TY - BOOK AU - Fleder,Rob TI - The basketball book SN - 9781933821191 U1 - 796.323 PY - 2007/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Time Books KW - Basketball KW - Baloncesto KW - United States KW - Estados Unidos N1 - Caption title; At head of title: Sports Illustrated; Foreword / Alexander Wolff -- Introduction / Jack MCallum -- Olden rules / Alexander Wolff -- Pre-1950s -- Blue blood / Will Blythe -- Bouncing ball / Frank Deford -- Iceman cometh and scoreth / Curry Kirkpatrick -- 1950s -- Green ghosts / Leigh Montville -- Different drummer / John Papanek -- Fanfare for an uncommon man / Alexander Wolff -- 1960s -- Doing just fine, my man / Frank Deford -- Shot heard round the world / Alexander Wolff -- Show time! / Ian Thomsen -- Net-ripping, mind-blowing Dr. J / Peter Carry -- You can't box him out / Steve Wulf -- It all starts here / Grant Wahl -- 1970s -- Teddy bear's picnic / Frank Deford -- Coed boppers' top cat / Curry Kirkpatrick -- Arms and the man / John Papanek -- Inch by inch: Alltime, all-size all-stars -- Green running machine / John Underwood -- 1980s -- Heat of battle / S.L. Price -- Player for the ages / Frank Deford -- UCLA: Simple, awesomely simple / Curry Kirkpatrick -- As time runs out / Gary Smith -- Driving force / Michael Bamberger -- 1990s -- Keep it simple / Phil Taylor -- Appeal of O'Neal / Rick Reilly -- Spirit of '76 / Jack McCallum -- Ring leader / Frank Deford -- Heaven is a playground / Rick Telander -- 2000s -- Hero for the wired world / David Halberstam -- Friends of the court / Jon Wertheim -- Big man with a drill / Curry Kirkpatrick -- Acknowledgments N2 - Highlighted by dozens of photographs, a celebration of America's college and professional basketball captures the great teams, players, games, memorabilia, artifacts, and important moments throughout the more than one hundred years of basketball history ER -