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Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA, in the Words of the Men Who Played, Coached, and Built Pro Basketball
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(Hardcover - Dec. 1, 1992)
by Terry Pluto
Sales Rank: 323673
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$0.16
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 400 pages
Published by: Simon & Schuster; 1st Printing edition December 1, 1992
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0671742795
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0671742799
Book Dimensions:
9.5 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
Weighs: 1.6 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal sportswriter Pluto has been steadily building a reputation as one of the nation's top basketball writers with books like Forty-Eight Minutes and Loose Balls ; this fine oral history will surely enhance that reputation. After a brief account of the National Basketball Association's formative period, which ended in 1954 when the 24-second shot clock changed the game forever, Pluto describes the exciting events in basketball during 1956-66, when the Boston Celtics dominated the league. Unlike many comparable histories in which the superstars have declined to participate, this one includes contributions from Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Red Auerbach and dozens of other players almost as well known. Of course contemporary fans will argue that 1992, with the assembling of the Olympic "Dream Team," was basketball's real glory year, but the debate should only aid sales of Pluto's book. photographs not seen by PW. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reader ReviewsToday, the NBA is a billion-dollar league, with multimillionaire players playing in state-of-the-art arenas in every corner of the country. Terry Pluto tells the story of the league's much humbler beginnings in "Tall Tales". The book is written in interview format, with both well-known and lesser-known figures remembering their days in the league. Pluto tells the story of how and why pro basketball got its start and describes the culture of the early NBA and its style of play in the early years. The book describes the growing pains the league went through, with franchises in small cities eventually replaced with moves to big cities, racial segregation replaced with racial integration, and stall-ball replaced with the 24-second clock and up-tempo basketball. The Boston Celtics' great teams and their rivalries with the St. Louis Hawks in the '50s and the Los Angeles Lakers in the '60s are recalled, as is Bill Russell's titanic rivalry with Wilt Chamberlain. "Tall Tales" would be enjoyed by any NBA fan who was following the league prior to 1970, or by anyone younger who is curious about the league's early decades.
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