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A brief biography concentrating on the career of the star forward of the Golden State Warriors. ... Read more

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I watch a lot of basketball
I wish Rick's scouting report was still being published as I find it an extensive and insightful read into the abilities and career longevities of the players.This book and the others like it are just excellent.

A paradigm for free markets and assembling winning teams
Rick Barry wrote eight books covering eight NBA seasons, basically for general managers and coaches. They provide scouting reports by one of the games 50 greatest players. Written in B-Ball jargon Barry provides readers with a keen insight into athletic talent and its application or mis-application whichever the case.

After perusing all eight books, I looked up the first five players drafted in every year back into the late seventies. Lo, I found that unless your team had one of the first three players taken in the entire draft your team did not win the NBA title. Furthermore I concluded that, after 13 years of holding season tickets for the Bullets, the teams that won most often have 8-9 good players vs those that lose who have only 3-4 good players. But, the pivotal player who carries the team must be present for ultimate success to be realized.

To draw a comparison, I learned years ago that there were one million high school football players. These reduced to 70,000 college players and then condensed further to 1200 NFL players. These remaining players averaged 3-4 years in the league, but the top 100-125 played for 10-15 years. The team who had the most of these head-and-shoulders better players won the championship. I believe this model holds true in all sports at all levels. It fits with a basis tenet of chaos theory and also with Mike Hart's book "the 100: A Ranking of the 100 most influential people in history." Thus I maintain that it's a model for how free markets and their unfettered, spontaneous ordering arrange civilizations. This leads into why western civilization has succeeded in raising living standards more for the common man in contrast to command and control economies.

Too bad Rick B. and Jordan Cohn stopped after the '97 season. It was great stuff for contemplative fans.

A must have book.
Quite simply all you need to know about every player. Rick tells it as it is. Bad players get ripped, under-rated players get recognised

Superlative
Rick Barry's player ratings are essential reading for any serious fan. A MUST READ. Put next year's guide on your shopping list

Simply the finest book on the NBA players available
Far too many people who know nothing about basketball teams or basketball players write opinions about the game.For serious fans of the game, Rick Barry offers in-depth analysis of every NBA player, all of the college draftees and potential free agents, many CBA types, and a hanful of potential foreign players who might break into the NBA.Certainly nothing compares, either in scope, depth, or accuracy of insight.Where many publications regurgitate last year's statistics, Barry tells you why Gary Payton is such a valuable defensive player or what is missing in Chris Weber's game.With this book, you will have a new appreciation of individual players and a better understanding of the story behind the statistics, the story the statistics do not always tell you. Rick Barry also provides a unique look at player statistics, giving fans the real shooting percentage of each player (a formula that factors in three point shooting) or assist to turnover ratios or blocks per minute.The only thing missing from this book is a player's career statistics and an analysis of the teams.These are hardly reasons to skip this publication, however.In fact, you will want to buy a new copy each year and follow with Rick the improvement and progress of your favorite players ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rick Barry, Guillermo Diaz, John Salmons, James Jones, Will Allen, Robert Hite, Jack Mcclinton, Tim James, Constantin Popa, Dequan Jones, Jermaine Walker, John Shoemaker, Tito Horford, Ismaël N'diaye. Excerpt:Constantin Popa (born February 18, 1971 in Romania ) is a 2.22 m (7' 3½") retired Romanian-Israeli professional basketball player. Popa played for Dinamo Bucure ti in his native Romania before going overseas to play college basketball in the United States for the University of Miami . He was the tallest player to ever wear a Hurricanes' uniform, and finished as Miami's all-time leader in blocked shots (263), 3rd in starts (83), 5th in minutes played (2,624), tied for 8th in steals (89), 9th in rebounds (701), and 14th in scoring (1,132). He was a two-time Third Team AII-Big East selection. In large part on the strength of a highly effective hook shot , he was selected by the L.A. Clippers with the 53rd pick in the 1995 NBA Draft. In the same year he was selected by the Miami Tropics of the USBL as a first round territorial selection (4th pick overall). He never ended up playing a game in either league, although he did play for the Florida Beachdogs of the American CBA , where he developed somewhat of a cult fan following. He also played in France with Pau-Orthez and with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem of Israel. Although not Jewish , he obtained Israeli citizenship as his wife is Jewish. He retired from professional basketball in 2001. Mr Popa is currently assistant coach of the University of Indianapolis Greyhound Women's basketball team ( Awards/achievements Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at DeQuan Jones DeQuan Jones (born June 20, 1990) is a current college basketball player who is the starting small forward for the University of... ... Read more

