Basketball's Most Wanted II

by Hudson, David L., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9781574889505
• ISBN10: 1574889508
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-30
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

Basketball's Most Wanted II serves up a second helping of basketball stats and stories, with these and hundreds more tasty tidbits of interesting and informative trivia. With fifty-seven top-ten lists on everything from the best and worst hoops movies to musically inclined players, from greatest performances to players with famous relatives, David L. Hudson, Jr., provides even more of the fun and facts you've come to expect from the Most Wanted series. Be it men's or women's, high school, college, or pro, if basketball is your game then Basketball's Most Wanted II is your book! Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Photographs	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
National Championship Game Performances	1	(5)
Final college game heroics
Great Game 7s in NBA Finals	6	(5)
Final pro game heroics
NCAA Upsets	11	(5)
They weren't supposed to win
Freshman Phenoms	16	(4)
Immediate college stars
They Played Great in College But Not in the Pros	20	(6)
From college great to pro flop
Transfer Talents	26	(6)
A positive change of scenery
Played For One Team	32	(4)
Their only pro squad
They Coached One College Team	36	(4)
These were their schools
Three-Point Kings (NBA)	40	(4)
Long distance pro marksmen
Three-Point Kings (NCAA)	44	(3)
Long distance college marksmen
Court Thieves	47	(4)
Stealing the ball
Terrific Trios	51	(5)
It takes three to be great
Sixth Men	56	(4)
Instant spark off the bench
She Can Hoop, Too	60	(5)
Female b-ballers with famous relatives
Unlikely NBA and ABA Record Holders	65	(5)
Surprise record holders
Undrafted Stars	70	(4)
Unlikely route to the pros
Terrible Trades	74	(6)
Lopsided deals
Clipping Talents	80	(4)
Bad decisions by a lowly franchise
Sultans of Swat	84	(4)
They blocked many shots
Not a Scorer	88	(4)
Players who didn't score much but contributed in other ways
Small Packages II	92	(5)
Tiny talents
Same Name Game	97	(5)
They shared the same name
Their Rookie Years Were Their Best	102	(4)
Starting off strong
Player-Coaches	106	(4)
They played and coached at the same time
Their College Teams Lost But They Won Top Honors	110	(4)
Great NCAA tournament performances from players on losing teams
Married to Stars	114	(4)
Not the only celebrity in the family
Legal Stars	118	(5)
From the basketball court to a court of law
They Turned Their Teams Around	123	(4)
Immediate positive impact
They Coached Their Sons	127	(5)
Father knows best
High School Teammates	132	(7)
From high school to the pros
Charity Kings	139	(3)
Automatic from the foul line
Charismatic Pro Owners	142	(6)
Unique Owners
Brothers in the NBA	148	(5)
Bloodlines in the pro ranks
Sibling Teammates in College	153	(4)
They played together
Born on the Same Day	157	(5)
Birthday trivia
Basketball Musicians	162	(5)
A little string music
All-Jones Team	167	(4)
More name game trivia
All-Johnson Team	171	(4)
Even more name games
Academic and Athletic All-Stars	175	(5)
Brains as well as brawn
Hawkeye Glory	180	(5)
Great Iowa players
Famous Quotes	185	(5)
They said it
The Best of Al McGuire	190	(5)
Notable quotes from a famous coach
Asian Invasion	195	(4)
Basketball stars from the Far East
Globetrotter Favorites	199	(5)
Favorite players from America's favorite team
Best Basketball Movies	204	(4)
B-Ball at the box office
Worst Basketball Movies	208	(3)
Box office bombs
High School 100-Point Scorers	211	(3)
They bested the century mark in high school
Draft Oddities	214	(4)
Unusual draft selections
When Basketball and Wrestling Collide	218	(4)
Hoops and the hulks
Basketball Tragedies	222	(4)
Sadness on and off the court
ABA Uniqueness	226	(6)
A wild league
Enforcers	232	(4)
They were intimidators
Sexual Misconduct	236	(4)
The wrong kind of headlines
They Played in One Pro Game	240	(3)
They didn't get many minutes
Playground Legends	243	(6)
Kings of the street
Pro Basketball Mascots	249	(4)
The wild and woolly
Cameron Crazies	253	(4)
Those devilish Duke fans
Bibliography	257	(2)
Index	259	(12)
About the Author	271