Combining original essays from award-winning authors, historic feature articles from the archive of SPORT magazine, the most comprehensive statistical register available covering every player in NBA history, biographies of top players in the game, plus complete results, award winners and records, this book sets the standard in the field of basketball reference books.
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"If you don’t own a copy, you can hardly refer to yourself as a fan." -- Sam Amico, InsideHoops.com
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Bigger and Better,
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This review is from: Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
I have two basketball encyclopedias, the one the NBA did four years ago at 911 pages and now the 2004 Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia weighing in at eight pounds and 1470 pages. It is the most complete basketball book ever compiled. Period. Hey, when it comes to encyclopedias, size matters. The data base includes all 3,530 players ever to play in the NBL, BAA, and NBA. It has regular season and playoff stats for every player. It has a color photo section of the greatest all-time players. I haven't read everything yet, but there are stories about the game's invention, development, the evolution of equipment, the 20 best trades and free agent acquisitions in history, history and records of the ABA, a history of the NCAA tournament and college basketball records (what other book ever combined college and pro ball?) a history of early and defunct leagues, the 100 best players, the history of league attendance and of every arena, the first black players, the history of women in basketball, special stories on Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Bob Pettit. Bob Ryan and Sam Smith, two of the best basketball writers in the country, did some of the writing. There are photos throughout. I'm so glad I got this book-it leaves nothing out. If you think you know basketball, think again. This book will show you how much you don't know.
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Best Basketball Book ever,
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This review is from: Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
This a must get for any stats fan of basketball. This has every basketball league that has ever played from Naismith time to the present time. Most books only have the NBA and maybe if you are lucky the ABA. I would give this 10 stars if they were available.
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very well written Book,
This review is from: Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
a must have for any Hoop Fan of the NBA. very detailed&full of Information. I enjoy all the details&never get tired of reading on the Nba&it's history. a must have.
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