CommonLit | Kobe Bryant: A Basketball Legend by India James | CommonLit (2024)

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What is the theme of the poem Dear Basketball? ›

The poem was an ode to the sport of basketball, to the game that afforded him so many invaluable opportunities both on and off the court; to the game that he loved. It was also an admission that after 20 years he was finally ready to let go of his first true passion.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, Bryant won five NBA championships and was an 18-time All-Star, a 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, a 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), and a two-time NBA Finals MVP.

He had a personal trainer who developed this routine for him to build up his strength, speed, and agility. In the off-season, his routine was to train six hours a day, six days a week for six months out of the year to maximize his strength and endurance.

The central theme of a poem represents its controlling idea. This idea is crafted and developed throughout the poem and can be identified by assessing the poem's rhythm, setting, tone, mood, diction and, occasionally, title.

Main idea is what the poem is mostly about. It's not a summary because it doesn't contain many specific details. The main idea is the idea that all those little details go to support. To find the main idea, rev up your RPMs.

The Mamba Mentality encompasses a mindset that doesn't focus solely on achieving a goal. Instead, it looks at the whole process of getting there – the journey – to the extent that it becomes, as Kobe himself said, “a way of life.”

The two met 22 times in the regular season, with Lebron winning 16 contests and Kobe winning only 6. Championships: Regarding on-court success and legacy, championships play a pivotal role. Kobe Bryant, a five-time NBA champion, showcases a career marked by multiple victories at the highest level.

Polyphasic and biphasic sleepers break up their sleep into multiple sessions so that they can sleep less and still function normally. Kobe broke his sleep into two two-hour sessions, giving him a total of around 4 hours of sleep a night.

When it comes to Bryant's diet, the Lakers shooting guard began to take his nutrition much more seriously later in his career. That meant cutting out sugar cookies, Sour Patch Kids and his famous pre-game meal of pepperoni pizza and grape soda, and adding in a lot of lean meat, fish and vegetables.

Does Lebron James sleep 12 hours? ›

James prioritizes sleep and gets between 8-9 hours a night, sometimes even 10, and has called it self-care. James uses sleep techniques such as keeping his room between 68-70 degrees, having a completely dark room and cutting out distractions, his trainer, Mike Mancias, told Ferriss in 2018.

For Bryant, the film was about “the beauty of finding what it is that you love to do, and then finding the beauty of knowing that, you know, you will not be able to do that forever.” Kobe Bryant with Glen Keane backstage at the Academy Awards in March 2018, after they won the animated short Oscar for “Dear Basketball.”

The theme is the underlying message that the writer or artist wants to convey. Themes can feature in poetry, a short story, a novel, or even a work of art. It can be something as simple as love, or as something more complex, such as human versus nature.

What themes are common to basketball poems? The most common themes are memories, the past, and joy. Without a doubt, each poem on this list has an element of joy to it. The game brings people together and gives them a way to share a common experience.

“Dear Basketball” illustrated the poem Bryant wrote in 2015 as a farewell to the sport he loved; it served as his announcement that the 2015-16 season would be his last.