Basketball Jones: America Above the Rim

by Kenneth L. Shropshire and Todd Boyd

Book Overview

It began with Magic, Bird, and Dr. J. Then came Michael. The Dream Team. The WNBA. And, most recently, "Spree" Latrell Sprewell--American Dream or American Nightmare?--the embodiment of everything many believe is wrong--and others believe is exciting--about the game.
Today, despite the NBA strike, despite home run derbies, despite football's headlock on network television ratings, despite the much-heralded return of baseball, basketball has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814713165
• ISBN13: 9780814713167
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Basketball Jones flies higher than ever

This is a great documentary that will leave you amazed from start to finish. Very detailed information from many different basketball players careers. This book tells the story of how basketball was and still is the most watched sport. This book will keep even people who dont read books much, focused on finishing it till the last page. Great for essays or reports in high school, or college.

Basketball Jones

Excellent read about behind the glitter and money of professional basketball from the perspective of black ball players.

one of the best b-ball books around

I personally thought this book was great. It was great because it told about how the NBA was so plain and simple back then but now its something else. So as you know this book was all about the NBA. So if you really like the NBA then you should buy this book. One of the best books I have ever read.