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1) Paul George
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"Take a look at Paul George's 6 feet, 9-inch (2.06 m) frame and you can see that he has all of the physical tools to be a great NBA player. After spending his first seven NBA seasons with the Indiana Pacers, he joined the Oklahoma City Thunder. Two years later, he was traded to the LA Clippers, altering the balance of power in the league's Western Conference. George has been named to six NBA All-Star teams, three NBA All-Defensive teams and was named...
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"Stephen Curry is arguably one of the greatest shooters in the history of the NBA. He was an essential part of the Golden State Warriors rise to greatness in the 2010s, returning the team to the NBA Finals and helping to lead them to their first championships in forty years. After leading little known Davidson College to back-to-back NCAA tournament Regional Finals in his sophomore and junior years, Curry entered the 2009 NBA Draft as a top prospect...
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Whether he's soaring through the air for a powerful slam dunk, threading the ball to a teammate for a key shot, or launching a new pair of Nikes, the Miami Heat's LeBron James is one of the most exciting athletes in the world. As USA TODAY, the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper, puts it, "He is hailed as the successor to Michael Jordan's marketing throne off the court. On the court, he is frequently compared to Magic Johnson because of his size, floor vision...
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From peach baskets at the YMCA to March Madness, Michael Jordan and LeBron James, the sport of basketball has come a long way in 125 years. Invented in America but beloved in countries from Argentina to Australia, basketball features high-flying athletic feats from alley oops to slam dunks. Basketball requires both stamina and strength of those that play it, along with the skills to handle the ball, make shots under pressure or cut off the lane to...
6) James Harden
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Picked third overall in the 2009 NBA Draft after two years playing at Arizona State University, James Harden rose from a supporting role with the Oklahoma City Thunder to become one of the NBA's greatest current players and the 2018 league MVP for the Houston Rockets. Harden, the youngest of three siblings, used basketball as a way to rise above the mean streets of Compton, California to NBA superstardom. He is a four-time All-First Team NBA selection...
7) LeBron James
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LeBron Raymone James went straight from high school to become the 2003 NBA Player Draft number one overall pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers. James, in 15 NBA seasons with the Cavaliers, Miami Heat, and Los Angeles Lakers has won a total of three NBA titles, including one for his hometown of Cleveland. The three-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) and four-time NBA League MVP is considered by many to be one of the greatest players in the history...
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Sports fans: dive in! Join us as we celebrate some spectacular sports moments in history. There will be surprising statistics and times when you will be amazed at these numbers - and the stories behind them! Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this nonfiction book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars, fascinating images, and detailed Reader's Guide...
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Giannis Antetokounmpo, or the Greek Freak as he has come to be known around the league, is certainly a freak of nature. Despite being almost seven feet tall, he has the ability to play all five positions on the floor. Antetokounmpo's ability to both dribble and shoot the basketball expertly makes him difficult to defend against and is one of the reasons that the Milwaukee Bucks have become a respected and feared team in the NBA. Antetokounmpo was...
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Basketball is a totally American sport. It has grown from a simple game, invented by James Naismith in 1891, to an international sensation played on courts in huge arenas throughout the world. This easy-to-follow narrative provides readers with a history of the game and the thirteen original rules of basketball. Regulation play, player positions, techniques for shooting and running plays, and stretching exercises are also described. The handy volume...
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Each year, close to one million boys and girls in the United States participate in high school basketball. Of that group, barely three percent will go on to play in college. The question is then what is the importance of this experience for those, who never play at the next level. What exactly should these students have learned to make it worthwhile? What specifically should have been, taught?
Without any doubt, Unconscious Basketball teaches the...
12) Chris Paul
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Chris Paul is one of the important players for the Houston Rockets. Drafted by the New Orleans Hornets with the first pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, the native of Winston-Salem, NC has proven himself to be a true superstar and one of the league's Hardwood Great. CP3 is a nine-time NBA All-Star and a nine-time All-Defensive team selection. In the top ten for career steals and assists, Paul is one of the premier point guards in the game, known for having...
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Russell Westbrook, Jr., is only the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season. This accomplishment, which he shares with legendary Hall-of-Fame superstar Oscar Robertson, places him in good company as one of the great guards to have ever played the game. Westbrook, the 2017 NBA MVP, has appeared in the Western Conference Finals four times in his career and in the NBA Finals once, in 2012. He was also a member of the 2010...
14) Anthony Davis
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Anthony Davis is a 6 feet, 10 inch (2.08 m), 253-pound (114 kg) big man who poses an intimidating figure on the court for the Los Angeles Lakers. Drafted by the New Orleans Hornets with the first pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, the Chicago native has proven himself a bona fide superstar and present-day Hardwood Great. In his stellar career, Davis has emerged as one of the best currently playing the power forward and center positions. He is known for being...
15) Kawhi Leonard
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For as much as he shuns the spotlight, reluctant superstar Kawhi Leonard certainly excels when it shines brightest. That would be in the NBA Finals, where Leonard has been named MVP twice in his career to date. Kawhi Leonard examines Leonard's rise to stardom in the shadow of Hall of Fame forward Tim Duncan in San Antonio. Leonard won his first NBA title there in 2014, the fifth and final championship for his teammate Duncan. Leonard took the lessons...
16) Kevin Durant
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Kevin Durant has risen from high school McDonald's All-American to college All-American to eight-time NBA All-Star and 2014 NBA MVP. He is also a two-time NBA Champion, winning back-to-back championships as a member of the Golden State Warriors (2016 - 2018). Durant is one of the NBA's elite playmakers who can also score at will or get other players involved, all for the benefit of the team. Durant played one season at the University of Texas (in...
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From dribbling and three-pointers to free throws and slam dunks, basketball is not only a game of athletic strength and skill, but also one of science and energy, angles and math, and high-tech engineering. In STEM in Basketball readers explore the science behind their favorite player's best moves on the court and learn about the technology that is changing the game. Why do backboards shatter? What is the best angle for a jump shot? What makes that...
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Glenn "Doc" Rivers plays ball the way an artist writes: he practices endlessly to perfect his technique, he constantly thinks of the whole, the game, ahead of himself; and in those moments of inspiration when "the ball starts to move," that's when the real fun starts. Talking with award-winning author Bruce Brooks, Rivers tells us about the game he loves.
Beginning with schoolyard contests in Chicago against Isiah Thomas and clashes with an older...
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Kenny Sailors was a basketball star, and the inventor of the jump shot. He attended the University of Wyoming and was MVP in 1943 in college AA basketball. After WWII, he spent five years as an early player in the new NBA. As a youngster, Kenny was five-foot-seven but his older brother was six-foot-two so when playing basketball, Kenny had to jump up over his brother to get off a shot. That is how the jump shot was born, and Kenny used it in college...
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A dedicated police officer A positive male figure A loyal servant of God A dynamic speaker and motivator An awe-inspiring basketball player Sheldon Theragood is all of these things and so much more. After realizing, that it was not in God's plan for him to play in the NBA or even college basketball, Sheldon searched for the purpose, that God had planned for his life. In his first book, Whatever It Takes, Sheldon shares how he went from a high school...
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