The story of Indigenous Australian basketball star Patrick ‘Patty’ Mills and his journey in the sport and outside it. A must-read for general sports fans and basketball (NBL and NBA) lovers. Interest in basketball (playing, NBL and the NBA) continues to rise annually in Australia and we have a growing presence in the NBA with record numbers of ......
The Answers to Questions You've Always Wondered about Hoops
How was basketball born? Why is the area in the paint and around the free throw circle known as the key? When did the NBA begin play? What team was arguably the worst NBA squad ever? Who was the highest drafted college player who never played a single game in the NBA?
This book provides over 100 questions and detailed answers ......
NBA Scrapbook is packed with rare photographs images and on the page facsimile memorabilia and provides an incredible insight into the history NBA and its legendary players and coaches. Featuring a wide variety of superb on the page rare memorabilia from the archives covering the NBA's hugely successful history including match tickets match ......
Veteran NBA reporter and editor Sean Deveney explores the unique characters and backstories of 12 crucial games in the history of the league, while putting them into the context of their influence on the direction of the game.
1,501 Basketball Trivia Questions, Quotes, and Factoids from Every Angle
How many NBA players have averaged forty points in a season? Who is the worst free-throw shooter in NBA history? Which team has won the most NBA titles since 2000? Who became the first player in NBA history to reach 20,000 points and 10,000 assists? Which three NBA players have scored more than 35,000 career points? (Hint: Michael Jordan is not ......
This book ranks, from 1 to 50, the top 50 players in Boston Celtics team history, using as measuring sticks the degree to which they impacted the fortunes of the team, the extent to which they added to the Celtics legacy, and the levels of statistical compilation and overall dominance they attained while wearing a Celtics uniform.
How the World's Savviest League Brings the Court to Our Couch
The National Basketball Association reaches a global audience via a multiplatform strategy that leverages its uncanny ability to connect fans to all things NBA. Steven Secular brings readers inside the league's global operations and traces the history of the NBA's approach to sports media from its 1980s embrace of cable through the streaming ......
Since its formation in 2010, 3x3 basketball's popularity has rocketed. In only seven years, 3x3 basketball has gone from being played casually as a pick-up game to becoming an official Olympic sport, with the 2021 Summer Games showcasing its debut. 3x3 Basketball is the first-ever book to cover multiple aspects of this up-and-coming sport. In this ......
Tales of the First Black Players in the ACC and SEC
Across the Line recounts the experiences of the pioneering African-American basketball players at 18 schools in the Atlantic Coast and Southeastern conferences, the South's most prominent, historically white intercollegiate leagues.
