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David Moorer West (born August 29, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New Orleans Hornets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors. He played college basketball for the Xavier Musketeers, earning national college player of the year honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) as a senior in 2003. West was a two-time NBA All-Star (2008 and 2009) and a two-time NBA champion (2017 and 2018). High school and college career West attended Garner Magnet High School in Garner, North Carolina and Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia. As a senior in 1998–99, he earned first-team all-state honors playing for Hargrave. In his freshman season at Xavier, West was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team after leading the A-10 in rebounding (9.1) and finishing fourth on the Musketeers in scoring (11.7). In his sophomore season, West led Xavier in scoring (17.8 ppg), rebounding (10.9 rpg, tops in A-10 and fourth nationally) and blocks (2.1 bpg). He recorded five 20-point, 20-rebound games throughout the 2000–01 season as he earned his first A-10 Player of the Year award. In his junior season, West was named the A-10 Player of the Year and the league's Defensive Player of the Year, while also winning A-10 Tournament MVP honors. He averaged 9.8 rebounds (26th in nation) and 2.5 blocks (22nd in nation) per game, and recorded the first triple-double in school history with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Long Island University. In his senior season, West garnered two of the five major college basketball Player of the Year honors, being named AP National Player of the Year and National Player of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association. He became the first three-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, and was named first-team All-America by the Associated Press in 2002–03. In addition, he became just the third player in Xavier history to surpass 2,000 points and only the second to eclipse 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, joining Tyrone Hill. In October 2007, Sports Illustrated released Sports Illustrated: The Basketball Book, which featured West on its NCAA All-Decade Team for the decade beginning in 2000. He was joined by Connecticut's Emeka Okafor and three Duke players, Jay Williams, J. J. Redick and Shane Battier. Professional career New Orleans Hornets (2003–2011) West was drafted by the New Orleans Hornets with the 18th overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. After recording modest production in his first two seasons, in 2005–06, West enjoyed a breakthrough as he averaged 17.4 points and 7.4 rebounds with a .512 FG% in 74 games. That year, he finished second in the voting for the NBA Most Improved Player Award, behind Boris Diaw of the Phoenix Suns. He also saw some time at center, due to the team's lack of a true big man and demonstrated an ability to perform under pressure, as he converted three game-winning jump shots. In 2006–07, West ended the season averaging 18.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. Despite missing 30 games due to an elbow injury, West recorded five games of 30 or more points and 13 games of 20 or more points. West again increased his statistical production in 2007–08, and was selected to his first NBA All-Star Game as a reserve, along with teammate Chris Paul. Paul later stated that he would rather not play with a power forward in the league other than West, because "he's not in it for the spotlight, all he cares about is getting buckets [scoring]." West reinforced his desire to be a team player in a 2008 postseason interview, saying that he does not care about being overlooked but would rather "play and be as effective as possible" when he is out on the court. In 2008–09, West repeated as an all-star and posted a new career high by scoring 21.0 points per game. On March 25, 2011, during one of the Hornets' last games of the season against the Utah Jazz, West came down awkwardly after a dunk. The event occurred with 22.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter. West tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and was ruled out for the rest of the season. On June 27, 2011, West opted out of the final year of his contract to become a free agent. Indiana Pacers (2011–2015) On December 13, 2011, West signed a two-year, $20 million contract with the Indiana Pacers. On April 21, 2012, West led the Pacers in scoring with 32 points and rebounding with 12 rebounds during a 109–106 overtime loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. On January 12, 2013, West recorded his first career triple-double with 14 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in the 96–88 win over the Charlotte Bobcats. On July 10, 2013, West re-signed with the Pacers to a three-year, $36.6 million contract. In June 2015, he opted out of his contract with the Pacers to become a free agent. San Antonio Spurs (2015–2016) On July 17, 2015, West signed with the San Antonio Spurs. He made his debut for the Spurs in the team's season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder on October 28, recording 8 points and 2 rebounds off the bench in a 112–106 loss. On January 6, 2016, West, starting in place of LaMarcus Aldridge, recorded season-highs of 18 points and 13 rebounds in a 123–98 win over the Utah Jazz, helping the Spurs extend its franchise-record home winning streak to 30 straight regular-season games dating to 