Six Degrees of LeBron James: Connecting Basketball Stars

by Mike Lohre

Overview

The best basketball player in the world today is LeBron James. Who was the championship teammate of Dwyane Wade. Whose childhood idol growing up in Chicago was Michael Jordan. Who broke many of the most impressive records of Wilt Chamberlain. Who was coached at Kansas University by Phog Allen. Who learned what he knew directly from James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball. It seems the stars of today are more closely connected to each other and to the pioneers of the game than you might think.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491421444
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	Six Degrees of Sports
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	NC1110L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 13 Years

About the Author

Mike Lohre lives with his wife Irene in Columbus, Ohio. He writes poetry and fiction and teaches creative writing and composition at The Ohio State University-Marion. He has also worked as a journalist, route salesman, and warehouse manager. He played high school and college basketball and still holds his high school's single-game scoring and rebounding records.

Table of Contents

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1 Six Degrees of LeBbon James Roots: The Roots of Roundball 6

2 Six Degrees of Rajon Rondo: Pleasing Passers 12

3 Six Degrees of Anthony Davis: Big Time Blockers 18

4 Six Degrees of Stephen Curry: Magnificent Marksmen 24

5 Six Degrees of Kevin Durant: Splendid Scores 30

6 Six Degrees of Dirk Nowitzki: Global Gamers 36

Six Degrees Trivia 42

Big Connections 44

Glossary 46

Read More 47

Internet Sites 47

Index 48

Interviews

Nearly 50 players past and present included in each book, stats boxes and sidebars, covers emerging, established, and former superstars, deepens young sports fans' understanding of the game, high-interest appeal of sports with a the unique angle, shares of the fun of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon party game, stats and sidebars support main text