David Halberstam
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 467 pages Rating: 4.19 | 10259 Users | 271 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Breaks of the Game |
| Author | : | David Halberstam |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 467 pages |
| Published | : | February 12th 1983 by Ballantine Books (first published 1981) |
| Categories | : | Sports. Nonfiction. Basketball. History |
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"Among the best books ever written on professional basketball." The Philadelphia InquirerDavid Halberstam, best-selling author of THE FIFTIES and THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, turns his keen reporter's eye on the sport of basketball -- the players and the coaches, the long road trips, what happens on court, in front of television cameras, and off-court, where no eyes have followed -- until now.
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| Original Title: | The Breaks of the Game |
| ISBN: | 0345296257 (ISBN13: 9780345296252) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.19 From 10259 Users | 271 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books The Breaks of the Game
Truly a fantastic, fascinating book. As a life-long Blazer fan, I started the book with the hopes of understanding the roots of my hometown team. What I found was an in-depth examination of the NBA in a period of evolution and stunted growth, with the '79-'80 Blazers as a vehicle to move the narrative forward. Halberstam's coverage of racial, social, and economic actions and consequences is direct and objective and provides far more of a historical read than I had expected. As it relates to myPretty interesting view into the NBA of the late 70's from David Halberstam.
An outstanding slice of the NBA as it stood 1979-1980. Halberstam uses a season with the Portland Trailblazers, a team in turmoil but still bearing a championship pedigree from just a few years before to examine every aspect of NBA life he can glean: contracts & money, the battles for jobs, the challenges of coaching & playing in the league over a long season, the strains it puts on people's personal life, dealing with injuries (and incidentally showing just how poor sports medicine was
Liked to claim I became a Blazer fan in 1965. Yes, that well was before francise began. But, it was professional quality in the big Portland arena: Bill Bradley/Cassie Russell. Lived in a big house with college basketball players. Have perched many hours on front row of basketball fan benches for Portland State college gameshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_NC...(Mother called from the country club a few hours before the game started. One of her customers wouldn't be able to use his tickets ...
Although this is a review of David Halberstams The Breaks of the Game, Ive included a lot of material about Halberstam and his works in general, somewhat unorthodox in the world of reviewing So lets get right to the actual review first, and you can then shut down if you dont want to know anything else about his iconic writing.This is a review of his second basketball book, The Breaks of the Game, in which he recounts his stay with the 1979-80 Portland Trailblazers and superstar Bill Walton. The
I bought this book because I read somewhere that it was one of the greatest sports books ever written. Halberstam is a good writer and a master of the vignette. He does a great job of giving a sense of his subjects in just a few pages. Still, I'm not that interested in Bill Walton, who figures large, and I wasn't familiar with a number of the players. I did, however, become a fan of Kermit Washington's career. I was surprised how dated the book seemed; the NBA of the late 70s was all
Wow. This is a phenomenal book. Halberstam gets into the nuts and bolts of not just basketball, but people, society, economics, and capitalism. Halberstam is A) a flat out great writer B) a compassionate progressive soul C) smart as heck D) an amazingly astute observer of life and people.Writing about the Portland Trailblazers circa 1980, he delves into the Blazers' players, management, and ownership. Often times he uses these great long story arcs and background expositions that helps bring
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