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Title: Chocolate Thunder: The Uncensored Life and Time of Darryl Dawkins by Darryl Dawkins, Charley Rosen ISBN: 0-9731443-2-7 Publisher: SportClassic Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: solid read
Comment: props to "CHOCOLATE THUNDER" for telling it like it is from the Hood to the HARDWOOD. the way the League Portrays things you would believe in things Being all colorLess&whatnot.but this Book Breaks things down&Puts alot of things into Perspective.I enjoyed reading things&also it took me back.
Rating: 3
Summary: A Book That Could Use More Game
Comment: Though Dawkins didn't have the most immortal NBA career, he does have the insights and understanding of the game to write a potentially powerhouse book. He deserves his place in history as the league's original entertainer and showman, and he did have a stone classic moment when he shattered the backboard to smithereens during a monster dunk. Dawkins is both smart enough and funny enough to understand the workings of the game while taking its dark side with a grain of salt. Thus he has great insights into the drug culture in pro sports, racial politics in the NBA of the 70's, the lowdown practices of agents and owners, and poor coaching. He also has many fascinating and illuminating things to say about the current state of the NBA, with its focus on promotion and superstardom rather than the fundamentals of solid team ball.
Darryl's great insights into these matters could have been the basis for a solid and powerful book of sports commentary. But here, the wisdom merely pops up occasionally in the midst of a funny but unremarkable bio about sex and partying, trash talking (though I did love the crack "Dennis Rodman's elevator didn't stop at the top floor"), and especially too much complaining about how referees mistreated him. Meanwhile, who knows what "professional" writer Charley Rosen was doing. We can't expect Dawkins to be a flawless writer, but having a supposed professional on board should have resulted in a book with more credibility. While Darryl's life story can be a fun read, I suggest that he write another book that sticks with commentary and criticism of modern basketball, because he knows what he's talking about. That book would be as powerful as one of his dunks. [~doomsdayer520~]
Rating: 4
Summary: An Interesting Read
Comment: As a 14-year old I was surprised that there was as much corruption in the 70's and 80's as there is now. I was always told that all they did was play ball and do their job. Now, I know that's not true. The Darryl Dawkins Autobiography was very interesting and appalling. It seems like he exaggerated a lot but the stories of childhood and manhood were very funny even though it seemed more like fiction. Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down.I reccomend it.
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Title: I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It by Charles Barkley, Michael Wilbon ISBN: 037550883X Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: LT: Over the Edge: Tackling Quarterbacks, Drugs, and a World Beyond Football by Lawrence Taylor, Steve Serby ISBN: 0060185511 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game by Oscar Robertson ISBN: 1579547648 Publisher: Rodale Books Pub. Date: 15 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: David Thompson: Skywalker by David Thompson, Sean Stormes, Marshall Terrill ISBN: 1582616523 Publisher: Sports Publishing Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, and True Love in the Nba by Jayson Williams, Steve Friedman ISBN: 0767905695 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 13 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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