Book Description
Discusses numerous successes of individuals and teams in the National Basketball Association.
Author : Emma Huddleston
Publisher : Momentum
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,99 MB
Release : 2019-08
Category : Basketball
ISBN : 9781503832275
Discusses numerous successes of individuals and teams in the National Basketball Association.
Author : Ben Cohen
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,67 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0062820745
How can you maximize success—and limit failure? Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Cohen brilliantly investigates the mystery and science of streaks, from basketball to business. "A feast for anyone interested in the secrets of excellence." —Andre Agassi For decades, statisticians, social scientists, psychologists, and economists (among them Nobel Prize winners) have spent massive amounts of precious time thinking about whether streaks actually exist. After all, a substantial number of decisions that we make in our everyday lives are quietly rooted in this one question: If something happened before, will it happen again? Is there such a thing as being in the zone? Can someone have a “hot hand”? Or is it simply a case of seeing patterns in randomness? Or, if streaks are possible, where can they be found? In The Hot Hand, Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Cohen offers an unfailingly entertaining and provocative investigation into these questions. He begins with how a $35,000 fine and a wild night in New York revived a debate about the existence of streaks that was several generations in the making. We learn how the ability to recognize and then bet against streaks turned a business school dropout named David Booth into a billionaire, and how the subconscious nature of streak-related bias can make the difference between life and death for asylum seekers. We see how previously unrecognized streaks hidden amidst archival data helped solve one of the most haunting mysteries of the twentieth century, the disappearance of Raoul Wallenberg. Cohen also exposes how streak-related incentives can be manipulated, from the five-syllable word that helped break arcade profit records to an arc of black paint that allowed Stephen Curry to transform from future junior high coach into the greatest three-point shooter in NBA history. Crucially, Cohen also explores why false recognition of nonexistent streaks can have cataclysmic results, particularly if you are a sugar beet farmer or the sort of gambler who likes to switch to black on the ninth spin of the roulette wheel.
Author : Alan Reifman
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,39 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1597977187
Why streaks happen and why they matter.
Author : Tom Robinson
Publisher : 12-Story Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781632350213
Profiles twelve of the most popular basketball players of today, including Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, and Joakim Noah.
Author : Sheldon Hirsch
Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 37,38 MB
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1512600636
In sports there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Joe DiMaggio’s fifty-six-game hitting streak was magical. The three-point shot is an essential part of NBA basketball. Babe Ruth shouldn’t have attempted to steal second base in the ninth inning of the 1926 World Series. Scientist and researcher Sheldon Hirsch has taken a decidedly unorthodox approach to sports history. He looks at myths, legends, conventional wisdom, shibboleths, and firm convictions of all kinds that sports lovers hold to be true, and demonstrates how analysis of facts and figures disproves what tradition—and sportswriters—would have us believe. Divided into three parts, on baseball, basketball, and football, Hot Hands, Draft Hype, and DiMaggio’s Streak contains enough clear-sightedness and shocking conclusions to delight any sports lover.
Author : Brian Mahoney
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,1 MB
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1634940881
The hottest young basketball players are already tearing up the court. Basketball’s New Wave gives readers a front-row seat to this transition from one generation to the next, with pages full of information about these players, where they came from, and what makes them stand out.
Author : Will Graves
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 20,59 MB
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1629684570
Some of basketball's biggest names happen to be the NBA's greatest guards: Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwayne Wade just to name a few! Basketball fans will love Spotlight stats and informative boxes for each player. Not to mention great full-color and historic action photographs. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author : Will Graves
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1680798154
Learn more about basketball's top stars and what it takes to be the best of the best. The title features historical sidebars, how-to fact boxes, tips and drills, and a glossary. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
Author : Thomas K. Adamson
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 21,80 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 168103493X
Swish! Stephen Curry has just made a record-breaking 3-point shot. This moment cements his place as a basketball legend! Unbelievable basketball records are on display in this exciting title for young readers. The book explores favorite teams and players who dribbled their way into stardom by scoring points, making passes, and more!
Author : Tobias Moskowitz
Publisher : Crown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 10,83 MB
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0307591808
In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost. Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow economists such as bestselling author Richard Thaler, the authors look at: the influence home-field advantage has on the outcomes of games in all sports and why it exists; the surprising truth about the universally accepted axiom that defense wins championships; the subtle biases that umpires exhibit in calling balls and strikes in key situations; the unintended consequences of referees' tendencies in every sport to "swallow the whistle," and more. Among the insights that Scorecasting reveals: • Why Tiger Woods is prone to the same mistake in high-pressure putting situations that you and I are • Why professional teams routinely overvalue draft picks • The myth of momentum or the "hot hand" in sports, and why so many fans, coaches, and broadcasters fervently subscribe to it • Why NFL coaches rarely go for a first down on fourth-down situations--even when their reluctance to do so reduces their chances of winning. In an engaging narrative that takes us from the putting greens of Augusta to the grid iron of a small parochial high school in Arkansas, Scorecasting will forever change how you view the game, whatever your favorite sport might be.