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12, 1891, 13 rules of a new game were posted in a YMCA gym in Springfield, Massachusetts. At each end of the floor, Dr. James A. Naismith, who had invented the game, had peach baskets nailed below a walkway that happened to be 10-feet high. Within a few days, one of Naismith's students would christen the new game "Basket Ball."
Over a century ago, no one could possibly have envisioned the extraordinary changes that were going to transform Dr. Naismith's game. Who could have imagined a 6-10 George Mikan swatting shots away from the basket? Julius Erving in flight, soaring in from the free throw line for a heart-stopping stuff? Or Bob Cousy throwing a mind-boggling no-look, behind-the-back pass; Jerry West hitting a 60-foot shot with no time left in a crucial playoff game; Larry Bird's three-point prowess and Michael Jordan rising to heights - literally and figuratively - never before seen by any athlete? Who could have foreseen more than 62,000 fans crowded into the Georgia Dome to s
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Over a century ago, no one could possibly have envisioned the extraordinary changes that were going to transform Dr. Naismith's game. Who could have imagined a 6-10 George Mikan swatting shots away from the basket? Julius Erving in flight, soaring in from the free throw line for a heart-stopping stuff? Or Bob Cousy throwing a mind-boggling no-look, behind-the-back pass; Jerry West hitting a 60-foot shot with no time left in a crucial playoff game; Larry Bird's three-point prowess and Michael Jordan rising to heights - literally and figuratively - never before seen by any athlete? Who could have foreseen more than 62,000 fans crowded into the Georgia Dome to s
Jan Hubbard, NBA Vice President, Editorial, joined the NBA in 1993 after a 16-year career as a newspaper writer. Hubbard covered the NBA for 13 years for Newsday, the Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He also wrote an NBA column for The Sporting News for 10 years and appeared on the NBA Beat on ESPN during the 1992-93 NBA season. He has written two books on the NBA Finals: Six Times as Sweet (the Chicago Bulls' 1998 championship) and One for San Antonio (the Spurs' 1999 championship). He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Lisa, and children, Joe and Carrie.
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- PublisherVillard
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0394580397
- ISBN 13 9780394580395
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages766
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