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102) Kevin Durant
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"In 2016, Kevin Durant shocked the basketball world when he decided to sign with the Golden State Warriors. Many questioned why one of the league's best players would join a team that was already stacked with talent--didn't he want to make a name for himself as the sole leader of a team? Kevin would have the last laugh, winning two championships and putting to rest any questions about his incredible legacy. In choosing to tune out the noise, he instead...
103) Skylar Diggins-Smith
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Chronicles the life of basketball player Skylar Diggins-Smith, and details her early life, collegiate and professional basketball career, and accomplishments. Includes color photographs, sidebars, a quiz, a glossary, and additional resources.
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"Ray Scott was part of the early wave of Black NBA players like Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who literally changed how the game of professional basketball is played-leading to the tremendously popular financial blockbuster the NBA is today. Scott was a celebrated 6'9" forward/center after being chosen by the Detroit Pistons as the #4 pick of the 1961 NBA draft, and then again after he was named head coach of the Pistons...
106) Kawhi Leonard
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A biography of NBA player Kawhi Leonard, discussing his childhood, personal life, and career in basketball.
107) Black ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the generation that saved the soul of the NBA
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"Against the backdrop of ongoing massive resistance to racial desegregation and increasingly strident calls for Black Power, the NBA in the 1970s embodied the nation's imagined descent into disorder. The press and the public blamed young Black players for the chaos in the NBA, citing drugs, violence, greed, and criminality. The supposed decline of pro basketball became a metaphor for the first decades of integration in America: the rules of the game...
108) Joel Embiid
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Explores the life and career of Joel Embiid, center for the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team.
109) Joel Embiid
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Documents the personal life and basketball career of professional NBA player Joel Embiid. Traces his high school, college, and professional careers, his greatest moments and accomplishments as a professional player, famous quotes, and his personal endeavors and relationships outside of basketball. Includes text-dependent questions, suggestions for research projects, photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
110) Diana Taurasi
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"When Diana Taurasi was a girl, professional women's basketball didn't exist in the U.S. Diana knew she was talented, and she worked hard to create opportunities for herself and other female athletes. She won high school and college championships before going pro with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and winning give Olympic gold medals, inspiring many girls to follow in her athletic footsteps."--
111) Devin Booker
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Documents the personal life and basketball career of professional NBA player Devin Booker. Traces his high school, college, and professional careers, his greatest moments and accomplishments as a professional player, famous quotes, and his personal endeavors and relationships outside of basketball. Includes text-dependent questions, suggestions for research projects, photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
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"The 1980s were a transformative decade for the NBA. Since its founding in 1946, the league had evolved from a bruising, earthbound game of mostly nameless, underpaid players to one in which athletes became household names for their thrilling, physics-defying play. The 1987 season was the peak of that golden era, a year of incredible drama that featured a pantheon of superstars in their prime-the most Hall of Famers competing at one time in any given...
113) The NBA finals
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Examines the history of the NBA Finals and the players that have played in the championship games, from Joe Fulks with the Philadelphia Warriors in the first Finals to Michael Jordan's historic talent throughout the 1990s.
114) NBA superstars
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Includes super photos, sensational stats, and fascinating profiles of nine of the hottest NBA stars, including Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets, and Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks.
115) The NBA finals
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Looks at the history of the National Basketball Association's annual best-of-seven game series to determine the championship of the league, which has been held since the 1940s.
116) The NBA Finals
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Highlights famous games and moments in the history of the NBA Finals, and explains how teams get to the NBA Finals. Includes color photographs, fact boxes, a quiz, a glossary, and additional resources.
117) More than a game
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Follows Akron's St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish high school basketball team (featuring five future NBA players, including superstar LeBron James) as they win their way to national acclaim.
118) Stars on the court
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Find out how eight NBA superstars began their basketball careers and skyrocketed to super stardom.
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Howard Beck. Marc Stein. Jonathan Abrams. Chris Broussard. Ira Berkow. George Vecsey. Mike Wise. Selena Roberts. Lee Jenkins. All have graced the pages of The New York Times, entertaining readers with their probing coverage of the N.B.A.: a stage on which spectacular athletes perform against a backdrop of continuous social change. Now, their work and more is collected in a new volume, edited and annotated by Hall of Fame honoree Harvey Araton, tracing...