Basketball's Greatest Nicknames: Chocolate Thunder, Spoon, The Brow, and More!

by Thom Storden

Overview

Many of the greatest basketball players have earned funny, odd, or interesting nicknames during their careers. Read to find out the stories behind basketball’s legendary nicknames.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663906854
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2021
Series:	Sports Illustrated Kids: Name Game
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	840L (what's this?)
File size:	8 MB
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction: Nicknames of the Hardwood 4

Chapter 1 The Slam Dunkers 6

Chapter 2 Scorers and Shooters 10

Chapter 3 The Bigs 16

Chapter 4 The Littles 22

Chapter 5 The Wild and Weird 26

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

Index 32

Interviews

In partnership with Sports Illustrated Kids, an elite sports magazine offering a kid-first perspective to 7+ million young sports fans;

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2021

Gr 4–6—Readers who've wondered how star athletes received their unique, quirky nicknames will flip for this engaging series. Baseball has always been full of funny nicknames, like Cy Young—the "Cy" is short for "cyclone," which is what he looked like when he wound up to pitch! Notably, Baseball's Greatest Nicknames includes players from the Negro Leagues and a small description of the decades-long segregation in professional baseball. Basketball's Greatest Nicknames explains that Michael Jordan had such an impressive hang time, he was nicknamed "Air" Jordan, which carried over to his sneaker line with Nike. Complemented by photos, the simple, engaging descriptions do a fast and phenomenal job explaining how these athletes earned their calling cards. There are so many weird, wonderful nicknames in each book (Mitch Trubisky is "Mr. Biscuit" and if that doesn't pique a kid's interest, nothing will), readers will want to grab them all. VERDICT A winning first purchase series!

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