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A man of deep passion and intensity, George Karl earned his bad boy reputation while playing at the University of North Carolina, a rap that continued through the five years he spent with the San Antonio Spurs - and long after he stopped playing. Karl's beery nights, fistfights, and barking followed him into a 35-year coaching career. In a game defined by big stakes and bigger egos, rabid fans and an unforgiving media, Karl was hired and fired a dozen times.

Doc Rivers: The Inspiring Life and Leadership Lessons of One of Basketball's Greatest Coaches, you will learn the story of one of basketball's premier coaches, Doc Rivers. Doc Rivers is often lauded as one of the top coaches in the NBA, and with good reason. In his first season as the head coach of the Orlando Magic in 1999, Rivers took a team that was projected to finish last in the league to a near playoff birth. That "Heart and Hustle" Orlando Magic team would put Doc Rivers on the map.

A New York Times best seller, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions. The tactile authenticity of Halberstam's knowledge of the basketball world is unrivaled. Yet he is writing here about far more than just basketball. This is a story about a place in our society where power, money, and talent collide and sometimes corrupt, a place where both national obsessions and naked greed are exposed.

Pete Axthelm follows the 1969 - 70 season of the New York Knicks and provides a parallel focus on basketball as it was then played in the black neighborhoods of New York City. Throughout, he writes clearly, intelligently, and passionately about the game, bringing alive the players’ efforts, accomplishments, and failures.

Locked On Knicks podcast is your daily ticket to stay ahead of the game and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for the New York Knicks and the NBA. Gavin Schall and Alex Wolfe provide expert, local analysis and cover all aspects of the Knicks franchise. Locked On Knicks takes you beyond the scoreboard for the inside scoops on the biggest stories from within the Knicks locker room and all over the NBA. The Locked On Knicks podcast is part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Your Team. Every Day.

Locked On Heat podcast is your daily ticket to stay ahead of the game and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for the Miami Heat and the NBA. Hosts David Ramil and Wes Goldberg provide expert, local analysis and break down every game. Locked On Heat takes you beyond the scoreboard for the inside scoops on the biggest stories from within the Heat locker room and all over the NBA. The Locked On Heat podcast is part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Your Team. Every Day.

The world's best basketball podcast just got even better. NBA superstar and 4x champ Draymond Green has a new co-host: 2x All Star Baron Davis. Twice a week, they deliver their no-holds-barred takes on the biggest stories in basketball, break down the latest with the Golden State Warriors, and share never-before-heard stories from on and off the court. It's the most raw, entertaining, and hilarious conversation in the game.

Ken Rappoport’s Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room is a compilation of the best notes, quotes, and anecdotes from North Carolina lore. Meet a coach nicknamed 'Bloody Neck', a player called 'The Blind Bomber', and a team known as the 'White Phantoms'. And, of course, there is Michael Jordan. Tales from the North Carolina Tar Heels Locker Room captures the anecdotes and memories that have defined this team from the early 20th century up through their success in the 2000s.

Much of today’s basketball training focuses on improving speed, agility, scoring moves, and shooting abilities. While this increases physical skills, it doesn’t teach young athletes the mental ins and outs of the game. Boost Your Basketball IQ teaches players and coaches arguably the most important (and neglected) skill of all: game awareness—a skill that most players often don’t develop until late in their careers.

If your one of the many people who struggle to reach the rim and dunk over their opponents, don’t get disheartened – because what many don’t realize is that dunking a basketball requires more than on court skill alone. And it is certainly not determined by either your height or your age. In fact, our ability to dunk is dictated by our muscle strength, muscle power, and our vertical jump performance. Which in itself is an extremely positive thing, because these factors are not necessarily inherited, nor are they determined at birth. Rather, each of these factors can be trained independently in the gym and on the court, allowing us to improve our vertical jump height, ensuring we can dunk with ease – irrespective of either our age or our height!

From the college game to the highest levels of the association, former 2-time All-American and 14-year NBA veteran, Jim Jackson, provides a unique look at the game he loves. As a studio and game analyst for FOX Sports, Turner Sports, NBA TV, and Westwood One, Jim takes you on the court with interviews with the game's biggest names. Off the court, get an inside look into Jim's other passions of finance, business, lifestyle, travel and more. The Jim Jackson Show is an all-encompassing view inside the world of sports and beyond. Follow on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/...

An Asian American basketball star walks into a gym. No one recognizes him, but everyone stares anyway. It is the start of a joke but what is the punchline? When Won Lee, the first Asian American in the NBA, stuns the world in a seven-game winning streak, the global media audience dubs it “The Wonder”—much to Won’s chagrin. Meanwhile, Won struggles to get attention from his coach, his peers, his fans, and most importantly, his hero, Powerball!, who also happens to be Won’s teammate and the captain.

Joe and Joey discuss, debate, and laugh their way through sports and trending topics with special guest appreances.

Explore the greatness of three of the most dominant basketball players of our time with this thrilling book! Discover the journeys of LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Giannis Antetokounmpo, from their humble beginnings to their rise to superstardom.

During the first quarter versus Philadelphia Wednesday night, Houston's Charles Barkley lost his balance, rupturing a tendon in his knee. The injury left Barkley with no choice but to end what was to be his final basketball season. Known for making news on and off the court, Barkley goes one-one-one with himself in his autobiography, Sir Charles.

Kevin Durant is one of the NBA's best basketball players, and now is an NBA champion! What many don't know though is how Durant was able to rise to stardom. As a child he grew up in a poor family in a rough neighborhood, where they struggled to get by. Somehow though, he was able to overcome all odds and join the NBA's elite, and finally fulfill his dream of becoming an NBA champion! This book takes you through Kevin Durant's life and career to date. You will learn all about his childhood, his high school and college careers, and of course his time in the NBA.

Kendrick “Perk” Perkins is known for his blunt, opinionated, “carry the hell on” commentary on ESPN’s most popular shows. As a fourteen-year NBA player and starting center for the 2008 NBA champion Boston Celtics, Perk earned a reputation as an enforcer, a fierce defender, and a great teammate. Now, In The Education of Kendrick Perkins, he opens a different side of himself: a powerful and intimate memoir that goes beyond basketball to discuss the reality of being Black in America.

In Steve Kerr: The Inspiring Life and Leadership Lessons of One of Basketball's Greatest Coaches, you will learn the story of one of basketball's premier coaches, Steve Kerr. Since joining the Warriors organization in the summer of 2014, Steve Kerr has catapulted the Golden State Warriors to become a perennial championship contender. He has demonstrated admirable leadership in his ability to create a sustainable system where players play like family and have fun.

In Carl Martin’s take-no-prisoners examination of big-time college basketball and the money machine it has become, he peels back the veneer. Now for the first time the soft underbelly of big-time college hoops is probed by someone who has actually been there, done that. Martin tells the full and true story of what drove his father’s obsession to open his heart and his wallet to those kids. What really happened before and after the roll-over accident that triggered an FBI investigation of the University of Michigan’s Fab Five and triggered a nationwide scandal?

Part life story, part philosophy text, and part spiritual guide, Sister Jean's wit, wisdom, and common sense has broad appeal and application that transcends religious creed, belief, and even feelings on Loyola's basketball team.