| Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA, in the Words of the Men Who Played, Coached, and Built Pro Basketball |  | Author: Terry Pluto
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0671742795
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.323640973
EAN: 9780671742799
ASIN: 0671742795
Publication Date: December 1, 1992
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Greatest NBA Book Ever Written December 1, 2007
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Terry Pluto has written the most entertaining book on the NBA I've ever read. Logging the history of the league in a conversational format, Pluto has captured the formative years of the NBA in a bottle. This book is done in a style of quotes with the men who played, coached and refereed the game when the league used to be the opening act for the Harlem Globetrotters. I've read this book many times and it is always great. Some of the stories are truly priceless. It chronicles the Dynasties of the Minneapolis Lakers, the Boston Celtics, and the 1967 76ers. A fascinating chapter on the rivalry between Wilt Chamberlain and the Bill Russell led Celtics Dynasty told by the players themselves really puts you in the locker rooms of those classic battles.Great anecdotes about how rough things were for visiting players back in the day reveals how the referees always stood right next to the home teams bench knowing that drunken fans didn't throw things at the home players. This book is a whos who of NBA greats from a by gone and largely forgotten era before the million dollar contracts and huge TV ratings. It's just like sitting down with the legends of the old guard and sharing a few beers and hearing all their great stories. If you are a fan of the NBA and are at all interested in the history of the league, this book is a must have.
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