Sports Illustrated: The Basketball Book

by Sports Illustrated

Book Overview

Highlighted by dozens of photographs, a celebration of America's college and professional basketball from some of Sports Illustrated's finest writers captures the great teams, players, games, memorabilia, artifacts, and important moments throughout the more than one hundred years of basketball history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933821191
• ISBN13: 9781933821191
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Sports Illustrated Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 4.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 11.0" x 12.2"
• Age Range: 1 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

the best pictures ... ever

I own many b-ball books. 100 years of hoops, the NBA at 50, Giants etc... but this one is so ... complete. The mix between old and new is subtle. I wish they would do one on the golden age of the 70's.

Great Book with lots of facts

This is the perfect book for every basketball fan. It gives loads of facts and lots of photo's.

The Art of Hoops

It has been the photography - as much as the journalism - that has made Sports Illustrated an impressive chronicle of athletics and the courtside seating for basketball has been unique; the incredible growth of the NBA has coincided with the years of operation for the publication and fans could see the maturation from college to the pros - and ultimately to pop culture superstardom - for players like Jordan, Magic and Bird. The nearly 300 pages is a unique perspective of sports as modern art and is an essential book for any basketball fan.

the basketball book

The book contains a lot of history of the game of basketball. It is worth reading and makes a great gift to a basketball fan and a non fan also

Sposts Illustrated " The basketball Book " scores again !

I bought the SI Basketball book because I had already bought the baseball and football books, and was very pleased with them.. I expected the basketball book to be of the same quality of writing and photos of the other two. I was not diapointed. The book is full of great articles by quality writers, and with many photos by the famed photo staff at SI. If you want a good quaility book, and are a basketball fan, this book is worth the more then fair asking price. The origins of the game to the present day game is covered as well as profiles on the superstars of each decade, is excellent. This is an exceptional book, buy it, it is worth it.