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... about the league they love or simply catch up on what they've been missing. With the 75th anniversary of the NBA in 2021, now is the perfect time to add it to your collection. About the Author Dave Zarum is a Toronto ...

The word legend is thrown around all too easily these days, but there can be no doubt that the NBA players featured in this book are the very best to have ever graced a basketball court. They are true legends of the game ...

... sponsors erase any notion of sports as a civic good. A timely look at a dynamic media landscape, The Digital NBA shows how the games we love became content first and sport a distant second. Author: Steven Secular. Format ...

... story while also establishing his prominent place in NBA history. By examining his skills and statistics ... in the 2016 Finals to bring an NBA title back to Cleveland. LeBron James vs. The NBA is certain to stir up lively ...

... basketball players in this exciting book full of action-packed photos. This second edition of the best-selling Stars of the NBA has been revised and updated from cover to cover. It profiles twenty-eight of today's top ...

... from Jackie Robinson, Chuck Connors, and President Gerald Ford--the book brings back to life, in its totality, the NBA as it was nearly 75 years ago in the year of the merger. Author: Josh Elias. Format: Paperback Non ...

... players on the court - point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, power forwards, and centers. Stars of the NBA is filled with action-packed photos and colourful graphics, showing what it takes to be at the top of ...

An action-packed book on the most extraordinary stars in NBA history. Legends of the NBA features illustrated profiles of twenty-eight retired basketball greats, including pioneers of the game such as Earl Lloyd and Bill ...

... , Kawhi Leonard and many, many more! Author Adam Elliott Segal gives readers an inside tour of all things NBA, including essays on the Draft, the Dunk Contest and the best clutch and playoff performances in the history ...

... sinks the shot. The home fans roar. The National Basketball Association's ultimate prize is on the line. The NBA Finals are full of amazing shots, legendary games, and star players. Readers will discover it all in this ...

This commemorative book on the NBA champions provides a visual look at the winning team's road to championship glory. Through unique words and images, this celebratory book takes readers through the momentous season. ...

This commemorative book on the NBA champions provides a visual look at the winning team's road to championship glory. Through unique words and images, this celebratory book takes readers through the momentous season. ...

This commemorative book on the NBA champions provides a visual look at the winning team's road to championship glory. Through unique words and images, this celebratory book takes readers through the momentous season. ...

This commemorative book on the NBA champions provides a visual look at the team's pursuit to championship glory. Through unique words and images, this celebratory book takes readers through the momentous season. ...

... head coach of the San Antonio Spurs Donn Nelson – general manager of the Dallas Mavericks Bob Love – former NBA all-star Ed O’Bannon – collegiate basketball player of the year in 1995 for UCLA Ann Meyers-Drysdale – first ...

... led us out of the brutishness of 90s hoops and into the wide open spaces of the most skilled era in NBA history. Charting the course from Jordan to Jokic--with plenty of stops along the way for Iverson, Kobe, Curry, and ...

... hearts of the city's eager fanbase. More than two decades later, the Memphis Grizzlies continue to win, claiming NBA records for defeating, as an eight-seed club, the one-seed San Antonio Spurs in the 2011 playoffs (only ...

... a New Zealand basketball player who currently plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA. He was selected by the Thunder in the 2013 NBA draft and has secured a place as the team's starting center. Rotorua-born Adams ...

... for busy families. Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal loves food. A lot. In fact, fans of Inside the NBA know they'll most likely hear Shaq tell his co-hosts all about what he ate for dinner while they analyze the ...

... the fascinating ride that culminated in a heart-stopping Game Seven. About the Authors Brian Windhorst has covered the NBA for ESPN since 2010. He began covering LeBron James in 1999 and was the daily beat writer on the ...

... end, and submit to daily coronavirus testing in hopes of keeping the Bubble from bursting. Ben Golliver, the national NBA writer for the Washington Post , is one of them. Bubbleball is his account of the season and life ...

