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SOS Pressure Defense

Sequential Ongoing Strategies

by Bob Kloppenburg ...

One of basketball’s all-time bestselling books, SOS Pressure Defense is a “How to” guide for coaching pressure defense in a logical and sequential progression. Each chapter is highlighted via easy to read text and diagrams. SOS Pressure Defense, which pioneered the importance of teaching and stressing the defensive side of the basketball coin, features more advanced pressure “D” tactics to be ... Read more

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One of basketball’s all-time bestselling books, SOS Pressure Defense is a “How to” guide for coaching pressure defense in a logical and sequential progression. Each chapter is highlighted via easy to read text and diagrams. SOS Pressure Defense, which pioneered the importance of teaching and stressing the defensive side of the basketball coin, features more advanced pressure “D” tactics to be
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Seven Seconds or Less

My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns

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Sports Illustrated's chief NBA writer Jack McCallum gets in the paint with the Phoenix Suns and takes a season-long look at the NBA's most exciting and controversial team.Jack McCallum—NBA writer for Sports Illustrated—only planned to spend the preseason with the Phoenix Suns as an "assistant coach" and then write a story about his experiences. Instead, he stayed on with the Suns throughout their ... Read more

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Sports Illustrated's chief NBA writer Jack McCallum gets in the paint with the Phoenix Suns and takes a season-long look at the NBA's most exciting and controversial team.Jack McCallum—NBA writer for Sports Illustrated—only planned to spend the preseason with the Phoenix Suns as an "assistant coach" and then write a story about his experiences. Instead, he stayed on with the Suns throughout their
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Dr. J

The Autobiography

by Julius Erving, Karl Taro Greenfeld ...

An honest, unflinching self-portrait of the basketball legend, told in Julius "The Doctor" Erving's own voice. "A terrific memoir by a man worthy of one." — Sports IllustratedWith his flights of improvisation around the basket and his towering Afro, Julius Erving became one of the most charismatic (and revolutionary) players basketball has ever known. But while the public has long revered this ... Read more

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An honest, unflinching self-portrait of the basketball legend, told in Julius "The Doctor" Erving's own voice. "A terrific memoir by a man worthy of one." — Sports IllustratedWith his flights of improvisation around the basket and his towering Afro, Julius Erving became one of the most charismatic (and revolutionary) players basketball has ever known. But while the public has long revered this
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Life Is Not an Accident

A Memoir of Reinvention

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New York Times BestsellerThis big-hearted memoir by the most promising professional basketball player of his generation details his rise to NBA stardom, the terrible accident that ended his career and plunged him into a life-altering depression, and how he ultimately found his way out of the darkness.Ten years ago, Jay Williams was at the beginning of a brilliant professional basketball career. ... Read more

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New York Times BestsellerThis big-hearted memoir by the most promising professional basketball player of his generation details his rise to NBA stardom, the terrible accident that ended his career and plunged him into a life-altering depression, and how he ultimately found his way out of the darkness.Ten years ago, Jay Williams was at the beginning of a brilliant professional basketball career.
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Hand-Me-Down Dream (Essay)

Father, Son, and the Burden of Basketball

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In this eBook exclusive essay, Pulitzer Prize–winning sports journalist George Dohrmann follows a father and son separated by prison bars—but bonded by their pursuit of basketball glory.The dream of playing big-time basketball never came true for Bruce Nelson, so he passed it on to his son Roberto. His every waking moment as a father was devoted to securing Roberto a Division I scholarship. ... Read more

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In this eBook exclusive essay, Pulitzer Prize–winning sports journalist George Dohrmann follows a father and son separated by prison bars—but bonded by their pursuit of basketball glory.The dream of playing big-time basketball never came true for Bruce Nelson, so he passed it on to his son Roberto. His every waking moment as a father was devoted to securing Roberto a Division I scholarship.
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Basketball Plays, Tricks and Gimmicks

by Wm. J. Coste ...

Basketball Plays, Tricks and Gimmicks would be useful to coaches at all levels. Coach Coste covers the intricacies of both the instructional practice phase and the live game phase. His team free throw practice regimen is complete. After perusing his charity stripe suggestions the reader will want to test these techniques. Coach Coste discusses the important steps and facets to building a ... Read more

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Basketball Plays, Tricks and Gimmicks would be useful to coaches at all levels. Coach Coste covers the intricacies of both the instructional practice phase and the live game phase. His team free throw practice regimen is complete. After perusing his charity stripe suggestions the reader will want to test these techniques. Coach Coste discusses the important steps and facets to building a
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Chasing Perfect

The Will to Win in Basketball and Life

by Bob Hurley ...

