In basketball, there are few plays quite as exciting as a good coast-to-coast drive. And with the athleticism of the world's best players in the NBA, those drives can be all the more tantalizing.
A traditional coast-to-coast drive includes one player grabbing a defensive rebound and taking the ball from there all the way to his own bucket, passing it off to no one in between.
Those who do it best have to be solid rebounders, sound ball-handlers and strong finishers in the paint. For the purposes of this slideshow, we'll define the drive as one that includes all of the above, the key factor being finishing at the rim.
"Coast-to-coast" indicates baseline-to-baseline (give or take a few feet). So pulling up for a three in transition doesn't technically qualify. That eliminates the likes of Stephen Curry and Damian Lillard, who generate a ton of points in transition, but often do so from beyond the arc.
Those who are left are truly the league's most explosive, exciting coast-to-coast players, presented alphabetically by last name.
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The Best Coast-to-Coast Players in the NBA
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