2014–15. Golden State Warriors (2016–2018) On July 9, 2016, West signed with the Golden State Warriors. West emerged as a key bench player for the Warriors, particularly for his skilled passing abilities. Throughout January and February 2017, West missed 14 games with a non-displaced fracture in his left thumb. On March 29, 2017, West recorded a season-high 15 points and a game-high plus-23 in a large comeback win against the San Antonio Spurs. The Warriors finished the season as the first seed in the West with a 67–15 record. Following a 129–115 victory in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals over the Spurs, the Warriors were undefeated in the first three playoff series, reaching their third straight NBA Finals series. West played in every playoff game, as the Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 4–1 in the 2017 NBA Finals. The Warriors' 16–1 playoff record was the best ever postseason winning percentage in NBA history. On July 25, 2017, after winning his first championship ring, West re-signed with the Warriors for one more year, with expectations to retire after the 2017–18 season. On January 8, 2018, in a 124–114 win over the Denver Nuggets, West became the 127th player in NBA history to play in 1,000 regular-season games. After reaching that milestone, he noted that he might consider signing again for the 2018–19 season, saying, "It all depends on how my body feels. Right now I feel good." After winning his second NBA Championship, West announced his retirement from the N.... Discover the David West popular books. Find the top 100 most popular David West books.
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Rough Beauty
Karen AuvinenIn the bestselling tradition of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Helen MacDonald’s H Is for Hawk, Karen Auvinen, an awardwinning poet, ventures into the wilderness to seek answers to life...
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The Pioneers
David McCulloughThe #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “as resonant today as ever” (The...
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Beatleness
Candy Leonard“A musthave for Beatles fans looking for new insight . . . Leonard uncovers fresh ideas [that] . . . six decades of Beatles literature passed over." The SpectrumPart generational m...
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Badger Boy and The Way of the Coyote
Elmer KeltonTwo books in one from the Texas Rangers series by the beloved Western writer Elmer Kelton: Badger Boy and The Way of the Coyote Elmer Kelton, most honored of all Western writers, w...
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Deadly Outbreaks
Alexandra M. LevittDespite advances in health care, infectious microbes continue to be a formidable adversary to scientists and doctors. Vaccines and antibiotics, the mainstays of modern medicine, ha...
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Deadly Outbreaks
Alexandra M. Levitt & Donald R. HopkinsCONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS!“Portrays epidemiologists as disease detectives who tirelessly hunt for clues and excel at deductive reasoning. Even Sherlock H...
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The History of Mary Prince
Mary Prince & Sara SalihThe History of Mary Prince (1831) was the first narrative of a black woman to be published in Britain. It describes Prince's sufferings as a slave in Bermuda, Turks Island and Anti...
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Two Lives of Charlemagne
Einhard & Notker the Stammerer,Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it d...
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The Way to the Spring
Ben EhrenreichFrom an awardwinning journalist, a brave and necessary immersion into the everyday struggles of Palestinian life Over the past three years, American writer Ben Ehrenreich has...
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Seinfeldia
Jennifer Keishin ArmstrongThe New York Times bestseller about two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld“A wildly entertaining mustread not only for Seinfeld fans but for anyone who wants a be...
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The Hilltop
Assaf GavronMordantly funny and deeply moving, this awardwinning novel about life in a West Bank settlement has been hailed as “brilliant” (The New York Times Book Review) and “The Great Israe...
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Dinosaurs in my Street
David WestWelcome to the world of DINOSAURS IN MY STREET where life goes on as normal except that... dinosaurs roam the streets! Did you know Spinosaurus’s fin is like a car’s radiator? Allo...
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The Pembrokeshire Murders
Steve Wilkins & Jonathan HillThe dramatic, compelling bestselling true story of how a serial killer was finally unmasked after evading justice for more than twenty yearsNow a major TV series starring Luke Evan...
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The Matter of Black Lives
Jelani Cobb & David RemnickA collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in Americaincluding work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, TaNehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and morewit...
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The Club
Joshua Robinson & Jonathan CleggThe Club is the inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular sports product on the planet, "a narrative that is part Great Exp...
