter and wishes the best for them to go far { according to ESPN}. The Warriors have also received Jason Thompson, a big man who is getting $6.710.000 this season and he is only getting about 6 minutes off the bench each game. The team managed to pick up a young shooting guard named Ian Clark. This guard is making a little less than 1 million dollars well playing just about 6 1/2 minutes a game well averaging 3.8 points for the  only 17 games he played. Finally they have James Michael McAdoo who is an undrafted, 22 year old rookie from North Carolina.

    

     Golden state is also known for it's new coach Steve Kerr. Mr. Kerr was one of the best 3 point shooters "way back when" some time ago. It's not much of a coincidence that he would run a fast offensive tactic that relied on good 3 point shooters like Curry and  Thompson. He has brought them to one of their best records for their Franchise {67-15 in 2014 to 2015 regular season}. Ultimately they improved all around after replacing Mark Jackson with all time veteran Steve Kerr last season.









Monday, November 16, 2015

Article 5

      NFL, 3 Teams Remain Undefeated

  
     Week 10 0f the NFL season has ended and only three teams remain not to lose a single game. First is the very talented New England Patriots who have rose against all challenges and have remained victorious. Second is the Carolina Panthers who are currently tied with the Patriots with 9 wins and no losses. finally to join the no loss family is the Cincinnati Bengals who are right behind our champs with only eight wins and no losses but on November 16th they host the Texans for a chance to become a 9-0 team.




        The success of the Patriots is very clear to see; Many could compare them to how good their success rate was in 2007 when they remained undefeated the whole regular season. Seth Wickersham, ESPN Senior Writer compares them to be just as exciting to watch now as they were to watch back in their best recent year 2010. Seth also believes the patriots are on a mission to win another Spectacular Super Bowl as stated when he compares the players then to the ones that have obtained their roles over the last seven years. Many other writers from ESPN agree that the Pats best weapon is Tom Brady. Others would say Rob Gronkowski or Julian  but as one unit on the field they remain dominant in the AFC division. The Patriots surpassed the challenge of making this list, after just barely coming back and defeating the New York Giants 27-26 on 11/15/15 from Stephen Gostkowski's field goal to keep them undefeated; Just without Edelman who broke his foot in the game.


    
     The Carolina Panthers are also very good they are on top of the NFC division. The panthers quarterback Cam Newton has had a terrific season and has a total of 2037 yards over their last nine games, according to ESPN. Their best receiver is Greg Olsen, together with his receiving yards, Cam Newton's offensive skill and their defense they have a managed to keep a good record. ESPN has let out comments that they have gotten from their staff, many have said Cam Newton's playing and the correct moves and plays have them to success.

    






      The Bengals are third in the undefeated category. Their receiving yards are not the best but their defense makes up for it. They have won 8 consecutive games so far, soon to be 9 against the Texans. Who knows how they'll do in the playoffs? The Bengals are a good team but they might not go to far. Less likely for the Pats and Panthers who have a better chance of going far in the playoffs. We'll just have to wait and see; Who will win it all.?