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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... fans entertained through the championship round , he kept the press satisfied as well with his endless stream of post- game witticisms and boasts . Barkley has always been controversial both on and off the court . While playing for the ...
... fans entertained through the championship round , he kept the press satisfied as well with his endless stream of post- game witticisms and boasts . Barkley has always been controversial both on and off the court . While playing for the ...
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... fans this night promised to be the anticipated battle between Milwaukee's seven - foot- two - inch rookie center Lew Alcindor and the Suns ' outstand- ing six - foot - eight - inch forward Connie Hawkins . Alcindor ( later known as ...
... fans this night promised to be the anticipated battle between Milwaukee's seven - foot- two - inch rookie center Lew Alcindor and the Suns ' outstand- ing six - foot - eight - inch forward Connie Hawkins . Alcindor ( later known as ...
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... fans , however , with yet another slam dunk contest appearance , this one in the Charlotte Coliseum during his second pro season . On this single afternoon , the millions of fans of the NBA discovered what Seattle boosters already knew ...
... fans , however , with yet another slam dunk contest appearance , this one in the Charlotte Coliseum during his second pro season . On this single afternoon , the millions of fans of the NBA discovered what Seattle boosters already knew ...
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