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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... Seattle Coliseum in November 1989 , he was in awe of all that surrounded him . An untried basketball newcomer was about to debut in the fabulous National Basketball As- sociation . His opponents this opening night would not be the ...
... Seattle Coliseum in November 1989 , he was in awe of all that surrounded him . An untried basketball newcomer was about to debut in the fabulous National Basketball As- sociation . His opponents this opening night would not be the ...
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... Seattle team in rebounds three times , and in blocked shots every season . With an 18 - point scoring average in 1994 , he became the club's leading scorer as well . Kemp only truly arrived in the eyes of most fans , however , with yet ...
... Seattle team in rebounds three times , and in blocked shots every season . With an 18 - point scoring average in 1994 , he became the club's leading scorer as well . Kemp only truly arrived in the eyes of most fans , however , with yet ...
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... 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 , Jerome , 42 , 44 L Los ...
... 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 , Jerome , 42 , 44 L Los ...
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