Profiles of the very best NBA players and a definitive history of the game. 
 The spectacular success of the NBA is based on its stars, their performances and personalities, which excite fans game after game, championship after championship. Michael Grange has profiled 50 of the greatest and most electrifying players in the league's history in this newly updated edition of Basketball's Greatest Stars. 
 They're all here: the score-at-will centers, the quick-dishing guards, the take-it-to-the-hoop power forwards and the three-point shooters. The book also features a chapter on future greats who are starting on the NBA hardwood now. Grange's insightful essays cover the leading men and defining moments that have shaped the sport, the international game, the rise of the three-point shot and the changing nature and importance of statistical analysis. As an added bonus there are profiles of all 30 NBA franchises -- the organizations that have orchestrated the league's rise to greatness. 
 Some of the current NBA stars featured in this fourth edition are: 
<ul>
<li> DeMarcus Cousins </li> <li> Stephen Curry</li> <li> Anthony Davis</li> <li> Kevin Durant</li> <li> Paul George</li> <li> James Harden</li> <li> Kyrie Irving</li> <li> LeBron James</li> <li> Kristaps Porzingis</li> <li> Russell Westbrook </li>
</ul>
 Some of the NBA stars of yesteryear are: 
<ul>
<li> Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</li> <li> Charles Barkley</li> <li> Larry Bird</li> <li> Wilt Chamberlain</li> <li> Walt Frazier</li> <li> Magic Johnson</li> <li> Michael Jordan</li> <li> Karl Malone</li> <li> Shaquille O'Neal</li> <li> Bill Russell. </li>
</ul>
 Jam-packed with terrific photographs that celebrate each superstar and capture the excitement on the court, Basketball's Greatest Stars is a superb book for every fan.

Basketball's Greatest Stars

Grange, Michael

Biographies & Memoirs

Firefly Books

In Basketball's Greatest Stars, author Michael Grange takes you courtside for a look at the 50 best players in NBA history From the early days of Bob Cousy to the Showtime era of Magic Johnson, from Michael Jordan's electrifying dunks to LeBron James' all-out dominance -- the legends are here! Relive the moments and revel in the triumphs of the NBA's superstars, including Kareem Abdul-Jabar, Larry Bird, Stephen Curry, Wilt Chamberlain, Shaquille O'Neal, Oscar Robertson, Kevin Durant, and many more With a foreword by NBA great Wayne Embry, Basketball's Greatest Stars features insightful essays that highlight the leading figures and defining moments that have shaped the NBA, international basketball and statistical analysis Profiles of the NBA's 30 franchises round out this incredible volume Updated for 2023, this fifth edition contains a new crop of 15 young stars who are dominating today's game and could one day reach the heights of Basketball's Greatest, including: <ul> <li>Zion Williamson</li> <li>Luka Doncic</li> <li>Ja Morant</li> <li>Jayson Tatum</li> <li>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander</li> <li>Donovan Mitchell</li> </ul> Jam-packed with unforgettable stories, mind-blowing stats and over 120 photos that capture the on-court excitement, Basketball's Greatest Stars is the ultimate book for every NBA fan

Love them or hate them, they’re the most successful team in professional hockey … just not on the scoresheet. The Toronto Maple Leafs are an exception to every law of the sporting jungle. They miss the playoffs and the sellouts keep coming. They haven’t won a Stanley Cup since 1967, but the earning power of that blue-and-white maple leaf, no matter the chronic woes of the blue-and-white’s power play, never ceases to increase. In this description of failure and prescription for hope, Toronto Star sports columnist Dave Feschuk and Globe and Mail sports reporter Michael Grange draw the illogical roadmap that pinpoints how the once-proud Leafs got lost in the sporting hinterlands, who’s to blame for stranding them there, and how they might extract themselves from this historic mire.

Leafs AbomiNation: The dismayed fan's handbook to why the Leafs stink and how they can rise again

Reference

Feschuk, Dave

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Random House Canada

From the authors of the national bestseller Leafs AbomiNation, the story behind the success of one of Canada's greatest athletes, NBA all-star Steve Nash. A small man in a big man's game, a white man in a game dominated by black men, a rare Canadian in a US-based industry, the unlikely rise of Steve Nash, from Victoria high school to Hollywood hardwood, is compelling proof that great things await those who refuse to accept less of themselves. Nearly 2 decades into a Hall of Fame-bound career, Nash is a 2-time MVP, an 8-time all-star and wearer of one of the league's top-selling jerseys. And no one but Nash saw it coming. With the combination of wit and comprehensive reporting that distinguished Leafs AbomiNation, Feschuk and Grange tell the extraordinary story of drive, confidence, commitment and learning to do without that post-game beer that turned a Canadian's improbable NBA dream into the stuff of sporting legend. They convincingly bust a host of oft-repeated myths. That Nash is an inferior athlete is one: he might be one of the best athletes in the world, when factors like coordination, vision, balance and work ethic are given weight alongside size, speed and power. The myth that he overcame his upbringing in Canada to make it in the NBA is another: Growing up in Victoria, B.C., in the mid-1980s was more likely why he turned into the player he did. Revealing, playful and a perfect read for any sports fan, Steve Nash is the inspiring story of the consummate athletic outlier.

