The World of Basketball Books
After 7 Seconds or Less and Dream Team, Golden Days is the third book by the author Jack McCallum that I’m reviewing on this blog. Since I really enjoyed the other two books and included them in my personal top 10 of the best NBA books, I didn’t have to think twice about reading this … Read more
Basketball fans with an interest in history will immediately know from the title what a book called “Showtime” is about. For the rest, the subtitle of the book leaves no questions unanswered. It reads “Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s”. Showtime was the template for the HBO series Winning … Read more
Jerry West wrote West by West with author Jonathan Coleman and the book was published in 2011. The subtitle of the book is “My Charmed, Tormented Life”. And this one is well chosen. West is one of the most successful people of all time when it comes to basketball. He was successful in high school … Read more
Veteran sportswriter and book author Roland Lazenby wrote this Kobe Bryant biography in 2016. This was after Kobe’s NBA career ended and before he died. In my edition however, there is also a small obituary by the author in the back. It was added a few weeks after Kobe’s death. “Showboat: The Life of Kobe … Read more