Customer Review: I really wanted to like this book as much as I liked watching the subjects play the game, but it wasn't to be. Anyone over about 45 years old who half-way paid attention to the NBA might get about 5 pages of new information out of this disjointed rambling... and I'm being generous. There's way too... more info
Customer Review: The arguments are fair and well written, if you are an NBA fan reading this book is non-negotiable. More importantly, to maintain your sanity as you read all 700 pages there are hundreds of hysterical footnotes to go with the text. On more than one occasion my wife has had to knock on the bathroom... more info
Customer Review: When I read the wonderful title and subtitle I was immediately intrigued. Something for the "thinking fan"! Ballard has some good insights and good exposure to top players for interviews, but the book is a little too breezy to me. The best chapter of the book was excerpted in its entirely in... more info
Customer Review: David Halberstam was one of the most astute observers of American culture of the past century. His skill as a reporter was not only in his meticulous accumulation of facts and his canny ability to piece them together into a coherent historical perspective. His true genius was the realization that... more info
Customer Review: Very enjoyable book. Photos are great and it is a well put together.
Lots of history and memories for any Laker fan. 50 Years of exciting basketball and lots of outstanding players. It is a rich history.
Customer Review: I LOVED this book. My boyfriend is a lifelong Celtics fan so I bought it for him, but decided to read it before giving it to him. Once I started, I couldn't put it down. It's easy reading, and pure delight. It's so rare to see athletes and celebrities with the kind of integrity and character... more info
Customer Review: I LOVED this book. My boyfriend is a lifelong Celtics fan so I bought it for him, but decided to read it before giving it to him. Once I started, I couldn't put it down. It's easy reading, and pure delight. It's so rare to see athletes and celebrities with the kind of integrity and character... more info
Customer Review: I do enjoy Steve Buckley and think he is both a very good writer as well as commentator. That is why I was so distressed to read that he wrote such a boring book that offers no great insights into the 2007/2008 sports year. He was beaten to the punch about the Celtics run by Peter May whose book is... more info
Customer Review: We can look back now and it is almost humorous that in his first six years in the league it was widely claimed that Micheal Jordan would never win a championship due to his high scoring, lack of a "supporting cast" as Jordan called them, and a selfish unwillingness to give up the ball. This book... more info
Customer Review: emi-Pro movie, which doesn't even deserve a review
(zero stars, though I do like Will Ferrall!). Terry
Pluto did much better work on the NBA book Forty-
Eight Hours. Loose Balls contains all the usual
Pro NBA propaganda, and anti-ABA schtick that one
would expect from... more info
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