Over its 60 plus years of existence the NBA has been intertwined with American life and events that have shaped America have left lasting impacts on the NBA. Evens such as the 1970s gas shortages have give us the 2-3-2 format in the NBA finals. But what does the future have in store for the NBA? How will future events such as terrorism, and global warming mean for the NBA? Well, you are about the find out.

This article will look at ever increasing 10 year spans of time starting with the year 2020 and going until the year 2060. How will the next 50 years look, and what changes will it bring?

This is just one persons interpretation of how things will look in 50 years, I am not Michele De Nostradamus or any seer for that matter. My interpretations come from my knowledge of history and patterns in history as well as predictions made by leading scientist and historians.

Probably one of the most emotional and flat out awesome games in the entire NBA this decade. Deron Williams gets into foul trouble, and the Jazz bring Dee Brown into the game. Brown plays about six minutes before suffering a neck injury which at the time looked really bad; Brown would play again a few nights later. The Jazz have to use Andrei Kirilenko as their backup PG until the third quarter. Than in the third quarter Derek Fisher makes a triumphant entrance into the game

Fisher, who had been tending to his ill daughter, made his biggest impact late in the game. First Fisher forced Baron Davis to commit a turnover to give the Jazz a chance to tie it in regulation, which they did on a D-will shot, than Fisher hit’s a clutch three to seal the win for the Jazz in OT.

(Where else did you expect me to start with, really?..) The Big Deisel, The Big Cactus, The Famous Arestardul, whatever you call him, Shaq has worked his way into Cleveland and will partner Lebron james and they search for a championship. This is undoubtably the biggest and most talked about move this offeseason. During last years playoffs it became clear that despite the Cavs amazing ability to beat teams in the regular season that it was a different story come the post-season. Lebron was found in dire need of more around him and they fell short to an inspired Orlando Magic squad, hell bent on denying The King his dream matchup with Kobe Bryant in the finals. The biggest issue that the Cavs had was containing "Superman" down in the paint, and defending the pick and roll offense lead by Hedo Turkoglu. Other than these two problems many believe that the Cavs were all but equipped to challenge for the title. But, does adding Shaq, as great, amazing, innovative and dominant as he was and arguably still is solve these 2 issues?...

Well, heres my take- Big Z, Varejao and J.Smith were simply not good matchups for Dwight Howard. And having watched the finals it was made visible that as long as you kept good position early, gaurding Howard in the post was easier than some thought because of his lack of post moves. So, yes, by adding Shaq they not only "cancel" out Howard to a certain extent, but when you look at Boston and a couple of other teams who have added solid bigs to their rotation, he does help them in that sense. However, one thing he doesnt solve at all, is the problem they have of gaurding the pick and pop, pick and roll, or pick and flash offensives. And thats a huge issue when you consider that the Nba basically runs everything under the usage of those plays. Biq Z and Joe Smith were simply not quick enough to reamin in the play and Howard had a feild day if the opposite big tried to double Hedo. And the issue was so awful that even if both guys were somehow covered, it was because someone else had to be a third body, leaving 'Shard with the open jumper. Shaq doesnt solve this however. He is just as slow and will be found wanting if teams run that offense consistenly when he's on the floor. So i'll let you make your mind up, but essentially, in my opinion does he make them better?.. No.
(Side notes- Moon, Parker and the rookie D.Green, will provide solid contributions and are solid pickups for this ball club)

Unless you been hiding under a rock for the past year, then you know that the sun are entering or is in meltdown mode already, well loads of rumours have been circulating the internet about trade moves from all over the league. The 2006/07 was one of the greatest seasons the suns have ever had, winning 61 games and having notched multiple 12+ game win-streaks during the course of the regular season. The Suns showed there wasn’t any push over by winning streaks of 15 and 17 games straight (tied for fifth longest in NBA history) but to breakdown so quickly doesn’t really add up.

People say it all began when the suns completed a trade for a certain big man called Shaquille O’Neil for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks; they say it ruined the chemistry that the suns built over the years with the D’Antoni and suddenly have a man who won multiple titles with Lakers and Heat, and take over the suns team like he was the puppet master, the system has to be changed, just for Shaq, a system that has made them into a fearful team.

This obviously didn’t turn out that Kerr would have liked.

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8) Vlade Divac
Many people forget about Vlade, but he was key in the playoff runs of the Kings in the early part of the decade. Arguably one of the best passing big men in the history of the game, Divac helped get the Kings within a game of the NBA finals in 2003. He was also an NBA all-star in 2001.

9)Marcus Camby DPOTY
One of the most underrated players of the decade. For year Marcus Camby anchored the defense for the defensively hapless Denver Nuggets. He was DPOTY in 2006-07 and lead the NBA in blocks four times.