... NCAA Division III college. He didn't play for fortune the NBA was out of reach, and his school didn't even give ... career path. For the first time in league history, NBA coaches and general managers are just as likely to ...

... free agency and charges that its players were "too black." Despite this turmoil, or perhaps because of it, the NBA evolved into a cultural phenomenon. Tall Tales and Short Shorts: Dr. J, Pistol Pete, and the Birth of the ...

... Antetokounmpo was, and still is, to spend money; how lonely and isolated he felt, adjusting to America and the NBA early in his career; the way he changed after his father recently died of a heart attack; the complexity ...

... a half, he would find his way to the front lines of an athletic revolution, leading a transformation that took the NBA from an asterisk in sports to a global phenomenon. By 1986, at the tender age of thirty, Whitsitt had ...

... Michael Jackson's Thriller album dominates the pop charts. And Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics capture the NBA championship over Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the Los Angeles Lakers. It was 1984, and for the ...

... data analysis by digging into the fascinating world of NBA games and player stats using the R language. Statistics ... Throughout the book, you'll work exclusively with NBA data sets and the R language, applying best-in ...

... in the small town of Hamburg, Arkansas, enduring two family tragedies along the way, to become a revered NBA legend? How did the scrawny teen, overlooked by every major collegiate basketball program, go on to become the ...

... what it takes to have a long and successful career in this thoughtful, in-depth memoir. Playing in the NBA for eighteen years, Ray Allen won championships with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat and entered the record ...

... . And the best part of the plan is that it worked, culminating in the most exciting Finals series in NBA history. And, most important, the end of the Cleveland Curse. Jason Lloyd, a true Northeast Ohio (as in Cleveland ...

... , Shaughnessy takes us inside the legendary Larry Bird-led Celtics teams, capturing the camaraderie as they dominated the NBA. Fans can witness the cockiness of Larry Bird (who once walked into an All-Star Weekend locker ...

... discussing all the highs and lows that made him both a hero and a villain. Though being reinstated to the NBA in 1988, he would instead have stints in the United States Basketball League and CBA before taking his talents ...

... experienced it myself, keeping everything under wraps until your head and heart are full of fire and rage." DeMar DeRozan, six-time NBA All-Star, has been called a "basketball savant" ( ESPN ) and "the best closer in the ...

... development, growth, and success of the 61-year-old NBA from a business perspective. Covering the late 1940s to 2009 ... operations, basketball arenas and markets, and NBA domestic and international affairs. Readers will gain ...

... a Los Angeles Lakers uniform, Kobe Bryant ascended from teenaged rookie to 18-time all-star and five-time NBA champion. The superstar known as The Black Mamba left his mark on basketball and popular culture as a fierce ...

... , players, and alumni-and about his time in the NBA, introducing us to a dark underworld culture in the pros ... player of the year at Duke, and the second overall NBA draft pick in 2002. But after just one season with ...

... partnership began. Mumford has worked with Jackson and each of the eleven teams he coached to become NBA champions. His roster of champion clients has since blossomed way beyond basketball to include corporate executives ...

... , DJs, and B-boys in the South Bronx were creating a new culture expression-hip-hop-that like the NBA would become a global phenomenon. Criblez's fascinating account of the era shows that even though the team's efforts ...

... a family that gave him stability and put a basketball in his hands.  Bringing home Cleveland's first NBA championship was the culmination of a stellar multi-championship, multi-MVP, gold medal-decorated career -- Le Bron ...

... a captivating icon" (Baxter Holmes, ESPN NBA reporter). Through extensive research and interviews ... in a dozen lifetimes--blowing more than $150 million of his NBA earnings alone. His then wife Tawanna, seen often as the ...

... had the life hoop dreams are made of. A first-round NBA draft pick for the Utah Jazz, he was a rookie on ... ravaged by drugs and unable to cope with life as an NBA star, he was homeless, broke and addicted to crack cocaine ...

