Monday, May 18, 2015

100 Books About NBA Legends (Part I)

MANUTE BOL
Manute: The Center of Two Worlds (2011)

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DRAŽEN PETROVIĆ
Drazen: The Remarkable Life and Legacy of the Mozart of Basketball (2015)

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YAO MING

Yao Ming: The Road to the NBA (2000)

YAO: A Life in Two Worlds (2005)

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EARL LLOYD
Moonfixer: The Basketball Journey of Earl Lloyd (2011)

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SPENCER HAYWOOD
Spencer Haywood: The Rise, the Fall, the Recovery (1992)

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DARRYL DAWKINS
Chocolate Thunder: The Uncensored Life and Times of Darryl Dawkins (2003)

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GRANT HILL
Change the Game: One Athlete's Thoughts on Sports, Dreams, and Growing Up (1997)

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ALONZO MOURNING
Resilience: Faith, Focus, Triumph (2008)

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JAMAAL WILKES
Jamaal Wilkes: Memoirs of The Original Smooth As Silk (2015)

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JOJO WHITE
Make It Count: The Life and Times of Basketball Great JoJo White (2012)

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MAURICE STOKES - JACK TWYMAN
An Unbreakable Bond: The Brotherhood of Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman (2014)

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VINCE CARTER
 Drive: How Vince Carter Conquered the NBA (2001)

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CONNIE HAWKINS
Foul! The Connie Hawkins Story (1972)

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CHRIS MULLIN
Inner Game Basketball: Find Your Greatness Within (2011)

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DAVE BING
Dave Bing: A Life of Challenge (2012)

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SIDNEY MONCRIEF
Moncrief: My Journey to the NBA (1990)

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LENNY WILKENS
Unguarded: My Forty Years Surviving in the NBA (2013)

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DAVID THOMPSON
David Thompson: Skywalker (2003)

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DENNIS RODMAN
Rebound: The Dennis Rodman Story (1994)

Bad as I Wanna Be (1996)

No Bull: The Unauthorized Biography of Dennis Rodman (1997)

I Should Be Dead By Now (2005)

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PETE MARAVICH
Forever Showtime: The Checkered Life of Pistol Pete Maravich (1999)

Maravich (2006)

Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich (2008)

Pete Maravich: The Authorized Biography of Pistol Pete (2008)

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EARL MONROE
Earl The Pearl: My Story (2013)

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REGGIE MILLER
I Love Being the Enemy (1995)

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LARRY BIRD - KEVIN MCHALE - ROBERT PARISH
The Big Three (1994)

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DOLPH SCHAYES
Dolph Schayes and the Rise of Professional Basketball (2014)

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DAVE DEBUSSCHERE
The Open Man: The Championship Diary of the N.Y. Knicks (1970)

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CLYDE DREXLER
Clyde Drexler: Clyde the Glide (2004)

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GEORGE MIKAN
Unstoppable: The Story of George Mikan, the First NBA Superstar (1997)
 Mr. Basketball: George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers, and the Birth of the NBA (2007)

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ALLEN IVERSON
Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson (2003)

Allen Iverson: Fear No One (2013)

Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson (2015)

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STEVE NASH
Steve Nash: The Unlikely Ascent of a Superstar (2014)

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WALT FRAZIER
Walt Frazier: One Magic Season and a Basketball Life (1988)

The Game Within the Game (2007)

Rockin' Steady: A Guide to Basketball & Cool (2010)

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WILLIS REED
Willis Reed: The Knicks' Take-Charge Man (1970)

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DWYANE WADE
A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball (2013)


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BILL WALTON
Nothing But Net: Just Give Me the Ball and Get Out of the Way (1995)

Back From the Dead (2016)

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RICK BARRY
Confessions of a Basketball Gypsy: The Rick Barry Story (1972)

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JOHN STOCKTON
Assisted: An Autobiography (2013)

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ISIAH THOMAS
The Book of Isiah: The Rise of a Basketball Legend (1997)

From the Back Court to the Front Office: The Isiah Thomas Story (2004)

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