10) Dikembe Mutombo DPOTY
A long time NBA veteran who has survived nearly two decades of the physical grind of NBA basketball, Mount Mutombo has become one of the more dominating defensive presences in the NBA. He helped the Sixers make the NBA finals in 2001, and played for the Nets in the finals in 2003. Many have forgotten his defensive impact over the years, but in the first three years of the decade he was one of the best.

The best Power Forward of all time… there are many great candidates from many different eras and they way to judge would be so hard, you could go on individual success (stats awards etc.) players like Karl Malone and or you could do it on winning and success of the team they were in, then the top of that list become McHale, Tim Duncan and Dennis Rodman all of whom have been very successful, however I have made my list of the top few PFs on a mixture of both success in stats and success in play offs and regular season. The other problem is distinguishing a PF from the C because of the lack of height many of the larger forwards ended up playing center.

NO.10 Dirk Nowitzki,
Dirk is one of the better shooters of all time, his name is often compared to greats like Larry Bird and Kevin McHale. Dirk over his career he has averages of 22.4 points a game, along with 8.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists a game defensively he averages just less than a steal and one block a game. Dirk shots efficiently with 47 percent from the field and 38% from beyond the arch he is also a very successful line shooter, at 87% from the line (he has his routine in which he hums whilst taking his shot) Dirk has won an MVP, and in the same season(06-07) his Dallas mavericks won 67 games, He has been selected to seven All Star teams, and he has been selected to eight All-NBA teams, with three of them as a first-team member. He is also the first and only player from Europe to win an MVP. His style is more of finesse than brute and strength you seem him do some really good mid range jumpers do open up his inside game, as many bigger men struggle with guarding a player with his permitter abilities.

NO.9 Dave Debusschere
Dave was one of the first super Power forwards nicknames “D” and “BIG D” which stood for defence, he was an amazing player with unreal hustle and determination definitely in his times top handful of defenders. In 1996 he was recognised at being in the top 50 players of all time and is unlucky not to be higher on this list. Everyone who ever came up against would leave bruised, he is one of the most physical players of all time. He was never afraid of trading elbows and really fighting for a rebound or lose ball. He was also known for his Amazing Defensive skills, which helped earn his nicknames, he made the All Defensive 1st team 6 times. In his career he averaged a solid 16.1 points and 11 rebounds a game as well as getting 3 assists and shooting 43.2% from the field. A player like him in more recent times was Dennis Rodman, however Dennis didn’t have nearly the same offensive game as Dave. His style of play almost the opposite of Dirk’s as Dave would power it home more often.

Well before James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891, the peoples of Mesoamerica had a very similar game where the point was to get a ball though a hoop. The games origins date back as far as one-thousand years before the common era. The game has gotten many names over the years such as; juego de pelota in Spanish; pitz in classical Mayan; and ullamaliztli in Nahuatl. Each area had a variation of the game with different rules and customs but generally the game was the same. The game, which combined aspects of modern basketball, soccer and modern American football, was popular in both secular and religious life before the Spanish invasion of the area starting in 1520.

The game is played with a rubber ball called an ulama and depending on the region can either be played like soccer were a ball must go into a ground goal or like basketball were the ball must go through a stone “hoop” mounted above the playing court. Like the game itself, the courts vary in size and structure as well; from the very small courts found through-out small Mexican villages to the huge courts found at places such as Chichen-Itza. The size and scale of the game and court had an impact on exactly what type of game was going to be played. Much like in modern sports in areas were equipment is rare, the players had to make do with any substitutes they could find. This appears to be exactly the case with the Mesoamerican ballgame, and is a likely reason as to the variations of the game. In the more rural areas the game is played much lower to the ground and the ball is kicked or struck with the lower body more. In the more urban areas where materials and equipment is readily available the game is played higher up on the body, and decorative protective masks are sometimes worn.

There are many strange connections in history and politics, but maybe none as strange as how an eventual NBA commissioner would play a role in bringing down a president. Before David Stern’s monarchial grasp on the office there was Larry O’Brien. A Massachusetts native of Irish decent born in the birthplace of basketball, Springfield, Massachusetts.

Before he became the commissioner of the NBA, O’Brien had been one of the most successful political strategist in American politics. He had a natural talent for politics and got his very first campaigning job when he was 11 years old in 1928. O’Brien slowly moved through the ranks of the Democratic party until in 1952 a young Massachusetts war hero approached him about leading his campaign for Senator; that young mans name was John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

O’Brien did such a successful job on Kennedy’s election campaign that in 1959, when the Senator was running for president, he asked O’Brien to be in charge of his election campaign. After Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election O’Brien became a special assistant to the president.

Maurice Podoloff......... 1946–63 President 
Walter Kennedy........... 1963–67 President 
Walter Kennedy........... 1967-75 Commissioner 
Larry O'Brien............ 1975–84 Commissioner 
David Stern.............. 1984–   Commissioner

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