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Title: Loose Balls by Terry Pluto ISBN: 0-671-74921-8 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: December, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.84 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An absolute must for thinking hoops fans
Comment: Loose Balls has to be on any basketball fan's short list of the greatest books ever to be written on the subject. Terry Pluto (whose 48 Minutes and Falling from Grace are also more than worthwhile) lets the principles-players, coaches, refs, media, agents, front-office folks, etc.-tell most of the story in this Studs Terkel-esque oral history. It's a fascinating tale on numerous levels, useful not only as the definitive source for information on the ABA but also as a way to understand where the NBA stood just prior to the Bird/Magic era. Funny, sometimes poignant, and always informative and interesting, Loose Balls is the rare book that's at once entertaining and indisputably credible.
Rating: 4
Summary: Humorous and easy to read
Comment: An excellent book for the car or the bathroom, and I mean that as high praise. This is an oral history of the ABA, made up of short vignettes about teams, players, coaches and the league's background in general. Because of its structure -- it is written in short bursts -- it is easy to read over time, although (cliche warning) once you pick it up it isn't easy to put down. What I especially appreciated were the stories and information on some of the ABA's obscure yet notable players (Willie Wise and John Silas), its thugs (John Brisker, Warren Jabali), and its characters (Wendell Ladner, Bob Netolicky, Marvin Barnes). There's also a fair amount of information about league owners, executives and announcers, which isn't as boring as it sounds (Bob Costas worked games for the Spirits of St. Louis). I was afraid the book would be mostly about players like Julius Erving, George Gervin etc., whose exploits are fairly well chronicled elsewhere. That's not true. You will recognize much of the material in this book as the basis for the HBO documentary on the ABA, which also is excellent.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Essential ABA Book
Comment: This book is a pure gem capturing the years of the ABA and its cast of characters. One of the best basketball books i have read - full of history, laughs and bits of trivia that will get your attention from start to finish. I give this a 5 Afro rating
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Title: Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the Nba by Terry Pluto ISBN: 0803287666 Publisher: Bison Bks Corp Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Ball Four by Jim Bouton ISBN: 0020306652 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 12 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Game They Played by Stanley Cohen, Stan Cohen ISBN: 0786708212 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The City Game: Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds by Pete Axthelm, Rick Telander ISBN: 0803259344 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Heaven Is a Playground by Rick Telander ISBN: 0803294271 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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