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ISBN10: 1476746168
ISBN13: 9781476746166
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: Apr 20 2013
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.79
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781476746166
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: Apr 20 2013
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.79
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
It was an era when the game was played for the love of it, and a fledgling NBA struggled for mainstream attention. Bob Cousy was at the heart of basketball's emergence as premier entertainment, a dynamo whose talent and ingenuity dazzled fans and players. The MVP of the 1957 season and veteran of six NBA championships with the Boston Celtics, his trademark behind-the-back dribble and no-look pass gave us basketball as no one had seen it before -- a one-man revolution that set the stage for Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Bill Russell, and others. Here is the fascinating, in-depth story of Cousy's life -- his tenement childhood, his drives and motivations, his little-known personal life, and his record-breaking career -- set against one of the most exciting generations in sports history.
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