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Basketball Made Simple: A Spectator's Guide (Garden Lover's Guidebook) [Paperback]

Dave Ominsky (Author), P.J. Harari (Author)
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January 1, 2010 Garden Lover's Guidebook
The popularity of basketball has exploded over the last decade. Attendance has doubled and annual merchandise sales are now approaching $3 Billion! Yet many people still do not grasp the basics of the sport. This easy-to-read guide, filled with illustrations and action photographs, contains everything for the fan and non-fan alike to understand and enjoy the sport of basketball.


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P.J. Harari and Dave Ominsky co-authored this book while pursuing their MBAs at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. However, it was while working as an attorney prior to enrolling in business school that Harari first came upon the idea for a Spectator Guide. Her clients often conducted business meetings at basketball or hockey games and she spent her time feigning interest or pretending to understand what was going on.Harari went in search of a book of rules hoping to solve her dilemma. Surely the local library would have something, she thought, or perhaps a local bookstore. But she had no luck. She resorted to teaching herself football by watching games on television, weekend after weekend of sitting alone in her living room. Harari did the same with hockey and basketball. And as her expertise grew, she was visited by peers, male and female alike, who would close her office door and quietly confide that they knew nothing about sports and desperately needed or want --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 129 pages
  • Publisher: First Base Sports; 2 edition (January 1, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1884309070
  • ISBN-13: 978-1884309076
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,834,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Short but helpful guide, April 5, 2000
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This review is from: Basketball Made Simple: A Spectator's Guide (Garden Lover's Guidebook) (Paperback)
I bought this book as a gift but learned alot from it myself. I found it quite helpful.

Some things in the book were hard to find, such as the explanation of different zone defenses for NCAA. Once found, I did learn something! The explanations were short and to-the-point.

There were some pictures and diagrams, but mostly the book is text. I was hoping for more pictures.

The book covers both NBA and NCAA basketball.

Overall, not a bad place to get started with basketball!

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars basketball made simple, January 16, 2003
Very easy to read and understand. I enjoyed the stats. on the major stars. Highly recomend!
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