Keith Wong Yiheng
CHRISTIAN
4th September 1992
Ex-Hong Wen School
Ex-Geylang Methodist School (Secondary)
Nanyang Poly [Sports & Wellness Management]
BASKETBALL
LA Lakers Fan

GOD =)
BASKETBALL
ALL MY FRIENDS!


Grow closer to God
Make it into NYP basketball Team
Movements everywhere so that everyone knows someone who truly follows Jesus.
Form a team and slowly train to div1 standard
Leather Molten Basketball
Kobe Zoom shoes
Nike Tee Shirt
Plaid outer collared tee =p
Vest
Team to share the dream =)
taggie here.

Love is a minefield. You take a step and get blown to pieces, put yourself back together again and stupidly take another step. I guess that's human nature. It hurts so much to be alone that we'd all rather blow up than be single.

We have no say over the hand dealt us in life, but we do have a lot of control over how this hand is played. We are responsible for bringing out the meaning of our own lives in each moment that we live. Remember each moment happens only once and can never be retrieved again.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.

If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me

The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had.

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.

Daryl
Wendy
Daniel
Raquel
Si Hui
Zheng hou
Yi Kun
Wei Xuan
Yip Han
Zoe
Wee Keng
Heng Lee
Hui Ying
Kai Jing
Cherry
Germin
Joel
Ivan
Ryan
Jonathan
Penny
Jeslin
KeithGoh
Saranjeet
Gek Chuan
Aaron
Eileen/XiiaoHoon
Alton
Joseph
Corrine
Grace Tan
Long Huai
Edwin
Angela
Abdillah
Cecelia
Joannie


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Haven't posted in a month lawl. My record of three-four months not blogging still stands.
Alot of interesting things happened in the span of this one month, all of which i forgot. Typical me lawl lol loller. I mostly blame it on two weeks of no internet, router somehow spoilt. Again, basketball=P. I've been using wikipedia alot recently, and well, I looked up alot about basketball. Turns out there were a few un-named positions that players can play, not only the normal 5 positions of center, power forward, small forward, shooting guard and point guard. Well, these un-named positions are mixtures of the current five positions, but still interesting to know as not everyone can play the prototype of these positions.

Those who don't want to read about basketball (lol), please slide on down to the end of the post. These are not for your eyes. It's all about ballin' from here to the end of the post.

Players who play mixed positons are called Tweeners. A tweener in basketball is a term, sometimes used derisively, for a player who is able to play two positions, but is not ideally suited to play either position exclusively, so he/she is said to be in between. This term is most commonly used only at the highest level of basketball competition, where players must combine extreme physical talent with specialised basketball abilities. A tweener has a set of skills that doesn't match the traditional position of his physical stature.

Center/Power Forward
This tweener plays both the Center and Power Forward positions. Many C/PF tweeners are usually taller or stonger than traditional PFs and quicker than traditional Centers. Many times C/PF tweeners are used to create match-up problems. Tim Duncan, Dwight Howard, Amaré Stoudemire, Chris Bosh, Jermaine O'Neal and Kwame Brown are examples of PF/C tweeners.

Power Forward/Small forward
Traditionally a PF/SF tweener refers to a basketball player whose physical attributes and skills render him/her unsuited to play either the power forward position or the small forward position. For example the player may be too short, or lack sufficient strength, to play power forward effectively; while being not quick or athletic enough to play the small forward position.Many players have made successful careers out of being able to successfully interchange between the small forward and power forward positions in order to create matchup problems. Some of these include Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki and Lamar Odom.

Swingman. Shooting guard/Small forward
Swingman is a basketball term denoting a player who can play both the small forward and shooting guard positions. He/She may be too short to play small forward, but lacks a guard's jumper or ball-handling skills to play the two-man. The best swingmen use their "in-between" height and athleticism to exploit defensive mismatches: they will run past bigger players, and post up or shoot over smaller players. Some swingmen have been known to play both the small forward and shooting guard position effectively, having the size and strength to play the small forward position, as well as the outside jumpshot and quickness to play the shooting guard position. These tweeners are known to cause matchup problems, and have proven to be very difficult to guard. Some swingmen who have successfully played this role are Vince Carter, Paul Pierce, Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady.