... man wrestling his own demons and shines a light on a culture of gambling and "directive" officiating in the NBA that promises to change the way sports fans view the game forever. The book also includes a foreword by Phil ...

... como va a salir todo, pero tengo la seguridad de que Dios me ha llamado a estar aqui ahora, en la NBA-, dice Lin en Linspirado. Luego de semanas de sentarse al final del banco, la lesion de uno de sus companeros de ...

... hosts the "Locked on Warriors" and "RealGM Radio" podcasts. He also writes about the Warriors for The Athletic and is the NBA salary cap expert for The Sporting News. He has has a law degree from UC Hastings and a BA in ...

... Dr. Runstedtler argues that this much-maligned period was pivotal to the rise of the modern-day NBA. Black players introduced an improvisational style derived from the playground courts of their neighborhoods. They also ...

... globe--from the New York Times bestselling author of Giannis , Mirin Fader. It's now the norm for NBA and collegiate teams to have international players dotting their rosters. The Olympics are no longer a gimme for Team ...

... This book covers the topic of Russell Westbrook and will serve as a biography-to-date of the young NBA superstar! Inside, you will learn about Westbrook's childhood, his high school and college careers, as well as his ...

... LeBron James's return -- and ultimate triumph -- in Cleveland. What really happened when LeBron James stunned the NBA by leaving a potential dynasty in Miami to come home to play with the Cleveland Cavaliers? How did the ...

... to ask for our autographs if they see us on the street. That’s why they’re fans and we’re NBA players.” While people think of the Detroit Pistons of the eighties as the elite “Bad Boys,” the “Jail Blazers” were actually ...

... The Boston Celtics, has ended up hoisting the trophy nearly 25% of the time, with a league leading 17 NBA titles. While Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown make headlines in today's era of Celtics basketball, The Boston Globe ...

... and operating income. The book also explores such things as when each franchise organized and why it joined the NBA, a brief profile of its current majority owner or ownership group, records of teams' special coaches and ...

... wisdom that is unique to Shea Serrano. Serrano breaks down debates that NBA fans didn't even know they needed, from the authoritative (Which NBA championship was the most important to the league?) to the fantastical (If ...

... by the Hall of Fame photographer Andrew D. Bernstein. Bernstein, long the Lakers and NBA official photographer, captured Bryant's very first NBA photo in 1996 and his last in 2016--and hundreds of thousands in between ...

... have made an indelible impact on the world's best basketball competition. Longley's journey from Perth to the NBA, alongside Michael Jordan at the Chicago Bulls, paved the way for a generation of players to follow in his ...

... business mogul. With eight straight trips to the NBA Finals, LeBron James has proven himself one of ... playing days. About the Author Brian Windhorst has covered the NBA for ESPN since 2010. He began covering LeBron James in ...

... Now the man behind it all has revealed his secrets in a memoir quite unlike any other. Nine-times-NBA-title-winning coach with both the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson is the most successful coach ...

... Complex . Detrick is the cofounder and cohost of Cookies Hoops, and has been a guest on The Ringer NBA Show alongside Bill Simmons, NBA Desktop, The Dan Le Batard Show, and Jalen & Jacoby. He lives in New York. About the ...

... of the game of basketball to Black communities on a wide scale in 1904 to the racial integration of the NBA in 1950, dozens of African American teams were founded and flourished. This period, known as the Black Fives Era ...

... shy, quiet demeanor masked an otherworldly talent that eventually took him to the NBA. This edition also includes Telander's perspectives on the arrival of an NBA team in Brooklyn. Heaven Is a Playground is one of a kind ...

... in the Game Thomas Beller entwines these threads with his lifetime's experience as a player and journalist, roaming NBA locker rooms and city parks as a basketball flaneur in search of the meaning of the modern game. He ...

