Top 10 Basketball Slam DunkersAuthor Peter Bjarkman has chosen ten basketball players whom he thinks best define the slam dunk style. Anecdotes, career statistics, and quotations of such greats as Charles Barkley, Darryl Dawkins, Clyde Drexler, Julius Erving, Darrell Griffith, Connie Hawkins, Michael Jordan, Shawn Kemp, Scottie Pippen, and Spud Webb all bring the excitement of the court to the reader. |
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... Clyde " The Glide " Drexler . Basketball was once a game largely earthbound in its style of play . Its heroes were once skillful ball handlers and expert passers like Bob Cousy of the 1950s Boston Celtics or tall , agile shot - blockers ...
... Clyde " The Glide " Drexler . Basketball was once a game largely earthbound in its style of play . Its heroes were once skillful ball handlers and expert passers like Bob Cousy of the 1950s Boston Celtics or tall , agile shot - blockers ...
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Peter C. Bjarkman. had earned him the colorful nickname of " Clyde the Glide " long before Drexler had arrived as a new star on the NBA horizon . Now in late - season 1992 , Clyde the Glide was ready to soar to new championship heights ...
Peter C. Bjarkman. had earned him the colorful nickname of " Clyde the Glide " long before Drexler had arrived as a new star on the NBA horizon . Now in late - season 1992 , Clyde the Glide was ready to soar to new championship heights ...
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... . CAREER : 1983- NBA : Portland Trail Blazers , Houston Rockets . POSITION : Guard . HEIGHT : 6 ' 7 " cers 45 Pacers 31 Winston " Clyde the Glide " Drexler hangs above the rim . CLYDE DREXLER 17 JULIUS ERVING THE YEAR WAS 1976 , and the ...
... . CAREER : 1983- NBA : Portland Trail Blazers , Houston Rockets . POSITION : Guard . HEIGHT : 6 ' 7 " cers 45 Pacers 31 Winston " Clyde the Glide " Drexler hangs above the rim . CLYDE DREXLER 17 JULIUS ERVING THE YEAR WAS 1976 , and the ...
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