Steve Nash: The Unlikely Ascent of a Superstar

From the authors of the national bestseller Leafs AbomiNation, the story behind the unpredictable success of an NBA great. With a new afterword for the paperback edition. A small man in a big man's game, a white man in a game dominated by black men, a rare Canadian in a US-based industry, the unlikely rise of Steve Nash from Victoria high school to Hollywood hardwood is compelling proof that great things await those who refuse to accept less of themselves. Nearing the end of a nearly 2-decade Hall of Fame-bound career, Nash is a 2-time MVP, an 8-time all-star and wearer of one of the league's top-selling jerseys. And no one but Nash saw it coming. With the combination of wit and comprehensive reporting that distinguished Leafs AbomiNation, Feschuk and Grange tell the extraordinary story of drive, confidence, commitment and learning to do without that post-game beer that turned an improbable NBA dream into the stuff of sporting legend. They convincingly bust a host of oft-repeated myths. That Nash has been an inferior athlete is one: he might have been one of the best athletes in the world, when factors like coordination, vision, balance and work ethic are given weight alongside size, speed and power. The myth that he overcame his upbringing in Canada to make it in the NBA is another: Growing up in Victoria, B.C., in the mid-1980s was more likely why he turned into the player he did. Revealing, playful and a perfect read for any sports fan, Steve Nash is the inspiring story of the consummate athletic outlier.

Vintage Canada

Paperback: 147 pages, Publisher: Sea Script (September 4, 2009), Language: English, # ISBN-10: 0615302939 # ISBN-13: 978-0615302935, Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches

Journey to Excellence: The Young Golfer's Complete Guide to Achievement and Personal Growth

Sports & Outdoors

Brunton, Henry

Golf

Henry Brunton Golf

Profiles of the best NBA players provide a great history of the game. Basketball is second of the top three elite professional sports, whose players command stratospheric salaries. The spectacular success of the NBA is based on its stars' performances, which excite fans game after game, championship after championship. Basketball's Greatest Stars features detailed profiles of the 50 greatest and most exciting players in basketball history. They're all here: the score-at-will centers, the quick-dishing guards and the take-it-to-the-hoop power forwards. The book also features the players whose star power has gone beyond the court into the culture of celebrity. Michael Grange includes action photographs that celebrate the play of every superstar past and present, and profiles of 30 franchises chart the league's rise to greatness. Some of the stars of the hardwood in the book are: <ul>
<li> Michael Jordan 
</li>
<li>Magic Johnson 
</li>
<li>Larry Bird 
</li>
<li>Bill Russell 
</li>
<li>Bob Cousy 
</li>
<li>Jerry West 
</li>
<li>Wilt Chamberlain 
</li>
<li>Julius Erving 
</li>
<li>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
</li>
<li>Rick Barry 
</li>
<li>Shaquille O'Neal 
</li>
<li>LeBron James 
</li>
<li>Dirk Nowitzki 
</li>
<li>Kobe Bryant 
</li>
<li>Tim Duncan 
</li>
<li>Karl Malone</li>
</ul>
Grange also examines the sport in three insightful essays, covering the leading men and defining moments that have shaped the game, the international game and the changing nature and importance of statistical analysis. Basketball's Greatest Stars is a superb book for the fan and a compelling history of a great game.

