Michael Jordan. El rey del juego

by Maximo José Tobías Rubio

Es el gran mito del baloncesto. El jugador más mediático y el que mejor ha sabido vender su imagen a largo de la historia. Su vida, sin embargo, está repleta de esfuerzos sobrehumanos: una lucha feroz, un gran de instinto de superación y retos constantes que se vencen a diario.

Máximo José Tobías ha escrito una meticulosa biografía del genio neoyorkino. Una biografía en absoluto aduladora, donde habla ampliamente de su vida deportiva, pero también de las dos retiradas, de la muerte de su padre, de sus problemas sentimentales y de su adicción al juego. El gran admirador de Jordan encontrará en este libro todas las claves de su enigmática personalidad.

400 pages, Paperback

First published May 11, 2010

Reviews

[Angel 一匹狼 · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very solid effort of a book centered on the GOAT, Michael Jordan. It tells his story from his beginnings till he became a part-owner and head of basketball operations of the Charlotte Bobcats in 2006 (not that he did a great job there). Tobías Rubio dedicates a chapter to his university days, to each of his Chicago years, he talks about the baseball excursion... It is all pretty tame, even if he repeats the well known stories about Jordan being obsessed with winning, making fun of teammates and people around him if they were not to his standards and all of his pettiness. You feel for Krause, even if he had also his shortcomings (in some ways, this book is a lot about the Chicago Dynasty, of course).

The best: it is a good review of Jordan's life

The worst: not too much critical thinking, analysis or things like that; Tobías Rubio doesn't seem to want to criticize Jordan too much

Alternatives: I still have to read Sam Smith's "The Jordan Rules"; even if a puff piece, "The Last Dance" is great fun

7.5/10

(Spanish; original)

[Carlos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Idea para conocer la trayectoria del deportista, sus momentos destacados y el dominio que ejercio en una era. Es un buen complemento para la serie "The last dance"
Al principio la narracion no es muy fluida pero mejora con el paso de los capitulos.