Search -
The Best Book of Basketball Facts and Stats (Best Book of Basketball Facts & STATS)
The Best Book of Basketball Facts and Stats - Best Book of Basketball Facts & STATS Author:Marty Strasen 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, num... more »ber 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: