0_Wizard
I really enjoy basketball.  However I am that good. It is more otten played as a team sport with five on each side.  I normally play 3 or 3
While most often played as a team sport with five players on each side, three-on-three, two-on-two, and one-on-one competitions are also common.
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Ryan Otten
Ryan James Otten (born April 7, 1990) is a former American football tight end He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He played college football at San Jose State. Otten was born in Carmichael, California and graduated from Del Oro High School in Loomis, California in 2008. As a senior in 2007, Otten was a first-team All-NorCal selection by Scout.com. Additionally, Otten won the National Football Foundation High School Scholar-Athlete Award in 2007. At San Jose State University, Otten redshirted his freshman year in 2008 then played for the San Jose State Spartans football team from 2009 to 2012.
Les Otten
Leslie B. "Les" Otten (born 1949), is the former CEO of the American Skiing Company. Since resigning as Chief Executive Officer in 2001, Otten has been involved in numerous other businesses and industries, including Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox. Otten was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he received his early education. He graduated high school from the Hun School of Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey in 1967. He was named an Alumnus of the Year in 1999. Otten received a B.S. in Business Administration from Ithaca College in 1971, after which he worked for Killington and Sunday River ski resorts.
Sport in the United Kingdom
The United  Kingdom has given birth to a range of major international sports including: association football, rugby (union and league), cricket, netball, darts, golf, tennis, table tennis, badminton, squash, bowls, modern rowing, hockey, boxing, snooker, billiards, and curling. This has meant that in the infancy of many sports, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland formed among the earliest separate governing bodies, national teams and domestic league competitions. After 1922 some sports formed separate bodies for Northern Ireland though some continued to be organised on an all-Ireland basis. In a small number of sports, these teams are supplemented by high-profile events featuring a combined team representing one or more nations.
Sports in the United States
Sports in the United States are an important part of the country's culture. Based on revenue, the four major professional sports leagues in the United States are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). The market for professional sports in the United States is roughly $69 billion, roughly 50% larger than that of all of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa combined. Major League Soccer is sometimes included in a "top five" of leagues of the country. All four enjoy wide-ranging domestic media coverage and are considered the preeminent leagues in their respective sports in the world, although only basketball, baseball, and ice hockey have substantial followings in other nations.
David Falk
David B. Falk (born 1950) is an American sports agent who primarily works with basketball players in the National Basketball Association. Falk began his career representing professional tennis players for Donald Dell's ProServ and is best known for representing sports icon Michael Jordan for the entirety of Jordan's career. Besides Jordan, Falk has represented more than 100 other NBA players, and is generally considered to be the most influential player agent the NBA has seen. During the peak years of Falk's career in the 1990s, he was often considered the second-most powerful person in the NBA behind Commissioner David Stern, and in 2000 he had at least one client on all but two NBA teams.
Matthew Otten
Matthew Otten (born December 8, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. Otten holds a Dutch passport as well and played the shooting guard position during his career. Otten was part of the GasTerra Flames in 2010 and 2011, the years in which the club won a Dutch cup and national championship. In the 2011-12 season, Otten played for Mersey Tigers in the United Kingdom. In 2012 Otten returned to the Netherlands in 2012, when he signed with Rotterdam Basketbal College. After one year with the club, his contract was renewed. His numbers rose in his second season in Rotterdam, as Otten averaged 13.4 points per game compared to 9.0 the previous season.
Softball
 Softball is a variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. It was invented in 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, United States as an indoor game. It was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground, softball, kitten ball, and because it was also played by women, ladies' baseball. The name "softball" was given to the game in 1926, because the ball used to be soft. A tournament held in 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game. The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America (founded 1933) governs the game in the United States and sponsors annual sectional and World Series championships.
1_Apprentice
I see, my fiance used to play basketball, he is 6'8 though, I am horrible at that sport. How do you win?
0_Wizard
However scores the most points wns.  I like the fact that it involes workout.  THere is a lo ot of running
The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but additional time (overtime) is mandated when the score is tied at the end of regulation.
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Partial concurrent thinking aloud
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WNS Global Services
WNS Global is a global business process management company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It has more than 34,000 professionals working in 52 "delivery centers" across the world, including India, United States, United Kingdom, China, Costa Rica, Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.Adrian T. Dillon is the Chairman of the Board and Keshav R Murugesh is the group CEO. WNS is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WNS. The company operates in two segments: WNS Global services BPM and WNS Auto Claims BPM. Its clients are primarily in the travel, banking, financial services, insurance, healthcare and utilities, retail and consumer product industries.
Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology
Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology is a deemed university in the town of Vallam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.It offers Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses in Engineering, Science, Education, Management, Arts and Law. including Research programmes.Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institutions is a group of colleges in Tamil Nadu. It began with an Institute of Computer Science and Technology founded in 1985 by Prof. P. Murugesan. At that time, his very purpose of starting that institute was to introduce Computer Education for the first time in Thanjavur District. In 1988, the Institute got affiliation from Bharathidasan University to offer Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Computer Applications.
White-nose syndrome
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Windows Push Notification Service
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The Biggest Loser (season 16)
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George Burnett (ice hockey)
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1_Apprentice
I see, I could never run that much haha, who is your favorite team?
0_Wizard
I like the Mverikcks.  
It is a violation to lift, or drag, one's pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling.
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Basketball
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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
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Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger
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Marguerite Renoir
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Spilsby
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Mihajlo Pupin
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Tavani, Nunavut
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1_Apprentice
Where are the Mavericks from? I don't know much about basketball or the teams, but I like Lebron James
0_Wizard
They are in Dallas.  Their best player has been Dirk Nowitzki.  He has taken them to the playoffs 15 times
Nowitzki has led the Mavericks to 15 NBA Playoffs (2001–2012; 2014–2016), including the franchise's first Finals appearance in 2006 and only championship in 2011.
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Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the American Airlines Center, which it shares with the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars. According to a 2016 "Forbes" magazine report, they are the ninth most valuable basketball franchise in the NBA, valued at approximately $1.4 billion. As of the 2017 season, the Mavericks have sold out 704 consecutive games since December 15, 2001, the longest currently running sellout streak in North American major league sports.
Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Werner Nowitzki () (born June 19, 1978) is a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). An alumnus of Röntgen Gymnasium and the DJK Würzburg basketball club, Nowitzki was chosen as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and immediately traded to the Mavericks, where he has played since. Listed at , Nowitzki is considered to be one of the greatest power forwards of all time. He is also one of only seven players ever to play at least 20 seasons in the NBA and the second to do so with a single franchise. Nowitzki has led the Mavericks to 15 NBA Playoffs (2001–2012; 2014–2016), including the franchise's first Finals appearance in 2006 and only championship in 2011.
History of the Dallas Mavericks
This is about the History of the Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs), a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas, USA, belonging to the NBA. In their history, the Mavericks have won one NBA championship, three division titles, and two conference championships. In 1979, businessman Don Carter and partner Norm Sonju requested the right to bring an NBA franchise to Dallas. The last professional basketball team in Dallas had been the Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association, which moved to San Antonio in 1973 to become the San Antonio Spurs. At the 1980 NBA All-Star Game, league owners voted to admit the new team, with the team's name coming from the 1957–1962 television western "Maverick" the name was chosen by the fans with 4600 postcards received beating "Wranglers" and "Express".
Steve Nash
Stephen John Nash, OC, OBC (born February 7, 1974), is a Canadian former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an eight-time NBA All-Star and a seven-time All-NBA selection. Twice, Nash was named the NBA Most Valuable Player while playing for the Phoenix Suns. He currently serves as general manager of the Canadian national team and as a player development consultant for the Golden State Warriors. After a successful high school basketball career in British Columbia, Nash earned a scholarship to Santa Clara University in California. In his four seasons with the Broncos, the team made three NCAA Tournament appearances, and he was twice named the West Coast Conference (WCC) Player of the Year.
2011 NBA Finals
The 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2010–11 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat 4 games to 2 to win their first NBA championship. Dallas became the last NBA team from Texas to win its first title, after the Houston Rockets won back-to-back titles in and , and the San Antonio Spurs won four NBA championships in , , and , and a fifth one subsequently in ; all three Texas NBA teams have now won at least one NBA championship.
Germany national basketball team
The Germany national basketball team is organized and run by the German Basketball Federation. (German: "Deutscher Basketball Bund"). Their biggest successes are the victory in the European Championship of EuroBasket 1993, at home in Germany, the silver medal in the EuroBasket 2005, and the FIBA World Championship bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship. The team is the successor of the West Germany national basketball team, the basketball side that represented West Germany in international competition. Between 1955 and 1973, Germany temporarily competed with an East German national basketball team as well.
2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season
The 2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season was the 32nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As the defending NBA champions, they were attempting to win back-to-back NBA Finals, but were swept in the first round of the NBA Playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder. The season officially began once NBA players and owners signed a new collective bargaining agreement to end the 2011 NBA lockout. At the Draft night the Mavs acquired Rudy Fernández for their 26th pick, Jordan Hamilton, who was sent to Denver. Following their championship-winning 2010-2011 season, the Mavericks entered the offseason with six free agents; only one of those six players returned to play with the team in 2011-2012.
1_Apprentice
Oh wow, 15 times, have they ever won? How old is Dirk Nowitzki