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Basketball Books
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The Right Move (Windy City, #2)
by (shelved 279 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.39 — 440,678 ratings — published 2023
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 193 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.19 — 37,905 ratings — published 2009
The Crossover (ebook)
by (shelved 176 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.22 — 69,489 ratings — published 2014
When the Game Was Ours (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 143 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 16,011 ratings — published 2009
The Breaks of the Game (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.22 — 13,319 ratings — published 1981
Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever (Hardcover)
by (shelved 123 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 14,004 ratings — published 2012
Long Shot (Hoops, #1)
by (shelved 117 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.17 — 74,529 ratings — published 2018
The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.25 — 19,119 ratings — published 1992
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,770 ratings — published 1990
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success (Audio CD)
by (shelved 97 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.19 — 17,903 ratings — published 2013
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.28 — 6,764 ratings — published 1989
A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.17 — 9,318 ratings — published 1986
Michael Jordan: The Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.31 — 8,374 ratings — published 2014
Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,653 ratings — published 2014
Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.10 — 6,945 ratings — published 2007
Night Shift (Daydreamers, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.52 — 77,726 ratings — published 2023
Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,438 ratings — published 2020
Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
by (shelved 73 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,483 ratings — published 2017
Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,670 ratings — published 2022
Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,434 ratings — published 2006
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.26 — 17,950 ratings — published
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,827 ratings — published 2016
The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,553 ratings — published 2002
The Last Season: A Team In Search of Its Soul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.10 — 8,770 ratings — published 2005
Basketball: A Love Story (Audio CD)
by (shelved 57 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,561 ratings — published 2018
Hook Shot (Hoops, #3)
by (shelved 57 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.21 — 27,763 ratings — published 2019
The Assist (Smart Jocks, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.90 — 12,343 ratings — published 2018
Sacred Hoops: SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.02 — 5,505 ratings — published 1995
Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,507 ratings — published 2009
The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams – A Poignant Biography of Young Athletes, Inner-City Basketball, and the Fight to Escape Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,029 ratings — published 1994
Dragon Hoops (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.32 — 9,306 ratings — published 2020
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.27 — 12,888 ratings — published 2024
Hating the Player (Campus Wallflowers #2)
by (shelved 49 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.83 — 16,062 ratings — published 2022
Block Shot (Hoops, #2)
by (shelved 49 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.83 — 33,175 ratings — published 2018
The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA (Sports Illustrated)
by (shelved 49 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,880 ratings — published 2009
The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,026 ratings — published 2005
Game Changer (King of the Court, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.62 — 6,062 ratings — published 2023
Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,098 ratings — published 2009
Drive: The Story of My Life (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,790 ratings — published 1989
Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,511 ratings — published 2007
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.06 — 284,317 ratings — published 2007
Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.30 — 14,072 ratings — published 2018
Heaven Is a Playground (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,556 ratings — published 1976
The Sixth Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,661 ratings — published 2019
The Fadeaway (Smart Jocks, #2)
by (shelved 41 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.96 — 8,546 ratings — published 2019
Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,958 ratings — published 2004
Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,675 ratings — published 1993
Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,995 ratings — published 2021
Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,670 ratings — published 2019
The Legends Club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,067 ratings — published 2016
“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.”
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“You ready to play?" Dave asked, bouncing it.
"I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?"
"It's street ball!" He said checking it to me. "Show me that love."
So chessy, i thought. But as i felt it, solid against my hands, i did feel something. I wasn't sure it was love. Maybe what remained of it, though, whatever that might be. "All right," I said. "Let's play.”
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"I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?"
"It's street ball!" He said checking it to me. "Show me that love."
So chessy, i thought. But as i felt it, solid against my hands, i did feel something. I wasn't sure it was love. Maybe what remained of it, though, whatever that might be. "All right," I said. "Let's play.”
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