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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... huge dunk that intimi- dates his foes and electrifies the crowd . Indeed the most terrifying sight in basketball — perhaps in all of sports — has to be the image of this huge and agile 250 - pound athlete roaring down the floor and ...
... huge dunk that intimi- dates his foes and electrifies the crowd . Indeed the most terrifying sight in basketball — perhaps in all of sports — has to be the image of this huge and agile 250 - pound athlete roaring down the floor and ...
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... huge and powerful Darryl Dawkins swept at the hoop from the right side of the court and slammed home another of his famed bone - jarring dunks that had so often entertained fans around the league . But this time the result was quite ...
... huge and powerful Darryl Dawkins swept at the hoop from the right side of the court and slammed home another of his famed bone - jarring dunks that had so often entertained fans around the league . But this time the result was quite ...
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... huge over - sized hands , allowed him to grasp a basketball as if it were a softball . His long - stemmed , slender build — as much as his spectacular mid - air moves - truly set him apart from all the other great stars of the game . 3 ...
... huge over - sized hands , allowed him to grasp a basketball as if it were a softball . His long - stemmed , slender build — as much as his spectacular mid - air moves - truly set him apart from all the other great stars of the game . 3 ...
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