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Chapters: Marcus Camby, Nykesha Sales, Chris Dudley, Ryan Gomes, Vin Baker, John Bagley, Jared Jordan, Charles D. Smith, John Williamson, Randy Smith, Keith Closs, Courtney Alexander, Mike Gminski, Chris Smith, Greg Stokes, Johnny Egan, Sly Williams, Gary Voce, Tyson Wheeler, Bob Staak, John Garris. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 77. 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: Marcus D. Camby (born March 22, 1974 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American professional basketball player, who currently plays for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. He is a former defensive player of the year during the 200607 NBA season, leading the league in blocked shots per game. Camby is also a two-time member of the NBA all-defensive team. Camby, a native of Connecticut, began his high school career at Conard High School in West Hartford. He transferred to Hartford Public High School where he finished his High School education. Camby played three seasons at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is second all-time in total blocked shots (336) at UMass and the fourth-ever college player to have at least 300 total career blocked shots. He had an NCAA freshman record 105 total rejections during his first year at UMass. Camby won the John R. Wooden Award and the Naismith College Player of the Year Award during the 199596 season. He led UMass to numerous #1 rankings and the 1996 NCAA Final Four. In the NCAA tournament, Camby set a tourney record of 43 total blocked shots in 11 games. UMass' visit to the Final Four was later officially nullified by the NCAA because Camby had been found to have accepted $28,000 from two sports agents. According to a 1997 Sports Illustrated article, the agents, John Lounsbury and Wesley Spears of Connecticut, had hoped that Camby would hire them to represent him when he bec...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=149792 ... Read more |
