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The Franchise: Building a Winner With the World Champion Detroit Pistons, Basketballs Bad Boys
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Hoop Atlas: Mapping the Remarkable Transformation of the Modern NBA―Reshaping the NBA Through Statistical Analysis
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4.26 avg rating — 522 ratings
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Life on the Run
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4.10 avg rating — 672 ratings
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When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season
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3.90 avg rating — 1,116 ratings
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Show Time: Inside the Laker's Breakthrough Season
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3.88 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Unfinished Business: On and Off the Court with the 1990-91 Boston Celtics
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4.04 avg rating — 381 ratings
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Jail Blazers: How the Portland Trail Blazers Became the Bad Boys of Basketball
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3.47 avg rating — 374 ratings
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Built to Lose: How the NBA's Tanking Era Changed the League Forever
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3.69 avg rating — 402 ratings
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Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court
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3.90 avg rating — 804 ratings
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Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession
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3.60 avg rating — 188 ratings
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Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA
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3.96 avg rating — 560 ratings
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Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
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4.28 avg rating — 6,826 ratings
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Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
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4.36 avg rating — 4,758 ratings
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Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns
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How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth
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3.78 avg rating — 1,362 ratings
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The Breaks of the Game
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4.22 avg rating — 13,419 ratings
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The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls
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4.25 avg rating — 19,241 ratings
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I Love Being the Enemy
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4.10 avg rating — 201 ratings
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Jerry West: The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon
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4.17 avg rating — 171 ratings
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Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA
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4.11 avg rating — 1,692 ratings
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Basketball: A Love Story
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4.19 avg rating — 1,577 ratings
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Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
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4.39 avg rating — 10,424 ratings
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Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
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4.29 avg rating — 4,584 ratings
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Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
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4.30 avg rating — 4,810 ratings
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The Back Roads to March: The Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes of a College Basketball Season
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3.88 avg rating — 789 ratings
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Miracles on the Hardwood: The Hope-and-a-Prayer Story of a Winning Tradition in Catholic College Basketball
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3.88 avg rating — 160 ratings
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The Midrange Theory
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4.09 avg rating — 721 ratings
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Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
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4.38 avg rating — 6,579 ratings
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The Great Nowitzki: Basketball and the Meaning of Life
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4.33 avg rating — 1,008 ratings
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Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant
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4.30 avg rating — 2,533 ratings
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Return of the King: LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History
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4.13 avg rating — 2,301 ratings
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Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution
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4.14 avg rating — 2,844 ratings
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Got To Give the People What They Want: True Stories and Flagrant Opinions from Center Court
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3.92 avg rating — 911 ratings
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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
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4.20 avg rating — 38,247 ratings
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Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson
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3.91 avg rating — 962 ratings
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Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court
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4.02 avg rating — 1,973 ratings
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Michael Jordan: The Life
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4.31 avg rating — 8,541 ratings
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Why So Serious?: The Untold Story of NBA Champion Nikola Jokic – The Revealing Biography of the Best Basketball Player on the Planet
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4.16 avg rating — 674 ratings
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When Nothing Else Matters: Michael Jordan's Last Comeback
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4.21 avg rating — 1,961 ratings
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The Last Amateurs
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Making Magic: How Orlando Won an NBA Team
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Rebound : The Odyssey of Michael Jordan
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Trial by Basketball: The Life and Times of Tex Winter
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I Can't Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence
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Adolph Rupp: Kentucky's Basketball Baron
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Dean's Domain: The Inside Story of Dean Smith and His College Basketball Empire
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The essence of the game is deception: Thinking about basketball
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Hang Time: Days and Dreams With Michael Jordan
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3.85 avg rating — 476 ratings
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Duke Basketball: 100 Seasons: A Legacy of Achievement
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Bird On Basketball: How-to Strategies From The Great Celtics Champion
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KD: Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest
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Dynasties: The 10 G.O.A.T. Teams That Changed the NBA Forever
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A Soaring Season: The Incredible, Inspiring Story of the 2003-04 Saint Joseph’s Hawks
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Dynasty Restored: How Larry Bird and the 1984 Boston Celtics Conquered the NBA and Changed Basketball
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Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court
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Five Banners: Inside the Duke Basketball Dynasty
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Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend
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The Knicks of the Nineties: Ewing, Oakley, Starks and the Brawlers That Almost Won It All
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4.21 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The Education of Kendrick Perkins: A Memoir
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3.89 avg rating — 249 ratings
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The Wonder Boy: Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness
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There Is No Next: NBA Legends on the Legacy of Michael Jordan
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The Boys of Dunbar: A Story of Love, Hope, and Basketball
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4.18 avg rating — 490 ratings
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Kingdom on Fire: Kareem, Wooden, Walton, and the Turbulent Days of the UCLA Basketball Dynasty
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Vintage Cavs: A Warm Look Back at the Cavaliers of the Cleveland Arena and Richfield Coliseum Years
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Pipeline to the Pros
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Unbracketed: Big-Time College Basketball Done The Right Way
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Just Ballin': The Chaotic Rise of the New York Knicks
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Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon
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Bull Run: The Story of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls The Greatest Team in Basketball History
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The Show: The Inside Story of the Spectacular Los Angeles Lakers in the Words of Those Who Lived It
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Out of Bounds: Inside the NBA's Culture of Rape, Violence, and Crime – By the National Expert on Athletes and Crime: An Exposé of NBA Players and League Tolerance
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The Winner Within: A Life Plan for Team Players
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Chasing Perfection: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the High-Stakes Game of Creating an NBA Champion
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My Losing Season: A Memoir
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Basketball is Jazz
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Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life
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By God's Grace
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Thinking Basketball
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There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
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Top of the World: The Inside Story of the Boston Celtics Amazing One-Year Turnaround to Become NBA Champions
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The City Game: Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds
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From the Outside: My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love – The New York Times Bestseller from the Hall of Fame Two-Time NBA Champion
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Hoops Heist: Seattle, the Sonics and How a Stolen Team's Legacy Gave Rise to the NBA's Secret Empire
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Between Dynasties: The Los Angeles Lakers in the years between Magic and Kobe
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Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA
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Vagrant Kings
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Mr. Basketball: George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers & the Birth of the NBA
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MPLS: The Minneapolis Lakers and the Dawn of Professional Basketball
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The Curse: The Colorful & Chaotic History of the LA Clippers
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Reborn: The Pacers and the Return of Pro Basketball to Indianapolis
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The Franchise: LeBron James and the Remaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers
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To the Brink: Stockton Malone and the Utah Jazz's Climb to the Edge of Glory
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Clyde the Glide: My Life in Basketball
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We the North: 25 Years of the Toronto Raptors
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Long Shot
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Mad Game : The NBA Education of Kobe Bryant
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The Last Banner: The Story of the 1985-86 Celtics, the NBA's Greatest Team of All Time
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No Malice: My Life in Basketball or: How a Kid from Queensbridge Survived the Streets, the Brawls, and Himself to Become an NBA Champion
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The Dandy Dons: Bill Russell, K. C. Jones, Phil Woolpert, and One of College Basketball's Greatest and Most Innovative Teams
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Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
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