A Journey in Overseas Basketball is a 356-page chronicle with a full-color cover, 20 pages of photographs, in an attractive first edition, printed by Town Crier Publishing of Pella, Iowa.
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"Adkins' book is one-of-a-kind because no one else has the knowledge, experience or expertise to write about professional basketball overseas..." -- Jim Harris, Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City
"With what Dave Adkins knows about overseas basketball, you could write a book. He has and it's a good one." -- Coach Tom Davis, University of Iowa
Basketball has taken Iowan Dave Adkins around the world and back again. He shares his wealth of international experiences... -- The Iowan Magazine, Jan-Feb 2000
"With what Dave Adkins knows about overseas basketball, you could write a book. He has and it's a good one." -- Coach Tom Davis, University of Iowa
Basketball has taken Iowan Dave Adkins around the world and back again. He shares his wealth of international experiences... -- The Iowan Magazine, Jan-Feb 2000
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"I have written this book based on my life experiences from Grinnell, Iowa, to Africa, Australia, Asia, and Europe. In addition to the game of basketball, I comment, analyze, and describe the cultures and histories of the areas, in which I lived and worked. I discuss my interactions with many well-known coaches and personalities including Bill Fitch (Coe College and the NBA), Lute Olson (University of Iowa and Arizona), Tim Floyd (Iowa State and the Chicago Bulls), John Lucas (NBA), and others."
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A charming "hoops" book outside the mainstream,
This review is from: A Journey in Overseas Basketball (Paperback)
Adkins was an excellent high school and DIII college basketball player whose career was as a coach, administrator, and player agent for American players for overseas basketball. Journey in Overseas Basketball is probably not the basketball book you buy for your 10-year old son or daughter who has just fallen in love with the game. But if you are a life-long hoops junkie, and have worked your way through books by Wooden, John Feinstein, and the autobiographies of Russell, Kareem, and Bill Bradley (all of which I have), then you will almost surely enjoy this book. The personal stories of many players you have heard little or nothing about, as well as the more famous names of basketball, the very interesting, nuanced (but seldom arcane) descriptions of how the various international, professional leagues work, woven into the author's very interesting autobiography and personal philosophy give the book a disingenuous charm.
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It was a torrid September day in Kansas City and the KC Kings were opening vets camp at Rockhurst College under new head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Iowa State, Des Moines, Cal Bruton, Kansas City, Indian Hills, United States, Middle Tennessee, New York, Tim Floyd, Grinnell College, Gene Smith, Andrew Gaze, Grand View, South Africa, Lute Olson, Missouri Valley Conference, National Basketball League, Nick Nurse, Big Ten, Jerry Dennard, John Pfitsch, Los Angeles, Real Madrid, Brisbane Bullets, Ron Adams New!
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Iowa State, Des Moines, Cal Bruton, Kansas City, Indian Hills, United States, Middle Tennessee, New York, Tim Floyd, Grinnell College, Gene Smith, Andrew Gaze, Grand View, South Africa, Lute Olson, Missouri Valley Conference, National Basketball League, Nick Nurse, Big Ten, Jerry Dennard, John Pfitsch, Los Angeles, Real Madrid, Brisbane Bullets, Ron Adams New!
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