Basketball Books

[BruzDB]

Anyone got any recommendations for good basketball books?

I have read Can I Keep My Jersey (Paul Shirley) and The Jordan Rules, both were quite good.

I am half way through Larry Bird and Magic Johnson: When The Game Is Ours, which is awesome.

I have 4 books sitting waiting for me too - :07 Second Or Less (Phoenix Suns), Basketball Junkie (Chris Herren), When Nothing Else Matters (Michael Jordan) and the one I can't wait to start, The Book Of Basketball by Bill Simmons.

Anyone got any suggestions?

 

[shammgod]

The Art of a Beautiful Game is really good, especially if you're still playing actively, The Smart Take from the Strong by Princeton guru Pete Carril is great if you're a coach.

Heaven is a Playground by Rick Telander and My Losing Season by Pat Conroy feature fantastic writing.
The Last Shot and The Miracle of St. Anthony are very good reads as well, the stories are wonderful.

If you're looking for something a little more entertaining and light-hearted, Loose Balls is hilarious and the book I'm currently enjoying, Brave Dragons, is pretty funny too. It's about the CBA though, not sure if you'll like it.
The two FreeDarko books are a hoot too!

Good choices of books there mate, 7 Seconds or Less is a page-turner, and if you like Basketball Junkie, you'll probably enjoy Fall River Dreams too.
No offence though, the Simmons book is complete trash, could hardly bring myself to finish it.
Never read such a spectacular combination of bad writing, egotistical jibberish and blatant homerism before.

 

[Billyhoyle]

Can I just recommend to you all if you buy any books, check out booko.com.au it searches all the book sites online and gives you the best prices.

For example Phil Jackson's new book is available on pre-order now from Angus & Robertson for $38.99 or shipped from Fishpond (US) for $23.55
http://booko.com.au/9781594205118/Eleven-Rings

 

[shammgod]

Very helpful indeed! Wish we had such a service in Singapore too.

 

[BruzDB]

Good choices of books there mate, 7 Seconds or Less is a page-turner, and if you like Basketball Junkie, you'll probably enjoy Fall River Dreams too.
No offence though, the Simmons book is complete trash, could hardly bring myself to finish it.
Never read such a spectacular combination of bad writing, egotistical jibberish and blatant homerism before.

Thanks mate, I will check out all the ones you mentioned

Can I just recommend to you all if you buy any books, check out booko.com.au it searches all the book sites online and gives you the best prices.

Cheers mate, I will check it out.

 

[shammgod]

Thanks mate, I will check out all the ones you mentioned

No problem! I try my best to get my hands on every basketball book that comes out haha, nothing I love more than basketball and a good read
Let me know if you have any recommendations too!

 

[BruzDB]

No problem! I try my best to get my hands on every basketball book that comes out haha, nothing I love more than basketball and a good read
Let me know if you have any recommendations too!

Will do mate

I just finished Larry Bird and Magic Johnson: When The Game Was Ours. It was awesome, especially for a big fan of both players like me

Can I keep My Jersey by Paul Shirley was good too, as was Luc Longley's Running With The Bulls.

 

[shammgod]

Will do mate

I just finished Larry Bird and Magic Johnson: When The Game Was Ours. It was awesome, especially for a big fan of both players like me

Can I keep My Jersey by Paul Shirley was good too, as was Luc Longley's Running With The Bulls.

That's awesome, I enjoyed the Bird and Magic book too.
Heard of the Paul Shirley one and have been wanting to grab it, always nice to read something a little different.
Running with the Bulls sounds good too, will see if I can find one here!

By the way, there's this book called Big Game Small World by Alexander Wolff from SI, it covers basketball from around the world and is pretty entertaining too.
Always nice to see how the game is different yet the same all across the world!

 

[Sash3350]

My favourite is definitely Drive Larry Bird.

 

[Billyhoyle]

reading this at the moment - good so far

 

[twizz]

Personal foul the tim dongahey book is quite interesting