Sports Illustrated: The Basketball Book

by Sports Illustrated

Highlighted by dozens of photographs, a celebration of America's college and professional basketball from some of Sports Illustrated's finest writers captures the great teams, players, games, memorabilia, artifacts, and important moments throughout the more than one hundred years of basketball history.

Genres: Sports, Basketball, Nonfiction

296 pages, Hardcover

First published October 23, 2007

Reviews

[Kyle Mills · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was perfect for every sports enthusiast. I got my moneys worth reading this book, and with all the live photos taken in it. The imagery that was going on in my mind after reading about the bulls and Michael Jordan, and about all the old fashioned teams that played it was amazing. I really like how sports Illustrated captioned almost every photo describing who the player was, and what the moment was like.
This book compares nothing like modern day basketball. Everything is so much different now with how "soft" the NBA has gotten, and so many new rules that the players are exploiting. It was almost like watching a movie, but with pictures about basketballs evolution. I highly recommend every sports fan purchases this book to see what basketball was really like in this era of basketball.

[David Bauer · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this 296 page book you will learn a lot more about basketball than from any other book. It contains photos of historic players and facts about a decade that are very useful in learning about the sport. It also shows how some early coaches innovated the game. I recommend you read it.

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book as a sports fan and it definitely captivated me as a child learning about the sport. It went through College and professional basketball and detailed various teams, players and stats across all decades up to date of the book.

[Benjamin Murray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic pictures! I really enjoyed the decade by decade look. Obviously there was so much that could be covered that some folks and events aren't in it. I wish they had more biographies included. But, to have that the book would have to be 2x the length!

[Monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

love it

[Will Vandeveer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has convinced me to venture to the NBA HOF in Springfield, Massachusetts

[Myles]

read

[Oel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my best book this 2025 so far. A lot of nostalgia seeing the pictures. Each chapter is informative. This is truly a delightful book, can't help sharing with my friends.

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like the SI Baseball Book, it provides a snapshot of each decade and a selection of magazine excerpts on the game's most dominating players. Spectacular photos from the past 60 years in the NBA, ABA and NCAA.

[Keenan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about basketball's history. From the greastest players to the most famous plays this book is so cool! I think who ever loves basketball you will love this book. Plus it has a lot of features.

[Jaelyn Johnson]

I love this book !!!!! it goes back frrom the beggining of basketball to the present time .Its really entertaining and make me want to play basketball even more every day . I read it every night just thinking of the possiblilities of me making it to the NBA .

[leila · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this on sale at b&n today!!! It's awesome

[Villaviray_k · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book cause i love basketball, not really just basketball but lots of sports thats why i read this kinds of books

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not really a book you read - it's ok - just some interesting stuff about college and pro basketball. - really more than 50 pages, but that's what I read.

[Jokim Davis]

I think this story will in cloud Micheal Jordan