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Hardcourt Stories From 75 Years of The National Basketball Association

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Category
Sports
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry January 2022
Year Published
2022
Good for Reluctant Readers?
  • 08-10 Middle Readers
  • 11-13 Older Readers
  • 14+ Mature Readers
  • Non-Fiction
  • Sports

Basketball? The NBA? Hasn't it always been there with its never-ending playoffs?

Turns out basketball has a story. It has a sports biography. Basketball has changed and grown and evolved over the decades since it was "born." Makes you kind of curious doesn't it? How does a sport get born and what happened to make it what it is today?

Told in the exciting four quarters that mirrors a basketball game this story begins just after World War II when the GIs were coming home from the war, buying houses, and looking for something fun to do with the family. At the same time a bunch of guys owned arenas - empty arenas - and they decided to fill those arenas with basketball games...and they hoped somebody would show up to watch those games.

So begins the story of this sport that now stars LeBron James and brings us the NCAA March Madness every year. Turns out basketball needed a little help getting going. Like a 24 second shot clock and a 3 point shot.

Sports history brought to life with the coaches and players who took the risks and molded the game so it would move quickly and bring the thrills we tune in for.

Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com

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Celebrate seventy-five years of the NBA in this exciting and beautifully illustrated middle grade account of the legendary athletes, coaches, and teams that changed basketball forever and created a national phenomenon enjoyed by millions today.

The National Basketball Association is the biggest league for one of the nation’s most beloved sports. Played in massive stadiums by athletes who are now household names, with millions of fans around the world, basketball has truly become a global phenomenon. But it didn’t always exist the way we know it now.

Follow basketball from its humble beginnings as a casual indoor pastime played in gyms and colleges through its evolution for seventy-five years of hardcourt history. The NBA gained legions of fans thanks to the introduction of rules like the three-point line and the twenty-four second clock, and teams such as the Harlem Globetrotters, who paved the way for desegregated teams. Discover the story of the legendary Olympic Dream Team of 1992 and beloved players like Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James, along with the early game-changers who made basketball what it is today.

With the expert storytelling of veteran sportswriter Fred Bowen and stunning full-page illustrations from award-winning artist James E. Ransome, experience the biggest and best basketball league in the world, the NBA.---from the publisher

112 pages                                  978-1534460430                             Ages 8-12

Keywords:  basketball, sports, history, change, 8 year old, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, narrative nonfiction

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