Best Basketball Team

For this 82 action project, we had to chose a team and a specific year they played in and why they are so great. The team and year I chose was the 2011-2012 Miami Heat. What I learned was that everyone needs to be fair in there argument and not biased. The purpose of this was to see what team we think is the best and to only base it on stats. Below is the video and why I think the 2011-2012 Miami Heat is the best team.       

                        

Why so great?:

- Came back from huge loss in 2010-11 vs. the Mavericks. Showed how much they wanted to be the best.

- In the season they won 46 games and lost 20 games. (2011 lockout) 66 games.

- They had the “Big Three” Dwyane Wade,  LeBron James, and Chris Bosh.  For the second year in a row, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh were all selected to the NBA All-Star Game, tying the record for the most Heat players in an All-Star game in franchise history.

- LeBron was the top player scoring 672 points in the playoffs. LeBron was made NBA Finals MVP.

- They were fighting to stay in the Eastern Conference. Then once they won in the semifinals,

they went on to a winning streak vs. the Boston Celtics.  

- Great teamwork. They had 1317 assists.

- They won their division for the 9th time and appeared in the Eastern Conference Finals for the 5th time.

Reference:
"2011-12 Miami Heat" n.p. Wikipedia, n.d.
"2011-12 Miami Heat Roster and Stats" n.p. Basketball Reference, n.d

Heart of America

For this bioneers action project everyone had to find a company with a product that can be improved to make it more eco-friendly. The company I chose was Denoyer Geppert and the product I chose was Heart of America. This product is an advanced mold that shows the different parts of the heart. I learned that companies make products that can not decompose at all, because of their materials. The purpose of this was to see how different companies make different products and to see how long will take for one product to decompose.


                              


The company I picked was Denoyer Geppert Science Company, this company makes posters and molds that show different parts of the human body. I interviewed Mary Andros the sales manger who told me everything I wanted to know. I wanted to know the materials, process of how it I made and how the product's process can be improved. The product I studied was the Heart of America which is a mold of a heart. The materials they use are polypropylene and acrylic paint. The plastic is from Illinois and the paint form Maine.The process to make this was first it is roto molded which is when the molder shakes it around making it hard. Then it will be hand pained and next sprayed with a coat that will make it shine. Last numbered to show the different parts and their names. This product is sold for $400 and they make and sell about 450 annually. This product has a life guarantee, meaning it will not decompose at all. It is very poisonous to the ground and air.

The way this company can improve their design is by using wax and an injector molder. The wax is good because when the mold starts to break, the buyer can give it back to company to be melted and re-molded. The injector molder works well with wax making it easier and faster to make it. The company is thinking of new alternatives to make a new eco-friendly heart model. They are thinking of using paper and showing it through a way of origami. Or using another plastic that is not as harmful. They haven't started making new designs because they want to master the technique.

Should The Lakers Stay or Go?

In this 82 action project every one had to create an infographic poster on a team of their chose that would show statistics about that team and the arena or the team, and if the city would benefit from it or be hurt by it. The team I chose was the Los Angeles Lakers and they play at the Staples Center. The purpose of this is to see how a team's arena, brand, and market can benefit or hurt the city, and to say if they should be in the that city at all. I learned many things about how the Lakers do benefit the city in many ways. Also how hard research can be when you are trying to find the really specific information about a big franchise.

 

 

                                                       NVA, "Lakers, Yes or No" 12-3-13, Chicago: GCE


In this infographic poster I show the Lakers team value which is $584 million and from that 21% is Sport, 41% is Market, 24% is Stadium, and 14% is Brand Management. This illustrates all the different areas their value comes from, and how diverse it is. The team value though is never consistent. Then I show the teams salary which slowly goes up, but then drops in 2005 and reaches really high after 8 more years. From the Lakers' players getting more popular there salary jumped which helped make the team more value to the public. In building the Staples Center the city was very much involved, the cost of the construction was $400 million and $70.5 million was taxpayer money (17.6%). The Staples Center Foundation does a lot for there community, they will go to schools and do many services and will donate paint and art supplies to the schools. What kind of services they will do is help the school garden or they clean around. "More than $10 million in grants and in-kind support has been pledged to support several local charities and community-based organizations with a goal of changing lives and saving lives."

Some trends I see are that is that the team value is never consistent because of how popular the team is at times. Also because if a player is drafted to another team or another player joins their team, making it better or worse. An outlier that I also noticed was that coming back from an injury Kobe Bryant scored 47 points for the Lakers making them win.

 In my opinion I think that the Lakers should stay in Los Angeles because they are doing many things to help there community and a lot less money was used to make the stadium from taxpayers. The Lakers aren't hurting the community at all and they should definitely stay.

REFERENCES

 ʺLakersʺ n.p. Forbes, Jan 2013
ʺStaples Centerʺ n.p. Wkipedia 11-14-13
ʺFounding Partnersʺ n.p. Staples Center, n.d.
"1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats" n.p. Basketball Reference, n.d.
"1995-96 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats" n.p. Basketball Reference, n.d.
"2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats" n.p. Basketball Reference, n.d.
"2005-06 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats" n.p. Basketball Reference, n.d.
"2013-14 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats" n.p. Basketball Reference, n.d.
ʺStaples Centerʺ n.p.Ticket dogs, n.d.
"Number 1 Los Angeles Lakers" n.p. 12-4-13