Overview
Who throws down the best dunks? What are the most important qualities of the best slam dunkers? Size? Strength? Agility? From stars of the past like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the greatest players today like LeBron James, Ken Rappoport lists the ten best basketball players to have ever rattled a rim. Other players included in this book are Vince Carter, Darryl Dawkins, Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Bill Russell, and Dominique Wilkins.
Full Product Details
Author: Ken Rappoport
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Imprint: Enslow Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 17.50cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 0.249kg
ISBN: 9780766034679
ISBN 10: 0766034674
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 16 January 2011
Recommended Age: From 10 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
Fun for sports fans who love statistics, the Top 10 Sports Stars series reports on outstanding players in baseball, football, and basketball. After a brief introduction explaining the team position and reviewing changes through the years, each volume focuses on all-time heroes of a sport. Most exciting of all shots is the slam dunk; the ten stars presented here are master dunkers. From the game's earlier days comes Bill Russell (pioneer African-American player), whose rivalry with Wilt Chamberlain was a fiercely competitive match-up. Julius Erving delighted in inventing creative, entertaining slam dunks, while Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was such a furious dunker that the shot was banned for a time (he developed his sky hook instead). Two offbeat players are Darryl Dawkins (who shattered two backboards, causing the NBA to install breakaway rims) and Paris-born Dominique Wilkins (twice All-Star Slam Dunk Champion). Another feared slam dunker is Nigerian Hakeem Olajuon, MVP and six-time NBA First Team selection. More recently, the brilliant Michael Jordan earned further acclaim with a spectacular leap to beat Wilkins in the Slam Dunk contest of 1988; two years later, Vince Carter won the contest despite a finger injury (at a Summer Olympics, he jumped over a tall Frenchman to make the famous dunk de la mort ). Other renowned dunkers are huge Shaquille O'Neal, who powered both the Lakers and the Miami Heat to championships, and the agile LeBron James, who can do everything and continues to play. With action photos and a statistics box to help, readers get a career overview of each record-holder, award-winner or Hall-of-Famer--devoted fans can learn more from brief bibliographies and Internet addresses., Children's Literature
