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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... court , however , Sir Charles is one of basketball's most ferocious rebounders — although a relatively short front court man at six feet six inches - and has averaged more than 800 rebounds for each of his 10 seasons . The most memora ...
... court , however , Sir Charles is one of basketball's most ferocious rebounders — although a relatively short front court man at six feet six inches - and has averaged more than 800 rebounds for each of his 10 seasons . The most memora ...
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... court , " observed then Los Angeles Lakers coach Pat Riley , " like a few mothers and perhaps the Pope . But on the court there is only one. 18 TOP 10 BASKETBALL SLAM DUNKERS JULIUS ERVING.
... court , " observed then Los Angeles Lakers coach Pat Riley , " like a few mothers and perhaps the Pope . But on the court there is only one. 18 TOP 10 BASKETBALL SLAM DUNKERS JULIUS ERVING.
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... court . He owned an impressive array of offensive moves that were certain to make him a deadly scorer as well as a guaranteed crowd - pleaser . Fore- most in Pippen's large offensive arsenal was a devastating dunk shot that was already ...
... court . He owned an impressive array of offensive moves that were certain to make him a deadly scorer as well as a guaranteed crowd - pleaser . Fore- most in Pippen's large offensive arsenal was a devastating dunk shot that was already ...
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