Basketball

One of the most exciting teams in the NBA, the Dallas Mavericks have taken the sports world by storm. Now readers and fans will finally get the chance to hear the stories and witness the action that defines the powerhouse team that captured the 2011 NBA...

Basketball, one of the world's greatest sports, attracts millions of all ages. Now Dick Motta , former NBA coach, and Neil D. Isaacs , well-known basketball writer combine their talents to show you the keys to developing your game. In this book you'll...

Whatever you call him, Michael Jeffrey Jordan can be considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. During his career, Jordan won six NBA championships and was a fourteen-time All-Star, five-time NBA MVP, and six-time NBA Finals MVP. To...

100 Things Spurs Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of San Antonio basketball. Whether you're a die-hard fan from the days of George Gervin or a new supporter of Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600789885Author Scott PitoniakFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Triumph BooksPublisher Triumph BooksWeight(grams) 476g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767903295Author Pat SummittFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 297gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

IN THE MARGINS 2023 TOP TITLE FOR NONFICTIONOne of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike's Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland...

The basis for a major documentary, two leading experts sound an urgent call for the radical reimagining of American education so we can equip students for the realities of the twenty-first-century economy. We prize academic achievement,...

A hands-on, illuminating deconstruction of NBA basketball, tracing the tactical evolution of the modern game. As the NBA celebrates and surpasses 75 years of existence, today's game looks nothing like it did in generations past when Bill Russell, Wilt...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455571246Author Kareem Abdul-JabbarFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609079253Author John StocktonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Shadow MountainPublisher Shadow MountainWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm...

Let's say you're the coach of the NBA team with the most championship banners hanging from its rafters, with every current and former player available on your bench. Game 7 of the Finals is approaching and it's time to put your team on the floor. Who's...

Now in paperback!Heaven Is a Playground was the first book on the uniquely American phenomenon of urban basketball. Rick Telander, a photojournalist and former high school basketball player, spent part of the summer of 1973 and all of the summer of 1974...

Equal parts photo-rich lookbook, and cultural commentary, Fly: The Big Book of Basketball Fashion is the story of the extraordinary intersection of high fashion and basketball, from the league's inception to today, and celebrates the iconic style of NBA...

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...

A typical NBA game can yield approximately 2,800 statistical events in thirty-two different categories. In Numbers Don't Lie Yago Colas started with a simple question: How did basketball analytics get from counting one stat, the final score, to counting...

Timed to the release of Jerry Bruckheimer's movie, the moving autobiography of Hall of Fame basketball coach Don Haskins and his storied team of players, the Texas Western Miners In 1966, college basketball was almost completely segregated. In the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525564751Author John FeinsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

The greatest players in the NBA... NOW! Like Hockey Now! and Football Now!, Basketball Now! has earned its place as an anticipated release, giving fans the inside stories about their favourite superstars. This third edition is packed with 130...

Initiating new fans into the world of Knicks lore or reminding die-hard supporters why this New York NBA team is always their number one, this entertaining resource distills 66 years of team history into the top 100 things to know and do-encouraging...

John Wooden was arguably the greatest college basketball coach of all time, a teacher as well as mentor whose handiwork produced a dynasty bridging the 1960s and 1970s. Quotable Wooden is a compilation of more than two hundred quotes by and about Wooden...

A behind the scenes perspective on Boston Celtics history from two-time champion Cedric Maxwell Having won two NBA titles with the Celtics before joining the broadcasting team as a radio analyst, Cedric Maxwell knows what it means to live and breathe...

For players, coaches, writers, and fans, basketball is a science and an art, a religious sacrament, a source of entertainment, and a way of interacting with the world. In Lost in the Game Thomas Beller entwines these threads with his lifetime's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493076932Author Robert W. CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint The Lyons PressPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Thirty years after Michael Jordan's first NBA game comes an oral history of his legendary career, told by the men who played with him and against him, coached him, and witnessed first-hand the iconic greatness of the most dominant athlete sports has ever...

The Chicago Bulls are one of basketball's most storied teams-from Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Phil Jackson to Hall of Famers and MVPs, the Bulls' NBA championship legacy will likely never be surpassed. Author and Bulls' beat reporter Kent McDill...

Chris Ballard sits down with the NBA's most passionate, cerebral players to discover their tricks of the trade and to learn what drives them. He reveals the roots of Kobe Bryant's limitless competitiveness; shadows LeBron James to figure out how he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399179099Author Jack MccallumFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

The Knicks of the 1990s competed like champions but fell short of their goal. An eclectic group who took divergent, in many cases fascinating paths to New York, they forged an identity as a rugged, relentless squad. Led by a superstar center Patrick...

The ConverseR All Sta team scores with this jam-packed book on the basics of basketball. From jump ball to jump shot, layup to slam dunk, you'll learn the techniques, the terms, and the teamwork you need to master: Dribbling Passing Receiving Shooting...

Relive the history of the NBA's greatest dynasty with stories from Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, K.C. Jones, John Havlicek, Dave Cowens, and many more.Since the team's inception in 1946, the Boston Celtics have been at the heart of the culture and history of...

In 1965, 18-year old Lew Alcindor, who would later change his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, left New York City to play basketball for Coach John Wooden at UCLA. It was the beginning of what was to become a 50-year long relationship that ended with Kareem...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524761790Author Jackie MacMullanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

There is no event in sports quite like the Final Four. John Feinstein will explore what it means to a school, a coach and a player to be in the Final Four or even at The Final. There are moving stories of players and coaches who thought they'd never make...

The first of "The Big Three" was Paul Pierce. As Boston Celtics fans watched the team retire Pierce's jersey in a ceremony on February 11, 2018, they remembered again the incredible performances Pierce put on in the city for fifteen years, helping the...

Like millions who love college basketball, John Feinstein was first drawn to the game because of its intensity, speed and intelligence. Like many others, he felt that the vast sums of money involved in NCAA basketball had turned the sport into a division...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478971689Author Brian WindhorstFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

Originally published in 1995 to huge critical acclaim and a finalist for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction, Madeleine Blais's In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle is a modern sports writing classic. Now expanded and updated with a new epilogue, Blais's book...

"I owe everything to basketball. It was my favorite pastime and my greatest passion. It became my profession, and I became part of its history-maybe even the history of sports in general.... I never could have imagined such a destiny." - Tony Parker ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593237939Author Dana O'NeilFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc