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The book of basketball : the NBA according to the sports guy / Bill Simmons.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 034551176X
  • ISBN: 9780345511768
  • ISBN: 9780345520104
  • Physical Description: xi, 715 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine/ESPN Books, [2009]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 701-702) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject:
National Basketball Association.
Basketball.

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  • 25 of 26 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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