S. A. Kramer, sports maven, is the author of many nonfiction early readers on topics as varied as submarines and the first summit of Mount Everest. Kramer lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Whose hands were so big he held the basketball like a grapefruit? Which center singlehandedly changed the way defense was played? From Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, young hoops fans can read about eleven legendary players in this exciting look at basketball's greatest slam-dunking, hoop-hanging superstars.