Profiles of the best NBA players provide a great history of the game. Basketball is an elite professional sport and players command stratospheric salaries. The spectacular success of the NBA is based on its stars' performances, which excite fans game after game, championship after championship. "Basketball's Greatest Stars" features detailed profiles of the 50 greatest and most exciting players in basketball history. They're all here: the score-at-will centers, the quick-dishing guards and the take-it-to-the-hoop power forwards. The book also features the players whose star power has gone beyond the court into the culture of celebrity. Action photographs celebrate the play of every superstar past and present, and the 30 franchise profiles chart the league's rise to greatness. Included in this edition are: New stars Carmelo Anthony Andrew Bynum DeMarcus Cousins Stephen Curry Anthony Davis Kevin Durant Blake Griffin James Harden Kyrie Irving Kevin Love Greg Monroe Rajon Rondo Derrick Rose Russell Westbrook Deron Williams Stars Michael Jordan Magic Johnson Larry Bird Bill Russell Jerry West Wilt Chamberlain Julius Erving Kareem Abduhl-Jabbar Rick Barry Shaquille O'Neal LeBron James Dirk Nowitzki Kobe Bryant Tim Duncan Karl Malone The author also examines the sport in three insightful essays, covering the leading men and defining moments that have shaped the sport, the international game and the changing nature and importance of statistical analysis. "Basketball's Greatest Stars" is a superb book for the fan and a compelling history of a great game. AUTHOR: Michael Grange is a sports columnist for Canada's "The Globe and Mail" and the sports beat writer for the Toronto Raptors. ILLUSTRATIONS: 140 colour and black and white photographs
Show moreProfiles of the best NBA players provide a great history of the game. Basketball is an elite professional sport and players command stratospheric salaries. The spectacular success of the NBA is based on its stars' performances, which excite fans game after game, championship after championship. "Basketball's Greatest Stars" features detailed profiles of the 50 greatest and most exciting players in basketball history. They're all here: the score-at-will centers, the quick-dishing guards and the take-it-to-the-hoop power forwards. The book also features the players whose star power has gone beyond the court into the culture of celebrity. Action photographs celebrate the play of every superstar past and present, and the 30 franchise profiles chart the league's rise to greatness. Included in this edition are: New stars Carmelo Anthony Andrew Bynum DeMarcus Cousins Stephen Curry Anthony Davis Kevin Durant Blake Griffin James Harden Kyrie Irving Kevin Love Greg Monroe Rajon Rondo Derrick Rose Russell Westbrook Deron Williams Stars Michael Jordan Magic Johnson Larry Bird Bill Russell Jerry West Wilt Chamberlain Julius Erving Kareem Abduhl-Jabbar Rick Barry Shaquille O'Neal LeBron James Dirk Nowitzki Kobe Bryant Tim Duncan Karl Malone The author also examines the sport in three insightful essays, covering the leading men and defining moments that have shaped the sport, the international game and the changing nature and importance of statistical analysis. "Basketball's Greatest Stars" is a superb book for the fan and a compelling history of a great game. AUTHOR: Michael Grange is a sports columnist for Canada's "The Globe and Mail" and the sports beat writer for the Toronto Raptors. ILLUSTRATIONS: 140 colour and black and white photographs
Show moreMichael Grange is an award-winning writer who is an on-air personality for Sportsnet and a contributor to Sportsnet Magazine.
[Review of previous edition: ] Basketball fans will find all kinds
of interesting information in this book. It will appeal to readers
at the junior high and senior high school levels who are involved
in the sport or just have an interest in it.-- (01/01/2011)
[Review of previous edition: ] Basketball's Greatest Stars is a
collection of 5O profiles of some of the greatest players in the
game, from Bob Cousy and Bob Pettit to Michael Jordan and LeBron
James. Grange divides them in the "Best of the Best" and the "Best
of the Rest." given over to players who, despite their great
talents, never quite made superstar status -- Dave DeBusschere,
Elvin Hayes, Pete Maravich, and John Stockton. And it's loaded with
great game images of high-flying, slam-dunking players.--
(12/19/2010)
[Review of previous edition: ] Detailed profiles of the 50 players
the author believes are the greatest and most exciting in the
history of the game, including career highlights of superstars
Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Kobe Bryant, as well
as players in the "Best of the Rest" section, from Steve Nash to
Isiah Thomas. Included is a list of franchises and a chart of NBA
Finals history. Illustrated with exciting action shots.--
(12/10/2010)
[Review of previous edition: ] Photo-laden showcases of a sport's
greatest players are fairly commonplace, but this one, compiled by
Canadian sportswriter Grange, stands out from the rank and file for
several reasons.... Best of all, though, are the photos;
beautifully reproduced, the four-color images jump off the pages,
showing the various stars in signature shots... A sweet combination
of superb browsing and surprisingly substantive commentary.--
(09/01/2010)
[Review of previous edition: ] This beautiful volume presents the
sportswriter's selection of basketball greats from all eras, a
concise history of the game, profiles of the franchises, and even
coverage of international basketball, as well as stats on each
featured player, a remarkable effort for a game that originally
"featured only 13 rules." Grange is a colorful writer, and his
examination of the development of gurus, consultants, and the
science of success is fascinating. Magic Johnson is described as
"[a] late bloomer who was off the radar at the University of
Massachusetts...defining the rebel league with his majestic
flights, the signature red-white-and-blue ball a grapefruit in his
outstretched hands." Speaking of failing to stop Michael Jordan
from scoring 63 points in a playoff game, Larry Bird said, "That
was God disguised as Michael Jordan." ... Jump for joy on this
one.-- (01/07/2011)
[Review of previous edition: ] Typical of many Firefly books, this
is a colorful, picture-driven reading experience. Don't expect an
exhaustive history of the NBA, but an interesting summary of stars
and teams. ... Recommended for fans of the NBA who seek a quick
reference to the best players the game has ever seen and for all
libraries collecting accessible and colorful basketball books.--
(01/15/2011)
[Review of previous edition: ] Was Magic Johnson better than Larry
Bird? How does Shaquille O'Neal compare to Wilt Chamberlin? Hoops
fans will quibble with the author's ranking of the sport's 50 top
players, past and present. But even casual readers will thrill to
the dazzling court-action photos and be enlightened by the
thoughtful essays on the superstars and moments that have defined
the NBA.-- (12/05/2010)
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