Shooting Guard/Point Guard (combo guard)
The most common occurrence of this phenomenon occurs in basketball players who considered too short to play shooting guard, having played this position previously in their basketball career. Conversely, they are unable to play point guard successfully due to a lack of the mental specialisation and understanding of the game that this position requires. These players are often referred to as being "a shooting guard trapped in a point guard's body." Current examples of NBA players who may be derisively considered 'tweeners' in this context are Stephon Marbury and Steve Francis. However many successful NBA players have overcome early criticism on the basis that they are point/shooting guards to forge successful careers. Some of these include Allen Iverson, Gilbert Arenas, Ben Gordon and Chauncey Billups.

Lastly, the position of Point Forward. ( the one i have a liking to.)

Point Forward ( Point Guard/Forward)
Point forward is an unofficial playing position in basketball for those who share the best attributes of both a point guard and a forward.Larry Bird was a great Point Forward, having very good passing skills like a point guard though his position was small foward. Players used in that capacity were few and far between until swingman Scottie Pippen popularized it with the Chicago Bulls of the late 1980s. He secured his position as one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of All-Time by combining great athleticism with scoring, passing and the ability to defend the opposition's best player, including the opposing point guard, as he demonstrated in the 1991 NBA Finals by flustering Magic Johnson. Over the past decade, notable players who have taken on the role of point forward. Kevin Garnett is also widely known to possess an uncanny dribbling ability for a 6'11" (2.11 m) power forward, and filled in the role of point guard in the 2004 playoffs when starting point guard Sam Cassell was injured.Other point forwards today include LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Mike Dunleavy, Jr. of the Indiana Pacers, Boris Diaw of the Phoenix Suns, Tracy Mcgrady of the Houston Rockets, and Lamar Odom of the Lakers. (Dirk Nowitzki could be added to this list due to his very effective dribbling, and at the same time his rebounding abilities, but he rarely brings the ball up the court.)

Okay, so in summary, a forward playing the role of a Point Guard.

Point Guard (PG), also known as "the ball-handler". Typically, being quicker and shorter than even a shooting guard, the more speed a point guard has, the more likely he/she will be able to create separation and space off the dribble, which allows the guard room to work. A true point guard's job is to create scoring opportunities for his team. He does this by passing, setting up plays on the court, getting the ball to the teammate that he feels is in the best position to score, and dictating the tempo of the game. A truly great point guard will more or less control the game by how effectively he runs the offense. They are often vocal floor leaders, at times discussing rule interpretations with officials. He must always know the time on both the shot clock and the game clock, the score, the number of time outs for both teams, and whom to foul late in the game. If a point guard has more size (height, muscle) compared to the prototypical point guard, it is considered a plus, but size is only secondary to knowledge of the game and skill. After an opponent scores, it is typically the point guard who brings the ball down court to begin an offensive play. For this reason, passing skills, ball handling, and court vision are pivotal. Point guards are often evaluated more on their assist totals than on their scoring. Still, a first-rate point guard should also have a reasonably effective jump shot.

More or less so, now when someone says a point guard rules the game, I tend to disagree a little, cuz in my opinion, it's really the point forward who rules the game. Think about it, a point guard's main and first responsibility is to create scoring opportunities through passing to his team mates. A point forward on the other hand, (since a forwards' primary responsibility is to score or get points for their team), main responsibility is over the whole team's scoring including himself. See, point guard= score through passing to team mates, forward= score at all costs. Therefore, a point forward is directly AND indirectly in charge of all the scoring of the whole team! Of course, if there's no point forward, then of course the point guard would rule. Like it was written before, Point forward are few and far between. One last thing to add, since a point guard plays from outside the 3point line, a point forward therefores plays the point guard position from inside the 3point line. That just rules.

End of Basketball Fanatica. Whatever that means.

Lol, this feels like writing an SS essay. More like, copy and pasting an SS essay. What, you think I'd be as hardworking to type out all this facts, when I could do it few times as fast with a few clicks of the mouse. All the things about basketball you read here are from wikipedia. Feel free to thank them by messing up one of their articles.

[Keith wrote this, thanks for reading! =D]Y,
6:31 PM