A Journey in Overseas Basketball (Paperback)

~ Dave Adkins (Author) "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..." (more)
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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

Product Description

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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Product Details

• Paperback: 356 pages
• Publisher: D. Adkins; 1st edition (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967094003
• ISBN-13: 978-0967094007
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,508,990 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A charming "hoops" book outside the mainstream, April 25, 2007

By	T. Moore - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.