Ultimate Guide to Basketball

by James Buckley Jr.

Thank goodness for Dr. James Naismith. If you don't know who he is, you'll find out in this awesome new fact-filled book. (Okay, we'll tell He invented basketball. Thanks, Doc!) In this book, you'll find page after page of awesome stuff about basketball, a sport that is now popular worldwide. Read about how the first pro leagues began; meet the greatest stars of past and present, and dig into basketball plays, slang, positions, stats, and much more. The Ultimate Guide to Basketball is the one-stop shopping spot for hoop heads everywhere! Your favorite pro team is in here. There is a special two-page section on every pro team. Read about Jerry West, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and dozens more. Learn why basketball players are called cagers, what a trey is, and why it's okay to be a gym rat! Whether you follow college or pro hoops, this fact-packed, buzzer-beating book will be a slam dunk.

160 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2010

About the author

In addition to his work as a professional editor, James Buckley, Jr., is also the author of many books on American sports that are geared toward young fans and budding athletes.

Buckley, who has founded a company called Shoreline Publishing Group to produce books for reluctant readers, maintains that sports are far more than simple hobbies or ways to burn off excess energy.

Reviews

[Jordan Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you know who created the game of basketball? Do you have any questions about basketball, anything at all? Well James Buckley Jr. answers all of those questions in the ultimate Guide to basketball. This book is filled with amazing stats, incredible facts, outstanding basketball stars and legends of the game and a lot more information about basketball. If you enjoy basketball, if you enjoy even sports you would like to read this book. This book can even teach you all about the positions, rules, even basketball plays. The greatest of the greatest from pass to present. You will probably know everything about basketball after reading this book, from the NBA to the WNBA to college. I would suggest this amazing book to all readers that like to read sports book.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This won;t stay on my shelves long. Zac has already called dibs before I take it back to school...after I found it under his pillow.

[Johnny]

This book is loaded with a ton of facts, stats, pictures, rules, and a lot of other stuff about old-time basketball and modern basketball.