Hoop Lore

A History of the National Basketball Association

Connie Kirchberg (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

347 Seiten

2007
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2673-7 (ISBN)

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Covers 115 years of basketball, detailing how and why the NBA was able to overcome so many of the obstacles that crushed its predecessors to become the most successfully marketed league in all of professional sports. This work covers topics such as - the game's inventor, James Naismith; the Buffalo Germans in the early 1900's; and more.

In an age where teenage hoop stars sign multimillion-dollar endorsement deals before their first professional tip-offs, it's hard to imagine a time when basketball was among the least publicized of all professional sports. After the game's creation in 1891, establishing a viable professional league was an intense struggle, requiring decades of hard work and dedication from players, owners, coaches and fans. While the game evolved from two-handed set shots, fruit baskets, short-shorts and tiny gyms to slam dunks, shoe endorsements, global popularity and massive urban arenas, the NBA established itself as one of the world's dominant professional leagues.

This work, the first comprehensive history of the National Basketball Association, offers a detailed look at how and why the NBA was able to overcome the obstacles that had crushed its predecessors and competitors to become the most successfully marketed league in professional sports. Covered here are Naismith's invention of the game; the rise and fall of the NBL, BAA, ABL and ABA; early teams like the Buffalo Germans and the Harlem Rens; basketball's Olympic debut in 1936; the first professional superstars; dominant franchises; and the current state of the league. Appendices offer lists of early professional basketball leagues and commissioners of the NBA, NBL and ABA.

Connie Kirchberg is a freelance writer specializing in biographies and popular American culture. She lives in Fresno, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Jim Barnett

Preface

Introduction

1. Peach Fuzz

2. Play Ball

3. To Pay or Not to Pay

4. Color Lines

5. Around the Bend

6. Double Trouble

7. One for the Money

8. Tick Tock

9. Dynasty by Committee

10. Starlight, Star Bright

11. Tremors

12. The Real Deal

13. Survival of the Fittest

14. A Matter of Style

15. Last Hurrah

16. A Fighting Chance

17. Saviors

18. Glory Days

19. The Greatest Show on Earth

20. The Good, the Bad, and the Global

21. Intermission

22. The Greatest Show on Earth, II

23. Promised Land

24. The Dark Age

25. Staying Alive

26. The Money Tree

27. The Air Apparents

28. The Young and the Restless

29. The Global Revolution

30. A New Foundation

31. Renovation

Appendix A: Early Professional Basketball Leagues

Appendix B: Professional Basketball Commissioners

Appendix C: Miscellaneous NBA Statistics and Awards

Appendix D: Miscellaneous ABA Statistics and Awards

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.2.2007
Zusatzinfo	33 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Basketball
ISBN-10	0-7864-2673-X / 078642673X
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-2673-7 / 9780786426737
Zustand	Neuware