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FreeDarko Presents: The Undisputed Guide To Pro Basketball History (2010)

by Bethlehem Shoals(Favorite Author)

4.27 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1608190838 (ISBN13: 9781608190836)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

review 1: I enjoyed it more than Simmons' Book of Basketball but less than Macrophenomenal (maybe because there are not as many neat infographics?). There are still many thoughtful and visually pleasing infographics and prints. The book is on the verge of being too cerebral, but that is its strength that sets it apart from the rest. Many tasty and useful factoids (Popovich has extensive intelligence training which may spill over to his coaching tactics) and bits of philosophical wisdom ("The difference between upright and stubborn: One is portable, while the other carries in it the seed of its own demise.")The Barkley chapter is genius (but I am biased). "...to those who were fond of lost causes and doomed romance, he held a deeper value than solemn victory."It will be proudly displ... moreayed on the shelf next to Macrophenomenal, and the prints of Barkley and Jordan from the FreeDarko store are waiting for framing and mounting in my living room.
review 2: Excellent and entertaining history of Basketball. If you are mildly interested in Basketball this is definitely a great read. Lively and colorful, this book depicts the earliest days of basketball all the way through 2010. My only complaint is that I am a Laker fan and this book has pages and pages and chapters on the Celtics, Spurs, Bulls, Suns and in the entire book the Lakers get about a page and a half worth of text, most of it negative. So boo on all that, but that aside, it's really good! less

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