Hoop lore : a history of the National Basketball Association
"This work 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"--Provided by publisher
History
viii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780786426737, 078642673X
76261674
Peach fuzz
Play ball
To pay or not to pay
Color lines
Around the bend
Double trouble
One for the money
Tick tock
Dynasty by committee
Starlight, star bright
Tremors
The real deal
Survival of the fittest
A matter of style
Last hurrah
A fighting chance
Saviors
Glory days
The greatest show on earth
The good, the bad, and the global
Intermission
The greatest show on earth, II
Promised land
The dark age
Staying alive
The money tree
The air apparents
The young and the restless
The global revolution
A new foundation
Renovation