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Chapters: Michael Olowokandi, Yinka Dare, Akin Akingbala, Deji Akindele, Obinna Ekezie, Benjamin Eze, Jeff Varem, Benson Egemonye, Mobolaji Akiode, Rashidat Sadiq, Taiwo Rafiu, Idong Ibok, Peter Aluma, Ugo Oha. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Michael Olowokandi (born April 3, 1975), nicknamed The Kandi Man, is a retired Nigerian British professional basketball player who formerly played in the NBA. Born in Lagos, Nigeria and raised in London, England, Olowokandi began his collegiate career at Brunel University before enrolling at the University of the Pacific, in Stockton, California, USA, and joined their men's basketball team, despite the fact that he had only started to play basketball at age 17. During his junior year, Olowokandi led his team to the NCAA Tournament, and after his senior year he was drafted with the first overall pick of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. He averaged 22 points 11 rebounds and 3 blocks his senior year. He also graduated with a degree in Economics. Because of the NBA lockout, Olowokandi signed for Italian team Kinder Bologna. When he eventually signed for the Clippers he played there for five seasons before signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves as an unrestricted free agent before the 2003-04 NBA season. In 500 career regular season NBA games (399 games started), Olowokandi averaged 8.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.39 blocked shots per game. In 15 playoff games (2 starts), he averaged 2.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 0.73 blocks per game. He showed strong performances in the 2001-2002 season, averaging 11.1 points and 8.8 rebounds. During the last 20 games of that season, he averaged 17 points a game and 11 rebounds, and was considered one of the biggest free agents in the 2002-2003 free agency clas...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=881717 ... Read more

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Chapters: Dick Davey, Bob Thomason, Michael Olowokandi, Pat Douglass, Christian Maråker, Dell Demps, John Gianelli, Clyde Conner. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dick Davey (born 1942) is an American college basketball coach, and the associate head men's basketball coach at Stanford University under head coach Johnny Dawkins. Davey is best known as head men's basketball coach at Santa Clara University from 1992-2007. Davey was born and raised in Ceres, California and attended the University of the Pacific, lettering in baseball and basketball. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants and played in their minor-league system for two years. Davey then coached at San Jose's Leland High School for three years before becoming an assistant coach at Cal in 1971. After serving as assistant to longtime Broncos head coach Carroll Williams since 1977, Davey was elevated to head coach after the 1992 season with Williams' move to Athletic Director. In his first season, Davey's Broncos finished third but won the WCC tournament and became only the second 15-seeded team to win in the first round, defeating 2-seed Arizona 64-61. Led by future NBA MVP Steve Nash, Santa Clara would go on to win the West Coast Conference regular season in 1994-1995 and 1995-1996 and garner NCAA Tournament berths. The 10-seed Broncos beat Maryland in the first round in 1996. Santa Clara was expected to falter after Nash's departure to the NCAA in 1997, but again won the league title led by long range bomber Marlon Garnett. Despite mediocre achievements in several subsequent injury riddled seasons Davey was awarded a seat on the NABC Board of Directors by his fellow coaches and the Broncos continued to shock high flying opponents such as eventual NCAA champion North Carolina in 2...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16621390 ... Read more