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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... defender daring to block his path . With his large but finely toned body , Barkley has been the most physical basketball player of the past decade . CHARLES BARKLEY BORN : February 20 , 1963 , Leeds 8 TOP 10 BASKETBALL SLAM DUNKERS.
... defender daring to block his path . With his large but finely toned body , Barkley has been the most physical basketball player of the past decade . CHARLES BARKLEY BORN : February 20 , 1963 , Leeds 8 TOP 10 BASKETBALL SLAM DUNKERS.
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... defender , Bill Robinzine of the Kan- sas City Kings , along with courtside spectators , scurried to escape the sudden shower of splintered glass . Dawkins was always as quick with witty boasts as he was with his power moves to the hoop ...
... defender , Bill Robinzine of the Kan- sas City Kings , along with courtside spectators , scurried to escape the sudden shower of splintered glass . Dawkins was always as quick with witty boasts as he was with his power moves to the hoop ...
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... defender . But it was Jordan's airborne charges to the basket - his tongue hanging out and his legs and arms spread like a giant eagle — that would so inspire the nation's fans . Most spectacular of all was the naturalness of Michael ...
... defender . But it was Jordan's airborne charges to the basket - his tongue hanging out and his legs and arms spread like a giant eagle — that would so inspire the nation's fans . Most spectacular of all was the naturalness of Michael ...
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