... today. Lace-up your Nike's as we take a 35 year journey starting in 1984, the greatest year in NBA off-court history. Michael Jordan was drafted. Lebron was born in Akron, Ohio, and a Stern new commissioner named David ...

... in the Game Thomas Beller entwines these threads with his lifetime's experience as a player and journalist, roaming NBA locker rooms and city parks as a basketball flaneur in search of the meaning of the modern game. He ...

... the basketball legend, from growing up in a housing project in Lexington, his success with UK men's basketball through his years with NBA's Atlanta Hawks and the Japan Basketball Association, his career as a college and ...

... of Fame, "Pistol" Pete Maravich is recognized by the NBA as one of the all-time top 50 basketball players. ... enjoyed fame, wealth, and short of winning an NBA championship, achieved every possible success. But there was ...

... minute of the team's historic run to the 2019 NBA championship. But only die-hards remember the first Raptors game ... 1995, can tell you where they were for the 2000 NBA Dunk Contest, or have camped out to get a prime ...

... Barack Obama's Favorite Book of 2017 A Boston Globe and Huffington Post Best Book of 2017 Pick When future NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was still an 18-year-old high school basketball prospect from New York City named ...

... Curry hate with a nuanced analysis of how class and complexion come into play when a child with an NBA pedigree becomes the face of a sport traditionally honed on inner-city black top and dominated by the less privileged ...

... that Barkley says, but we don't dare. But even die-hard followers of the all-time NBA great, the star of TNT's" Inside the NBA" and CNN's "TalkBack Live," will be astonished by just how candid and provocative he is in ...

... the needs of pickleball players of all levels, applying the same innovative training methods they've used with NBA MVPs, Cy Young Award-winners, and Olympic and tennis champions, to make picklers more athletic and injury ...

... first book exploring the Indigenous Australian athlete and trail blazer—the first Indigenous Australian to win an NBA Championship in 2014 with the San Antonio Spurs. He continues to break records and inspire with his ...

... just one star player, Kobe - and with the 1996 NBA draft, where Kobe's dream of playing pro basketball culminated ... during his senior season and early days in the NBA. For a quarter-century, these tapes and transcripts ...

... Finals deficit, the Cavs were determined to overcome any obstacle to capture the first NBA title in franchise history. Unlike in 2015 when they were decimated by injuries, they stayed largely healthy in the 2016 playoffs ...

... еѕ Much, much more Starting from the high school in akron, ohio to the height of his career in the nba, lebron james has consistently been amazed opponents with his own playing style. Just this month he signed a huge two ...

... medals, four MVP awards, three teams, and eighteen All-Star selections later, LeBron is the reigning king of the NBA. The world watches in awe as he breaks countless records and sets jaw-dropping new ones. He has taken ...

... he struggled in his early years to fit in until he found a sense of community and purpose in basketball. In the NBA he went toe-to-toe with the biggest legends in the game, from Magic to Michael to Hakeem to Shaq. But in ...

... nicknamed "King Rex." The first player ever drafted by the Charlotte Hornets, he spent twelve seasons in the NBA, dazzling in dunk contests and sinking one of the most memorable buzzer-beaters in league history. But by ...

... work ethic, exceptional court vision, and magical playing style that has redefined dominance in the NBA. Author: Mike Singer. Format: Hardcover Non-Fiction Books Biographies & True Stories Biographies Sport Biographies ...

... from the two-time best-selling author details Rodman’s struggles in life since he stopped playing in the NBA, including the breakup of his marriage to movie and TV star Carmen Electra, and his problems with alcohol. I ...

... , to Horace Grant, to Bill Cartwright. And Phil Jackson—the former flower child who blossomed into one of the NBA’s top motivators and finally found a way to coax Jordan and the Bulls to their first title—is studied up ...

... : The Best Frontcourt in the History of Basketball ; The Last Banner: The Story of the 1985-86 Boston Celtics, the NBAs Greatest Team of All-Time; Wont Back Down: Teams, Dreams and Family with Kim Mulkey , and Top of The ...

