The NBA at Fifty
Author : Mark Vancil
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 MB
Release : 1996
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ISBN : 9781863092227
Author : Mark Vancil
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 MB
Release : 1996
Category :
ISBN : 9781863092227
Author : Mark Vancil
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 31,85 MB
Release : 1997-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780609801642
Photographs of winning moments in NBA history and portraits of its stars are accompanied by descriptions of game highlights, profiles of players and coaches, and quotations.
Author : Mark Vancil
Publisher : Three Rivers Press (CA)
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,17 MB
Release : 1996
Category :
ISBN : 9780517200940
An inside look at the National Basketball Association and its renowned athletes on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary in 1996, with over 200 photographs of stars from the past, present, and future, and first person accounts from players, coaches, trainers, and other league experts.
Author : Rh Value Publishing
Publisher : Random House Value Pub
Page : pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780517283738
Author : Keith Glass
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 006175515X
Bring a family of four to an NBA game today, and it costs around $500 to watch a bunch of seven-footers take bad shots. Perhaps the quote often attributed to P.T. Barnum is true—there really is a sucker born every minute. The NBA is in trouble. And as NBA agent Keith Glass describes it—he's part of the problem! If team owners are willing to throw millions of dollars his way for marginal players, why should he be the only one with the self-restraint to say "no"? In his insightful, funny, and often mind-numbingly bizarre tales of life in the NBA over the last twenty- five years, Keith Glass lets it fly from half-court. He'll tell you how we got to the present state—where an agent who makes millions off the game can't sit through one; why our NBA stars couldn't capture Olympic gold; and why the game he loves is in dire need of help. Glass has seen it all as the representative of players like Mark Eaton, the seven-foot-five center found working as a mechanic because he hated basketball; Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, who converted to Islam and brought the wrath of the league upon him when he refused to stand for the National Anthem; and first-round draft pick Quincy Douby, who was forced to enter the draft before graduating from Rutgers because of the harsh NCAA rules regarding college eligibility. With informative chapters such as "How to Feed Your Family on Only $14 Million a Year," "Eighty-one Feet of White Centers," and "From 6'11" to the 7- Eleven," Glass shatters the myth of NBA marketing: that everything about the game is great, and that as long as the fans in the luxury boxes are happy and weighed down with expensive merchandise, all is well. But have no fear! Keith Glass doesn't preach about the evils of highlight film slam-dunks—he'll just have you falling down laughing as he flagrantly fouls the league that was once the envy of the pro sports world.
Author : Elliott Kalb
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,11 MB
Release : 2003-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071417884
ABC and ESPNUs "Mr. Stats" ranks the NBAUs greatest players of all time in this provocative and comprehensive book.
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Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 26,23 MB
Release : 1916-10-01
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ISBN : 9780990667186
Author : Kevin Garnett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,21 MB
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1982170344
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A unique, unfiltered memoir from the NBA champion and fifteen-time all-star ahead of his induction into the Hall of Fame. Kevin Garnett was one of the most dominant players the game of basketball has ever seen. He was also one of its most outspoken. Over the course of his illustrious twenty-one-year NBA career, he elevated trash talk to an art form and never shied away from sharing his thoughts on controversial subjects. In KG A to Z, published ahead of Garnett’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, he looks back on his life and career with the same raw candor. Garnett describes the adversity he faced growing up in South Carolina before ultimately relocating to Chicago, where he became one of the top prospects in the nation. He details his headline-making decision to skip college and become the first player in two decades to enter the draft directly from high school, starting a trend that would be followed by future superstars like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. He shares stories of playing with and against Bryant, James, Michael Jordan, and other NBA greats, and he chronicles his professional ups and downs, including winning a championship with the Boston Celtics. He also speaks his mind on a range of topics beyond basketball, such as fame, family, racism, spirituality, and music. Garnett’s draft decision wasn’t the only way he’d forever change the game. His ability to play on the perimeter as a big man foreshadowed the winning strategy now universally adopted by the league. He applies this same innovative spirit here, organizing the contents alphabetically as an encyclopedia. If you thought Kevin Garnett was exciting, inspiring, and unfiltered on the court, just wait until you read what he has to say in these pages.
Author : Mark Vancil
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 43,88 MB
Release : 1999-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780517435007
Author : Billy Packer
Publisher : Taylor Publishing Company (TX)
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :