This Game's the Best! So Why Don't They Quit Screwing With It? - Hardcover

Karl, George Matthew; Yaeger, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312156715 ISBN 13: 9780312156718

Publisher: St Martins Press, 1997

Synopsis

The outspoken coach of the Seattle Supersonics offers a clear, sustained criticism of the sport of basketball today, including such issues as the marketing of individual players and how young athletes have been ruined by eager coaches and greedy parents. Tour.

About this title

About the Author:

Don Yaeger is a staff writer for Sports Illustrated.

From Booklist:

Karl, coach of the Seattle Sonics, has written a highly readable, entertaining, and perceptive book that is part autobiography and part critique of the NBA. While acknowledging the phenomenal popularity of the league, he is dismayed by trends that could undermine its success. As players get younger, richer, more egocentric, and less accountable, they pay less attention to their basic skills, their coaches, and the concept of team play. The result, Karl argues, is a gradual deterioration in the quality of the game. Although his observations are hardly unique, some of the solutions Karl proposes--such as turning the struggling Continental Basketball Association into a minor league for the NBA--are quite original. The book is likely to provoke discussion, if not much controversy. Apart from a few qualified potshots at such easy targets as Dennis Rodman and Allen Iverson, Karl doesn't name names when he complains about today's players. He's too good a coach to offer motivation for opposing players or give cause for resentment on his own team. Despite the circumspection, Karl's anecdotes and insights will greatly interest fans of pro basketball. Dennis Dodge

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0312156715
• ISBN 13: 9780312156718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258