"Grange brings informed opinions and an engaging voice to the text . . . Best of all, though, are the photos; beautifully reproduced, the four-color images jump off the pages, showing the various stars in signature shots . . . A sweet combination of superb browsing and surprisingly substantive commentary." -- Booklist 
 Basketball's Greatest Stars features detailed profiles of the 50 greatest and most exciting players in basketball history. They're all here: the score-at-will centers, the quick-dishing guards and the take-it-to-the-hoop power forwards. The book also features the players whose star power has gone beyond the court into the culture of celebrity. Michael Grange includes action photographs, which celebrate the play of every superstar past and present, and profiles of 30 franchises chart the league's rise to greatness. 
 Some of the stars of the hardwood in the book are: 
<ul>
<li>Michael Jordan </li>
<li>Magic Johnson </li>
<li>Larry Bird </li>
<li>Bill Russell </li>
<li>Bob Cousy </li>
<li>Jerry West </li>
<li>Wilt Chamberlain </li>
<li>Julius Erving </li>
<li>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar </li>
<li>Rick Barry </li>
<li>Shaquille O'Neal </li>
<li>LeBron James </li>
<li>Dirk Nowitzki </li>
<li>Kobe Bryant </li>
<li>Tim Duncan </li>
<li>Karl Malone</li> </ul>
 Grange also examines the sport in three insightful essays, covering the leading men and defining moments that have shaped the game, the international game and the changing nature and importance of statistical analysis. Basketball's Greatest Stars is a superb book for the fan and a compelling history of a great game.

Embry, Wayne

Profiles of the best NBA players provide a great history of the game. 
 Basketball is an elite professional sport and players command stratospheric salaries. The spectacular success of the NBA is based on its stars' performances, which excite fans game after game, championship after championship. 
 Basketball's Greatest Stars features detailed profiles of the 50 greatest and most exciting players in basketball history. They're all here: the score-at-will centers, the quick-dishing guards and the take-it-to-the-hoop power forwards. The book also features the players whose star power has gone beyond the court into the culture of celebrity. Action photographs celebrate the play of every superstar past and present, and the 30 franchise profiles chart the league's rise to greatness. 
 Included in this edition are: 
<ul>
New stars <li> Carmelo Anthony</li> <li> Andrew Bynum</li> <li> DeMarcus Cousins</li> <li> Stephen Curry</li> <li> Anthony Davis</li> <li> Kevin Durant</li> <li> Blake Griffin</li> <li> James Harden</li> <li> Kyrie Irving</li> <li> Kevin Love</li> <li> Greg Monroe</li> <li> Rajon Rondo</li> <li> Derrick Rose</li> <li> Russell Westbrook</li> <li> Deron Williams</li> </ul>
<ul>
Stars <li> Michael Jordan</li> <li> Magic Johnson</li> <li> Larry Bird</li> <li> Bill Russell</li> <li> Jerry West</li> <li> Wilt Chamberlain</li> <li> Julius Erving</li> <li> Kareem Abduhl-Jabbar</li> <li> Rick Barry</li> <li> Shaquille O'Neal</li> <li> LeBron James</li> <li> Dirk Nowitzki</li> <li> Kobe Bryant</li> <li> Tim Duncan</li> <li> Karl Malone</li> </ul>
 The author also examines the sport in three insightful essays, covering the leading men and defining moments that have shaped the sport, the international game and the changing nature and importance of statistical analysis. Basketball's Greatest Stars is a superb book for the fan and a compelling history of a great game.

The spectacular success of the NBA is based on its stars, their performances and personalities, which excite fans game after game, championship after championship. Michael Grange has profiled the 50 greatest and most exciting of these players in Basketball's Greatest Stars. 
 They're all here: the score-at-will centers, the quick-dishing guards, the take-it-to-the-hoop power forwards, and the three-point shooters. The book also features a chapter on the future greats who are starting on NBA hardwood now. Terrific action photographs celebrate each of these superstars, past and present. As an added bonus there are profiles of all 30 franchises which have orchestrated the league's rise to greatness. 
 Some of the current NBA stars in this third edition are: 
<ul>
<li> Andrew Wiggins</li> <li> John Wall</li> <li> DeMarcus Cousins</li> <li> Stephen Curry</li> <li> Anthony Davis</li> <li> Kevin Durant</li> <li> Blake Griffn</li> <li> James Harden</li> <li> Kyrie Irving</li> <li> Kevin Love</li> <li> Klay Thompson</li> <li> Paul George</li> <li> Derrick Rose</li> <li> Russell Westbrook</li> <li> LeBron James. </li>
</ul>
 Michael Grange's insightful essays cover the leading men and defining moments that have shaped the sport, the international game and the changing nature and importance of statistical analysis. 
 Basketball's Greatest Stars is a superb book for every fan.

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Basketball's Greatest Stars

Basketball's Greatest Stars

Leafs AbomiNation: The dismayed fan's handbook to why the Leafs stink and how they can rise again

Steve Nash: The Unlikely Ascent of a Superstar

Steve Nash: The Unlikely Ascent of a Superstar

Journey to Excellence: The Young Golfer's Complete Guide to Achievement and Personal Growth

Basketball's Greatest Stars

Basketball's Greatest Stars

Basketball's Greatest Stars

Basketball's Greatest Stars