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MASTERS OF THE GAME : A CONVERSATIONAL HISTORY OF THE NBA IN 75 LEGENDARY PLAYERS
Εκδότης Putnam , ISBN 9798217060702
Sam Smith and Phil Jackson grew to know and respect each other in the late
1980s, when Smith was a Chicago Tribune sportswriter and Jackson was an
assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls. Forty years later, the two remain close
friends. In 2021, Smith helped the NBA arrive at a list of the seventy-five
greatest players of all time in celebration of its seventy-fifth anniversary. Phil
Jackson was asked to participate too, but he's not a big fan of ranking
greatness. They've been enjoying the argument ever since. In MASTERS OF
THE GAME, Smith and Jackson chop it up about the basketball life, the sport,
and the genius and the shadow side of the all-time greats: Jordan, Kobe,
Shaq, Magic, Bill Russell, Wilt, Jerry West, Bird, LeBron, KD, Steph Curry, Bill
Walton, and more. In a conversation full of high-grade analysis and high-
grade gossip, we meet the stars of long-ago eras of basketball and see the
mark race left on players and the business of the game-and we get a master
class on character and the alchemy of a good team. And of course, inevitably,
these two old heads get into the GOAT debate. There are so many huge
characters here, and Smith and Jackson can hold their own with any of them.
Their spirit-sharp, wise, irreverent, honest, respectful of the lore and legacy
of the game but never pious-and the clash of their different perspectives
combine to make this book a joyous ride, a short course in greatness open
to all students.
Περίληψη
Sam Smith and Phil Jackson grew to know and respect each other in the late
1980s, when Smith was a Chicago Tribune sportswriter and Jackson was an
assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls. Forty years later, the two remain close
friends. In 2021, Smith helped the NBA arrive at a list of the seventy-five
greatest players of all time in celebration of its seventy-fifth anniversary. Phil
Jackson was asked to participate too, but he's not a big fan of ranking
greatness. They've been enjoying the argument ever since. In MASTERS OF
THE GAME, Smith and Jackson chop it up about the basketball life, the sport,
and the genius and the shadow side of the all-time greats: Jordan, Kobe,
Shaq, Magic, Bill Russell, Wilt, Jerry West, Bird, LeBron, KD, Steph Curry, Bill
Walton, and more. In a conversation full of high-grade analysis and high-
grade gossip, we meet the stars of long-ago eras of basketball and see the
mark race left on players and the business of the game-and we get a master
class on character and the alchemy of a good team. And of course, inevitably,
these two old heads get into the GOAT debate. There are so many huge
characters here, and Smith and Jackson can hold their own with any of them.
Their spirit-sharp, wise, irreverent, honest, respectful of the lore and legacy
of the game but never pious-and the clash of their different perspectives
combine to make this book a joyous ride, a short course in greatness open
to all students.
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Smith, Sam
- Eκδότης Putnam
- ISBN 9798217060702
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100092237
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2025
- Σελίδες 400
- Διαστάσεις
- Βάρος 350 gr
