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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... Sacramento Kings defies gravity and demonstrates that even small men can elevate their game far above the steel rim . The electrifying Darrell Griffith in Utah earned his title as " Doctor Dunkenstein " with an endless variety of ...
... Sacramento Kings defies gravity and demonstrates that even small men can elevate their game far above the steel rim . The electrifying Darrell Griffith in Utah earned his title as " Doctor Dunkenstein " with an endless variety of ...
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... Sacramento Kings . It is safe to say that in a game populated largely by giants and near - giants , there has never been a more unexpected skywalker than the tiny aerialist who owns basketball's most perfect nickname . Spud Webb has ...
... Sacramento Kings . It is safe to say that in a game populated largely by giants and near - giants , there has never been a more unexpected skywalker than the tiny aerialist who owns basketball's most perfect nickname . Spud Webb has ...
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... Sacramento Kings , 5 , 44 Seattle SuperSonics , 36 Stansberry , Terence , 42 , 44 Utah Jazz , 5 , 23 , 24 Jordan , Michael , 4 , 5 , 7 , 15 , 16 , 20 , 23 , U K 31-32 , 39 , 40 , 44 Kansas City Kings , 12 Kemp , Shawn , 4 , 35-36 Kersey ...
... Sacramento Kings , 5 , 44 Seattle SuperSonics , 36 Stansberry , Terence , 42 , 44 Utah Jazz , 5 , 23 , 24 Jordan , Michael , 4 , 5 , 7 , 15 , 16 , 20 , 23 , U K 31-32 , 39 , 40 , 44 Kansas City Kings , 12 Kemp , Shawn , 4 , 35-36 Kersey ...
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