adding a dictionary to a list then back to a dictionary code example

Example 1: python dictionary to array

dict = {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3, "d": 4}

data = list(dict.items())
an_array = np.array(data)

print(an_array)
OUTPUT
[['a' '1']
 ['b' '2']
 ['c' '3']
 ['d' '4']]

Example 2: python list of dictionaries

new_player1 = { 'firstName': 'LaMarcus', 'lastName': 'Aldridge', 'jersey': '12', 'heightMeters': '2.11', 'nbaDebutYear': '2006', 'weightKilograms': '117.9'}
            new_player2 = { 'firstName': 'LeBron', 'lastName': 'James', 'jersey': '2', 'heightMeters': '2.03', 'nbaDebutYear': '2003', 'weightKilograms': '113.4' }
            new_player3 = { 'firstName': 'Kawhi', 'lastName': 'Leonard', 'jersey': '2', 'heightMeters': '2.01', 'nbaDebutYear': '2011', 'weightKilograms': '104.3' }  
  
  nba_players = []
  nba_players.append(player)
  nba_players.append(new_player1)
  nba_players.append(new_player2)
  nba_players.append(new_player3)