#3 The coaches and the scouts were anxious about the new season. He was terrified of what they might reveal about him. #2 Greg Bunch, a black player, had the same psychological tests done on him as Steve Hayes did, but he had to do them a second time because of a mistake. The rookies and free agents were at the brink of their dreams, which was to play under contract in the NBA. The veterans, who had made the team before, had guaranteed money in their contracts.
Sample Book Insights: #1 In the fall of 1979, the Portland Trail Blazers were a team of rookies and free agents. In fact, here's the link, so you can go buy it yourself.Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. I learned so much about the game just from this one book alone. Long story short, this is one of the better basketball reads that any fan can pick up.
I learned so much about people I had already heard of (Bill Walton, Lionel Hollins, Jack Ramsey, Kermit Washington) and people that wouldn't have crossed my path otherwise (Larry Steele, Dave Twardzik, Maurice Lucas). It is interesting to see the parallels from then to now. This one is up there with the best of them.Īn amazing profile of not only the 79-80 Portland Trailblazers, but an in-depth look at race relations, the media surrounding basketball, and the rapid, but diluted, growth of the league as a whole at that time.
I've read other books regarding basketball history (the Larry-Magic book, a Pistol Pete biography, a book about the ABA, and, of course, The Book of Basketball, to name a few). I picked this book up last summer (got a first edition at a book store last year for a couple of bucks), and it was one of the best all-around books I have read in a long time. EDIT: Meant to write "I recommend it to everyone here." Haven't recommended it here on r/NBA previously, so I wanted to clear that up.
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