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.
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Rob Fleder was executive editor of Sports Illustrated and the editor of SI Books during his twenty years at Time Inc. He was also an editor at Esquire, Playboy, and The National Sports Daily. Some of the books he edited are The Sports Illustrated Baseball Book, SI 50: The Anniversary Book, The SI Football Book; Hate Mail From Cheerleaders (by Rick Reilly), SI's Great Baseball Writing, and Paper Trails: True Stories of Confusion, Mindless Violence and Forbidden Desires, A Surprising Number of Which Are Not About Marriage (by Pete Dexter).
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By C. Young
Format: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.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Cindy B
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
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.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format: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 !
Highly recommended !
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Sports Illustrated The Basketball Book
A gift for my 11 year old Grandson who is a true basketball fan. Nice quality book for the money.
Published 10 days ago by patk
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
I bought this for my son's friend and he loves it. He reads it all the time. Nice purchase for the money.
Published 1 month ago by Tammy Sears
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
My husband loved this book. Makes a Great gift for a coach or player. Great pictures and history of the game.
Published 2 months ago by RA
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent overall look at the sport
This was a gift for my grandson, who is seriously interested in all sports. He loved it, and I'm sure he'll read it for many years.
Published 4 months ago by Rose Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT book!
My son (11) is a huge basketball fan and this was the perfect Christmas present for him. He spends hours pouring through the stories.
Published 4 months ago by E Wayt
5.0 out of 5 stars
Basketball history with plenty of pictures
Its the perfect book for a 6th grade reader who loves basketball and wants to know more about its history. Good action pictures of past and present stars is a plus.
Published 4 months ago by D. Maguire
5.0 out of 5 stars
Son Loves
My 13 year old son was reading this on XMas morn, so that is a good book! He loves bball.
Published 4 months ago by Ali McD
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful book-
This is a big coffee table book, with wonderful pictures and stories. If you have a big basketball fan in your life, this is the book to get!
Published 4 months ago by blondie2011
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book to browse.
This is a gift for a basketball fan. In looking through it, I think it will be a hit. I'm pleased.
Published 5 months ago by Pokey
5.0 out of 5 stars
just what he wanted...
I got this for my husband for christmas-he's a big basketball fan and he's interested in becoming a coach someday. Read more
Published 15 months ago by cashman
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