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"Thirty-three chapters, each chapter a different basketball question that needs to be answered. Some of them are obviously crucial ... and some of them are secretly crucial. But all of them are approached in ways that ([the author] hope[s] you think) are smart and fun and nuanced"--Back cover.
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viii, 488 pages ; 23 cm
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Sports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, has covered the NBA for the much of its existence, documenting its expansion from fledgeling league to global force. Curated by editor and bestselling author Chris Ballard, this anthology features the best hoops writing from the SI archives along with new postscripts from nationally renowned basketball journalists including Jackie McMullan, Jack McCallum, Jeff Pearlman, S.L. Price,...
5) Boys among men: how the prep-to-pro generation redefined the NBA and sparked a basketball revolution
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326 pages ; 25 cm
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"When Kevin Garnett shocked the world by announcing that he would not be attending college--as young basketball prodigies were expected to do--but instead enter the 1995 NBA draft directly from high school, he blazed a trail for a generation of teenage basketball players to head straight for the pros. That trend would continue until the NBA instituted an age limit in 2005, requiring all players to attend college or another developmental program for...
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72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 27 cm.
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Swoosh! The sound of a basketball going through the net has echoed through professional arenas since 1946. Since then each team has had its share of amazing players, top coaches, and exciting history. Discover the highlights about all the teams in pro basketball.
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x, 294 pages ; 24 cm
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"In 2010, LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers. That same year, Jason Lloyd began to cover the team for the Akron Beacon Journal, LeBron's hometown newspaper. The story he uncovered started as a tragedy but ended in incredible triumph. Back in 2010, starting in the days, weeks, and months after LeBron left, the Cavs hatched a plan to get LeBron back. The plan was daring, audacious, and spectacularly successful. It incorporated several losing...
9) Return of the king: LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the greatest comeback in NBA history
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xiv, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Documents LeBron James's return to the Cleveland Cavaliers and the secret meetings and controversial decisions behind the scenes that set the team on the path to win the 2016 NBA championship.
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286 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm
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"Who is the greatest center of all time? How about the most dominant point guard? What's the best game ever? SI's team of experts once and for all settles the questions pro basketball fans have been debating since the first net was hung"--Dust jacket.
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245 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"From the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic decoding of the modern NBA: who shoots where, and how"--
Goldsberry's spatial and visual analyses of players, teams, and positions have helped teams understand who really is the most valuable player at any position. In this book, he combines stunning visuals, in-depth analysis, behind-the-scenes stories and gee-whiz facts to chart a modern revolution....
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Legends volume 3
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xii, 356 pages ; 22 cm.
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"From Magic Johnson to Michael Jordan to LeBron James to Steph Curry, ESPN's Howard Bryant presents the best from the hardwood -- a collection of NBA champions and superstars for young sports fans! Fast-paced, adrenaline-filled, and brimming with out-of-this-world athleticism, basketball has won the hearts of fans all across America--yet it is particularly popular among kids and teens. Giants of the game like Steph Curry, LeBron, and Michael Jordan...
18) By the grace of the game: the Holocaust, a basketball legacy, and an unprecedented American dream
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"This book details a family's unique story from escaping the Holocaust to landing in America to playing in the NBA"--
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xv, 253 pages ; 22 cm
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The professional basketball player and 2016 Olympic gold medalist shares her inspirational story of overcoming the challenges of competitive sports through balancing hard work and the support of family.
During her first year of college, Delle Doone walked away from a scholarship so she could stay in her home state of Delaware and be close to her older sister, Lizzie, who has several disabilities and can only communicate through hand-over-hand signing....
20) Black ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the generation that saved the soul of the NBA
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vii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Against the backdrop of ongoing massive resistance to racial desegregation and increasingly strident calls for Black Power, the NBA in the 1970s embodied the nation's imagined descent into disorder. The press and the public blamed young Black players for the chaos in the NBA, citing drugs, violence, greed, and criminality. The supposed decline of pro basketball became a metaphor for the first decades of integration in America: the rules of the game...
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