... two-time MVP Stephen Curry in this brand-new, comprehensive biography. Steph Curry is a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, record-breaker, and Finals champion who electrifies fans with his incredible on-court feats ...

... world. The lifestyle has been adopted by Olympians, body builders, and boxers, as well as top athletes in the NBA and NFL. Hollywood is on board, too. James Cameron (director of Avatar and Titanic) has produced a film on ...

... into a mature leader of a championship team. Eleven times, Jackson led his teams to the ultimate goal: the NBA championship--six times with the Chicago Bulls and five times with the Los Angeles Lakers. We all know the ...

... into a mature leader of a championship team. Eleven times, Jackson led his teams to the ultimate goal- the NBA championship six times with the Chicago Bulls and five times with the Los Angeles Lakers. We all know the ...

... coach to audiences of more than 100,000 people per year for Fortune 500 companies, NFL and NBA teams, government and nonprofit groups, professional associations, and universities. In Winning Plays , he presents his ...

... he weathered life's inevitable storms: illness, aging, and professional challenges and transitions. During the 2017-18 NBA season, as Michelle faces serious illness that prevents her from attending more than a few Knicks ...

... games. Additionally, Moawad has supported the U.S. Special Operations community, Major League Baseball, the NBA, UFC, and many other elite professionals. He has been featured in both sports and mainstream media ...

Derrick Rose achieved an improbable childhood dream: being selected first overall in the NBA draft by his hometown Chicago Bulls. The point guard was a phenom, winning the Rookie of the Year award and electrifying fans ...

... death' - On his winning mentality, as seen on NYPost.com, January 27, 2020, by Hannah Frishberg Kobe is the only NBA player in history to have two separate numbers retired by one team, as he wore both No. 8 and No. 24 ...

... at The Athletic known for his writing on Bay Area pro sports, especially the Golden State Warriors and the NBA at large. With more than twenty years' experience, he has developed a respected voice in the industry through ...

... ; why football overtime systems are unfair; why points, rebounds, and assists aren't enough to determine who's the NBA's best player; and more. About the Authors Wayne L. Winston is the John and Esther Reese Professor of ...

... outcomes over the short and the long term. It uses international case studies in every chapter, from the NBA and NFL to Formula 1 and the English Premier League, offering real-world insight into both larger and smaller ...

Kobe Bryant had one of the most spectacular careers in NBA history, and his combination of talent, work ethic, and powerful ambition made him an icon both on and off the court. Now, for the first time, Kobe's philosophy ...

... from Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola as well as from the founder of Uniqlo and Ron Adams from the NBA. He also gives a detailed analysis of his own performance as a coach as well as how he gets the best ...

... (AFL) football, European soccer, Russian hockey, Grand Slam tennis and the National Basketball Association (NBA). This new edition is revised to align with contemporary sport marketing applications, conceptualising sport ...

... Wolff outlines the contemporary rise of athlete-activists while discussing the increasing dominance within the NBA of marquee international players like Luka Dončic and Giannis Antetokounmpo. A loving celebration of ...

... first book exploring the Indigenous Australian athlete and trail blazer-the first Indigenous Australian to win an NBA Championship in 2014 with the San Antonio Spurs. He continues to break records and inspire with his ...

... seven, Alfy Smith found his purpose in life. Gifted with phenomenal athletic skill, he was bound for the NBA until a small injury in college inflicted huge consequences. But he persevered and traded one dream for another ...

... Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Pep Guardiola, as well as from the founder of Uniqlo and Ron Adams from the NBA. He also gives a detailed analysis of his own performance as a coach as well as how he gets the best ...

... reality-a system that begins with young talent in AAU programs and culminates at the highest levels of the NBA. Propulsive, urgent, and eye-opening, Black Market exposes the truth to offer a more just way forward for ...