| Description |
viii, 486 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Jeff Van Gundy -- Godfathers of the modern game -- Darkness before dawn -- Showdown in Salt Lake -- Julius Erving, PhD -- Descendants of Havlicek -- Race in the '80s -- Sky's the limit -- Bad boys -- Death and survival -- Stars come out -- Jordan rules -- Sweet dreams -- Goodbye to the greats -- Second coming -- Moses to N.C.A.A.: "Stop jivin' me" -- The Space Jam launch -- N.B.A. on NBC -- Laborious lifestyle -- The Jordan heirs -- Slam bang -- Game of thrones -- Changing the game -- Crashing the borders -- Deep in the heart -- Old enough to fight, too young to play -- Fashionistas -- Bicoastal conundrum -- What were they thinking? -- Drafted, decided, delivered -- Shoot the 3. Don't stop -- Dribble handoff -- Culture warriors -- Racism and revenue -- Losing propositions -- Solely remarkable -- Unicorns, freaks and 3-point frenzy -- Front office fame and folly -- Empty (Rose) garden -- Durant! Durant! -- Magic's man -- Parting shots from the rings leader. |
| Summary |
"Howard Beck. Marc Stein. Jonathan Abrams. Chris Broussard. Ira Berkow. George Vecsey. Mike Wise. Selena Roberts. Lee Jenkins. All have graced the pages of The New York Times, entertaining readers with their probing coverage of the N.B.A.: a stage on which spectacular athletes perform against a backdrop of continuous social change. Now, their work and more is collected in a new volume, edited and annotated by Hall of Fame honoree Harvey Araton, tracing basketball's sustained boom from Magic and Bird to the present. Elevated provides a courtside seat to four decades of professional basketball. Both the iconic moments and those quieter, but no less meaningful times in between are here, from Wise riding around Los Angeles with a young Kobe Bryant on the eve of his first All-Star Game, to Stein declaring Giannis Antetokounmpo's 'unspeakable greatness' to the world in a riveting profile. Rather than simply preserving the past, Elevated reexamines and further illuminates hoops history. This expertly curated collection features exclusive original writing by Araton, revealing candid exchanges with NBA greats that didn't make the original newspaper edit and tracing the rise of a worldwide phenomenon from a contemporary vantage point." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
National Basketball Association -- History.
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Basketball -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Araton, Harvey, editor.
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| Added Title |
New York times.
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| ISBN |
9781629376509 (hardcover) |
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1629376507 (hardcover) |
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