An edition of Taking Shots (2007)

Taking shots

tall tales, bizarre battles, and the incredible truth about the NBA

1st ed.

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An edition of Taking Shots (2007)

Taking shots

tall tales, bizarre battles, and the incredible truth about the NBA

1st ed.

The NBA is in trouble. And as NBA agent Keith Glass describes it--he's part of the problem! If team owners are willing to throw millions of dollars his way for marginal players, why should he be the only one with the self-restraint to say no? In his insightful, funny, and often bizarre tales of life in the NBA over the last 25 years, Keith Glass tells you how we got to the present state--where an agent who makes millions off the game can't sit through one; why our NBA stars couldn't capture Olympic gold; and why the game he loves is in dire need of help.--From publisher description.

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HarperCollins
Language
English
Pages
274

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Cover of: Taking Shots
Taking Shots: Tall Tales, Bizarre Battles, and the Incredible Truth About the NBA
March 1, 2008, Harper Paperbacks
Paperback in English
Cover of: Taking shots
Taking shots: tall tales, bizarre battles, and the incredible truth about the NBA
2007, HarperCollins
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Taking Shots
Taking Shots: Tall Tales, Bizarre Battles, and the Incredible Truth About the NBA
February 27, 2007, HarperEntertainment
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Taking Shots
Taking Shots
2007, HarperCollins
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: Taking Shots
Cover of: Taking Shots
Taking Shots: Tall Tales, Bizarre Battles, and the Incredible Truth About the NBA
February 27, 2007, HarperEntertainment
in English

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Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
338.4/7796092, B
Library of Congress
GV734.5 .G53 2007, GV734.5.G53 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 274 p. [16 p. of plates] :
Number of pages
274

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL17889983M
ISBN 10
0061231851
ISBN 13
9780061231858
LCCN
2006050447
OCLC/WorldCat
76786868
LibraryThing
3627946
Goodreads
284079

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL278307W

Work Description

Bring a family of four to an NBA game today, and it costs around $500 to watch a bunch of seven-footers take bad shots. Perhaps the quote often attributed to P.T. Barnum is true—there really is a sucker born every minute.The NBA is in trouble. And as NBA agent Keith Glass describes it—he's part of the problem! If team owners are willing to throw millions of dollars his way for marginal players, why should he be the only one with the self-restraint to say "no"?In his insightful, funny, and often mind-numbingly bizarre tales of life in the NBA over the last twenty- five years, Keith Glass lets it fly from half-court. He'll tell you how we got to the present state—where an agent who makes millions off the game can't sit through one; why our NBA stars couldn't capture Olympic gold; and why the game he loves is in dire need of help.Glass has seen it all as the representative of players like Mark Eaton, the seven-foot-five center found working as a mechanic because he hated basketball; Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, who converted to Islam and brought the wrath of the league upon him when he refused to stand for the National Anthem; and first-round draft pick Quincy Douby, who was forced to enter the draft before graduating from Rutgers because of the harsh NCAA rules regarding college eligibility.With informative chapters such as "How to Feed Your Family on Only $14 Million a Year," "Eighty-one Feet of White Centers," and "From 6'11" to the 7- Eleven," Glass shatters the myth of NBA marketing: that everything about the game is great, and that as long as the fans in the luxury boxes are happy and weighed down with expensive merchandise, all is well. But have no fear! Keith Glass doesn't preach about the evils of highlight film slam-dunks—he'll just have you falling down laughing as he flagrantly fouls the league that was once the envy of the pro sports world.

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