Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: David Thompson, Norm Sloan, Andrew Brackman, Sidney Lowe, Andy Kennedy, Julius Hodge, Josh Powell, Nate McMillan, Todd Fuller, Les Robinson, Engin Atsur, Vinny Del Negro, Vic Bubas, Damien Wilkins, Chris Washburn, Adam Harrington, Dereck Whittenburg, Ed Biedenbach, Spud Webb, Tim Stoddard, J. J. Hickson, Thurl Bailey, Dick Dickey, Chucky Brown, Kendal Pinder, Terry Gannon, Tommy Burleson, Cedric Simmons, Monte Towe, Bones McKinney, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Anthony Grundy, Tom Gugliotta, Bucky Waters, Charles Kornegay, Chuck Nevitt, Rodney Monroe, Bobby Speight, Brian Howard, Sam Ranzino, Archie Miller, Phil Spence, Lorenzo Charles, Kenny Carr, John Richter, Charles Shackleford, Chris Corchiani, Brandon Costner, Whitey Bell, Sean Green, Ilian Evtimov, Connie Mack Berry, Edward Bartels, Lou Pucillo, Kevin Thompson, Jeremy Hyatt, Vann Williford, Ronnie Shavlik, Charles Whitney, Cozell McQueen. Excerpt: David O'Neil Thompson (born July 13, 1954) is a former American professional basketball star with the Denver Nuggets of both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA), as well as the Seattle SuperSonics. He was previously a star in college for North Carolina State, leading the Wolfpack to its first NCAA championship in 1974. Thompson attended Crest Senior High School and he played for the school's Varsity Basketball team for four years. Thompson is a first cousin of Alvin Gentry, both growing up in Shelby, North Carolina. After leading North Carolina State University to an undefeated season (27-0) in 1973, he led them to an NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1974, defeating the reigning national champions, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins. His nickname was "Skywalker" because of his incredible purported 48-inch vertical leap. The alley-oop pass, n...