The inspiring story of the most famous high school basketball coach in America.In 40 seasons as the head coach of St. Anthony High School, a private parochial school in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bob Hurley has established a standard of excellence and achievement without peer, and remarkably, he has done this at a high school with a total student body enrollment of about 230, with no gymnasium, and ... Read more

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The inspiring story of the most famous high school basketball coach in America.In 40 seasons as the head coach of St. Anthony High School, a private parochial school in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bob Hurley has established a standard of excellence and achievement without peer, and remarkably, he has done this at a high school with a total student body enrollment of about 230, with no gymnasium, and
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Earl the Pearl

My Story

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Earl "The Pearl" Monroe is a basketball legend whose impact on the game transcends statistics, a player known as much for his unorthodox, "playground" style of play as his championship pedigree. Observers said that watching him play was like listening to jazz, his moves resembling freefloating improvisations. "I don't know what I'm going to do with the ball," Monroe once admitted, "and if I don't ... Read more

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Earl "The Pearl" Monroe is a basketball legend whose impact on the game transcends statistics, a player known as much for his unorthodox, "playground" style of play as his championship pedigree. Observers said that watching him play was like listening to jazz, his moves resembling freefloating improvisations. "I don't know what I'm going to do with the ball," Monroe once admitted, "and if I don't
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The LeBron James Ripple Effect--How LeBron Changed the NBA Forever--Human or SuperHuman? 2012 & 2013 NBA Champions

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The LeBron James Ripple Effect. How LeBron changed the NBA forever. How did LeBron change the NBA? Love him or hate him he is an extraordinary basketball player. No one else has changed the NBA like LeBron James. So why is LeBron James the most controversial figure in NBA history?This has been updated since LeBron James and the Miami Heat won the 2012 and 2013 NBA Championship and the Gold Medal ... Read more

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The LeBron James Ripple Effect. How LeBron changed the NBA forever. How did LeBron change the NBA? Love him or hate him he is an extraordinary basketball player. No one else has changed the NBA like LeBron James. So why is LeBron James the most controversial figure in NBA history?This has been updated since LeBron James and the Miami Heat won the 2012 and 2013 NBA Championship and the Gold Medal
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The World's Greatest Team

A Portrait of the Boston Celtics, 1957–69

by Jeff Greenfield ...

The definitive history of the most dominant team in American sports historyNo superlatives are equal to the Boston Celtics of the 1960s. From 1959 to 1966 they won championship after championship, an eight-in-a-row streak that outshines any other in American sports. Led by coach Red Auerbach, center Bill Russell, and point guard Bob Cousy, they played a kind of basketball that seemed to come from ... Read more

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The definitive history of the most dominant team in American sports historyNo superlatives are equal to the Boston Celtics of the 1960s. From 1959 to 1966 they won championship after championship, an eight-in-a-row streak that outshines any other in American sports. Led by coach Red Auerbach, center Bill Russell, and point guard Bob Cousy, they played a kind of basketball that seemed to come from
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Operation Yao Ming

The Chinese Sports Empire, American Big Business, and the Making of an NBA Superstar

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The riveting story behind NBA giant Yao Ming, the ruthless Chinese sports machine that created him, and the East-West struggle over China’s most famous son.The NBA’s 7‘6" All-Star Yao Ming has changed the face of basketball, revitalizing a league desperate for a new hero while becoming a multimillionaire pitchman for Reebok and McDonald’s. But his journey to America—like that of his forgotten foil ... Read more

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The riveting story behind NBA giant Yao Ming, the ruthless Chinese sports machine that created him, and the East-West struggle over China’s most famous son.The NBA’s 7‘6" All-Star Yao Ming has changed the face of basketball, revitalizing a league desperate for a new hero while becoming a multimillionaire pitchman for Reebok and McDonald’s. But his journey to America—like that of his forgotten foil
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The Hustle

One Team and Ten Lives in Black and White

by Doug Merlino ...

The experiment was dreamed up by two fathers, one white, one black. Whatwould happen, they wondered, if they mixed white players from an elite Seattleprivate school - famous for alums such as Microsoft's Bill Gates - and blackkids from the inner city on a basketball team? Wouldn't exposure to privilegegive the black kids a chance at better opportunities? Wouldn't it open the eyesof the white kids ... Read more

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The experiment was dreamed up by two fathers, one white, one black. Whatwould happen, they wondered, if they mixed white players from an elite Seattleprivate school - famous for alums such as Microsoft's Bill Gates - and blackkids from the inner city on a basketball team? Wouldn't exposure to privilegegive the black kids a chance at better opportunities? Wouldn't it open the eyesof the white kids
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