The book of basketball : the NBA according to the sports guy / Bill Simmons
By: Simmons, Bill.
Publisher: New York : Ballantine/ESPN Books, ©2010Edition: 2010 Ballantine Books and ESPN Books Trade Paperback edition.Description: 734 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780345520104.Subject(s): National Basketball Association | Basketball -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | GV885.1 .S46 2010 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000014372 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [705]-706) and index
Prologue: A four-dollar ticket -- The secret -- Russell, then Wilt -- How the hell did we get here? -- The what-if game -- Most valuable chapter -- The Hall of Fame pyramid -- The pyramid: level 1 -- The pyramid: level 2 -- The pyramid: level 3 -- The pyramid: level 4 -- The pyramid: Pantheon -- The legend of Keyser Söze -- The wine cellar -- Life after the secret
Bill Simmons, the from-the-womb hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com's Sports Guy, offers in a single volume his wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining look at the past, present, and future of pro basketball