The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA - Couverture souple

Ballard, Chris

 
9781439110225: The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1439110220 ISBN 13 : 9781439110225
Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2010

Synopsis

Chris Ballard sits down with the NBA’s most passionate, cerebral players to discover their tricks of the trade and to learn what drives them. He reveals the roots of Kobe Bryant’s limitless competitiveness; shadows LeBron James to figure out how he deploys his prodigious talent; and challenges Steve Kerr to a three-point shootout to analyze the mind-set of a pure shooter. Ballard tracks down renowned dunkers to explore the slam’s impact on today’s game, follows Shane Battier during his extensive pregame preparations, gets pointers from a free-throw shooting guru who once hit 2,750 in a row, and attends an elite NBA training camp to experience the pain that turns a prospect into a pro.

Packed with fascinating characters and startling anecdotes, and grounded in the superb writing and the reportage that is the hallmark of Sports Illustrated, The Art of a Beautiful Game is an often witty, always insightful look at the men like Steve Nash, Dwight Howard, and Dirk Nowitzki who devote themselves to this elegant and complicated sport. It’s an inside read on the game that will surprise even diehard fans.

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À propos de l'auteur

Chris Ballard, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated for two decades, is the award-winning author of four books, including One Shot at Forever, and has contributed to National Geographic and The New York Times Magazine. Reporting Plunge took him from cold plunges to competing alongside Olympians at the Ice Swimming World Championships. 

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Éditeur
Simon & Schuster
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1439110220
ISBN 13 
9781439110225
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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ISBN 10 :  1439110212 ISBN 13 :  9781439110218
Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2009
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