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
David WroblewskiAn Oprah's Book Club Pick#1 New York Times Bestseller“A mystery, a thriller, a ghost story, and a literary tour de force . . . an authentic epic, long and lush, full of back story ...
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The Serial Killers
Colin Wilson & Donald SeamanAs the number of serial killers worldwide has risen steadily from the emergence of Jack the Ripper in 1888 to Harold Shipman and Ivan Milat, the backpacker killer of the Australia...
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The Berlin Airlift
Ann Tusa, John Tusa & Michael BurtonA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
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Modern Military Aircraft
David West & Daniel GilpinMACHINES CLOSEUP shows the intricate internal workings beneath the skin of some of the world’s most amazing machines. From Stealth Bombers to Spooky Gunships MODERN MILITARY AIRCRA...
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Combat Aircraft
Ole Steen Hansen & Daniel GilpinModern warplanes are amazing machines and Combat Aircraft Multitouch features a close up look at eleven very varied warbirds. Like an eBook, but different, a multitouch book scroll...
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The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton
Allan Mclane Hamilton & Willard Sterne RandallThe life of Alexander Hamilton is certainly one of great complexity and controversy and, as a result, has been of great interest to the general public for centuries. In the past tw...
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Walls
David Frye“A lively popular history of an oftoverlooked element in the development of human society” (Library Journal)wallsand a haunting and eyeopening saga that reveals a startling link be...
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Badger Boy
Elmer KeltonThe Texas Frontier, 1865The Civil War is over and Texas is reluctantly yielding to the Union soldiers spreading across the state, even into the dangerous Comanche country. David "R...
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Betrayal in Berlin
Steve Vogel"A riveting and vivid account. ... A remarkable story. ... It reads like a Hollywood screenplay." Foreign AffairsThe astonishing true story of the Berlin Tunnel, one of the We...
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Free Speech And Why It Matters
Andrew Doyle'Impassioned, scholarly and succinct' The TimesFREE SPEECH AND WHY IT MATTERSFree speech is the bedrock of all our liberties, and yet in recent years it has come to be mistrusted. ...
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Scars and Stripes
Tim Kennedy & Nick PalmiscianoFrom decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around badass, Tim Kennedy, a rollicking, inspirational New York Times bestselling memoir offering lessons in how to embra...
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Me and Paul
Willie NelsonStories of Willie Nelson and Paul English's misadventures became legendary, but many have gone untolduntil now.Immortalized in Willie Nelson's road song "Me and Paul," Paul English...
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The Secret History
Procopius, Peter Sarris & G. WilliamsonA trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the ...
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Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery
Theodore RooseveltTeddy Roosevelt is the only president in history to deliver a ninetyminute speech directly after being shot in the chest. He’s a Nobel Prize recipient, a Harvard graduate, and he w...
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Riding for the Brand
Louis L'AmourLouis L’Amour’s Western stories are beloved worldwide. Now, collected together for the first time in a single volume, are three of his finest tales of the West. The texts have been...
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Avedon
Norma Stevens & Steven M. L. AronsonAn intimate biography of Richard Avedon, the legendary fashion and portrait photographer who “helped define America’s image of style, beauty and culture” (The New York Times), by h...
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The Killer Across the Table
John E. Douglas & Mark OlshakerThe legendary FBI criminal profiler, numberone New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the hit Netflix show Mindhunter delves deep into the lives...
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An Ocean of Minutes
Thea LimA shortlisted finalist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the ALA 2019 Reading List for Science Fiction“Thea Lim’s An Ocean of Minutes is that rare thinga speculative novel t...
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From the River to the Sea
John Sedgwick“Riveting...A great read, full of colorful characters and outrageous confrontations back when the west was still wild.” George R.R. MartinA propulsive and panoramic history of one ...
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Berlin
Rory MacleanWhy are we drawn to certain cities? Perhaps because of a story read in childhood. Or a chance teenage meeting. Or maybe simply because the place touches us, embodying in its tribes...
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Florida Roadkill
Tim DorseySunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drugaddled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially wh...
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Possible Minds
John BrockmanScience world luminary John Brockman assembles twentyfive of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of ...