The Best Book of Basketball Facts and STATS (Best Book of Basketball Facts & STATS) - Softcover

Strasen, Marty

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ISBN 10: 155297877X ISBN 13: 9781552978771

Verlag: Firefly Books Ltd, 2004

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Everything you need to know about the teams, players, coaches and history.

This book is a handy reference of detailed and up-to-date information. All twenty-eight NBA teams are covered from the four major divisions: Eastern Atlantic, Eastern Central, Western Midwest, and Western Pacific. Team facts include date of entry into the NBA, number of championships won, and a concise history of the club.

Profiles of the game's eighty greatest players are profiled and include such legends as:

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Larry Bird
• Kobe Bryant
• Wilt Chamberlain
• Julius Erving
• Patrick Ewing
• Walt Frazier
• Michael Jordan
• Karl Malone
• Hakeem Olajuwon
• Shaquille O'Neal
• Dennis Rodman
• Bill Russell.

A section on basketball's renowned coaches features Red Auerbach, Phil Jackson, K.C. Jones, Don Kundla, Dick Motta, Don Nelson, Jack Ramsay, Pat Riley, Jerry Sloan and Lenny Wilkens. Basketball's most memorable games are described from 1947 to the 2003 league championship, including the 1992 Olympic Dream Team.

The final third of the book contains detailed player and team statistics that cover:

• Career regular season
• Career playoffs
• Individual single season
• Final standings
• NBA finals results
• All-Star Game results
• Hall of Fame inductees
• NBA awards.

Biografía del autor

Marty Strasen is the sports producer for Tampa Bay Online (TBO.com) and writes regularly for The Tampa Tribune. He has co-authored the Michael Jordan Scrapbook and Basketball Almanac and is a former assistant editor of Basketball Weekly and Football News. He is a 1989 graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

STATS Inc. is North America's most comprehensive agency for sports statistics. Based in Chicago, they supply the media with facts and figures on basketball as well as many other sports.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Firefly Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 155297877X
• ISBN 13: 9781552978771
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304