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The Right Move (Windy City, #2)
by (shelved 313 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.38 — 561,323 ratings — published 2023
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 203 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.20 — 38,601 ratings — published 2009
The Crossover (ebook)
by (shelved 178 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.21 — 71,613 ratings — published 2014
When the Game Was Ours (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 152 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 16,227 ratings — published 2009
The Breaks of the Game (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.22 — 13,585 ratings — published 1981
Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever (Hardcover)
by (shelved 133 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 14,236 ratings — published 2012
Long Shot (Hoops, #1)
by (shelved 122 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.16 — 82,692 ratings — published 2018
The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.25 — 19,398 ratings — published 1992
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success (Audio CD)
by (shelved 106 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.19 — 18,805 ratings — published 2013
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,882 ratings — published 1990
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.28 — 6,902 ratings — published 1989
A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,588 ratings — published 1986
Michael Jordan: The Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.31 — 8,758 ratings — published 2014
Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,908 ratings — published 2014
Night Shift (Daydreamers, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.50 — 82,654 ratings — published 2023
Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,051 ratings — published 2007
Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,066 ratings — published 2022
Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,799 ratings — published 2020
Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
by (shelved 79 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,681 ratings — published 2017
Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,509 ratings — published 2006
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.25 — 19,081 ratings — published
The Last Season: A Team In Search of Its Soul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.10 — 8,879 ratings — published 2005
Basketball: A Love Story (Audio CD)
by (shelved 63 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,600 ratings — published 2018
Hook Shot (Hoops, #3)
by (shelved 62 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.20 — 30,576 ratings — published 2019
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,858 ratings — published 2016
Sacred Hoops: SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.03 — 5,702 ratings — published 1995
The Assist (Smart Jocks, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.90 — 12,724 ratings — published 2018
The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,591 ratings — published 2002
Hating the Player (Campus Wallflowers #2)
by (shelved 56 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.83 — 17,361 ratings — published 2022
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.25 — 14,851 ratings — published 2024
The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,076 ratings — published 1994
Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,518 ratings — published 2009
Game Changer (King of the Court, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.60 — 7,672 ratings — published 2023
Dragon Hoops (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.32 — 9,497 ratings — published 2020
Block Shot (Hoops, #2)
by (shelved 50 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.82 — 36,251 ratings — published 2018
The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,125 ratings — published 2005
The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA (Sports Illustrated)
by (shelved 50 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,883 ratings — published 2009
Drive: The Story of My Life (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,859 ratings — published 1989
Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,134 ratings — published 2009
All I Need (The Knights, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,955 ratings — published
Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,724 ratings — published 2019
Heaven Is a Playground (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,581 ratings — published 1976
Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,735 ratings — published 1993
The Fadeaway (Smart Jocks, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.96 — 8,833 ratings — published 2019
Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,531 ratings — published 2007
Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,156 ratings — published 2021
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.05 — 288,175 ratings — published 2007
The Sixth Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,741 ratings — published 2019
Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.30 — 14,373 ratings — published 2018
Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,977 ratings — published 2004
“You ready to play?" Dave asked, bouncing it.
"I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?"
"It's street ball!" He said checking it to me. "Show me that love."
So chessy, i thought. But as i felt it, solid against my hands, i did feel something. I wasn't sure it was love. Maybe what remained of it, though, whatever that might be. "All right," I said. "Let's play.”
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"I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?"
"It's street ball!" He said checking it to me. "Show me that love."
So chessy, i thought. But as i felt it, solid against my hands, i did feel something. I wasn't sure it was love. Maybe what remained of it, though, whatever that might be. "All right," I said. "Let's play.”
―
“[On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'"
(One On 1, interview with Budd Mishkin; NY1, March 25, 2007.)”
― Everything They Had: Sports Writing
(One On 1, interview with Budd Mishkin; NY1, March 25, 2007.)”
― Everything They Had: Sports Writing
