Sports Illustrated: The Basketball Book [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Grade Level: P and up | Series: 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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 294 pages
• Publisher: Sports Illustrated (October 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933821191
• ISBN-13: 978-1933821191
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 1.2 x 12.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,180 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #30 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Basketball

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sposts Illustrated " The basketball Book " scores again !, January 8, 2008

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C. Young (Stewartstown, Pa.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sports Illustrated: The Basketball Book (Hardcover)

I bought the SI Basketball book because I had already bought the baseball and football books, and was very pleased with them.. I expected the basketball book to be of the same quality of writing and photos of the other two. I was not diapointed. The book is full of great articles by quality writers, and with many photos by the famed photo staff at SI. If you want a good quaility book, and are a basketball fan, this book is worth the more then fair asking price. The origins of the game to the present day game is covered as well as profiles on the superstars of each decade, is excellent. This is an exceptional book, buy it, it is worth it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Basketball Book, December 31, 2007

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Tim Fitzgerald - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sports Illustrated: The Basketball Book (Hardcover)

Great basketball book. Excellent if you'd like to get an appreciation of the 60's and 70's of NBA basketball (as well as current information).

Highly recommended !

5.0 out of 5 stars Sports Illustrated Basketball Book, January 14, 2012

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Cindy Brooks - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sports Illustrated: The Basketball Book (Hardcover)

I bought this for my 9 year old grandson who is a HUGE basketball fan. It may be too in depth for most kids, but if they're a good reader and have that passionate interest they'll love it.