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Chapters: Miami Hurricanes Men's Basketball Players, Rick Barry, Leonard Hamilton, Billy Kennedy, Seth Greenberg, Perry Clark, Guillermo Diaz, Bill Foster, John Salmons, James Jones, Will Allen, Frank Haith, Robert Hite, Jack Mcclinton, Barclay Radebaugh, Tim James, Constantin Popa, Dequan Jones, Jermaine Walker, Greg Gary, Bruce Hale, John Shoemaker, Butch Estes, Tito Horford, Ismaël N'diaye. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 90. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Barclay Radebaugh Barclay Radebaugh is the head men's basketball coach at Charleston Southern University . Head coaching record Season: Team: OverallReferences (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Billy Kennedy Billy Kennedy is the head men's basketball coach at Murray State University . He took over the position vacated by Mick Cronin in 2006.Kennedy previously held the same position at Centenary and Southeastern Louisiana . He has served 12 seasons as a collegiate head coach and 13 as an assistant.Kennedy is a 1986 graduate of Southeastern Louisiana and 1984 graduate of Delgado Community College in New Orleans. He played basketball and attended Holy Cross High School in New Orleans.Coaching career Centenary After serving 12 years as an assistant coach, including the previous four at California , Kennedy's first collegiate head coaching job came at Centenary. There, he took over a program that had won only 30 games in the previous three seasons. His first team won 10 games but his second improved to a 14-14 overall record and a 9-7 Trans Americ... ... Read more

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On free markets an winning teams
Rick Barry wrote eight books covering eight NBA seasons, basically for general managers and coaches. They provide scouting reports by one of the games 50 greatest players. Written in B-Ball jargon Barry provides readers with a keen insight into athletic talent and its application or mis-application whichever the case.

After perusing all eight books, I looked up the first five players drafted in every year back into the late seventies. Lo, I found that unless your team had one of the first three players taken in the entire draft your team did not win the NBA title. Furthermore I concluded that, after 13 years of holding season tickets for the Bullets, the teams that won most often have 8-9 good players vs those that lose who have only 3-4 good players. But, the pivotal player who carries the team must be present for ultimate success to be realized.

To draw a comparison, I learned years ago that there were one million high school football players. These reduced to 70,000 college players and then condensed further to 1200 NFL players. These remaining players averaged 3-4 years in the league, but the top 100-125 played for 10-15 years. The team who had the most of these head-and-shoulders better players won the championship. I believe this model holds true in all sports at all levels. It fits with a basis tenet of chaos theory and also with Mike Hart's book "the 100: A Ranking of the 100 most influential people in history." Thus I maintain that it's a model for how free markets and their unfettered, spontaneous ordering arrange civilizations. This leads into why western civilization has succeeded in raising living standards more for the common man in contrast to command and control economies.

Too bad Rick B. and Jordan Cohn stopped after the '97 season. It was great stuff for contemplative fans. ... Read more

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I wish Rick and Jordan still wrote these books
This is another in a continuation of books on all the available players between the NBA and the developmental league one-step below.As always, it's excellent.

A paradigm for free markets and assembling winning teams
Rick Barry wrote eight books covering eight NBA seasons, basically for general managers and coaches.They provide scouting reports by one of the games 50 greatest players.Written in B-Ball jargon Barry provides readers with a keen insight into athletic talent and its application or mis-application whichever the case.

After perusing all eight books, I looked up the first five players drafted in every year back into the late seventies.Lo, I found that unless your team had one of the first three players taken in the entire draft your team did not win the NBA title.Furthermore I concluded that, after 13 years of holding season tickets for the Bullets, the teams that won most often have 8-9 good players vs those that lose who have only 3-4 good players.But, the pivotal player who carries the team must be present for ultimate success to be realized.

To draw a comparison, I learned years ago that there were one million high school football players.These reduced to 70,000 college players and then condensed further to 1200 NFL players.These remaining players averaged 3-4 years in the league, but the top 100-125 played for 10-15 years.The team who had the most of these head-and-shoulders better players won the championship.I believe this model holds true in all sports at all levels.It fits with a basis tenet of chaos theory and also with Mike Hart's book "the 100: A Ranking of the 100 most influential people in history."Thus I maintain that it's a model for how free markets and their unfettered, spontaneous ordering arrange civilizations.This leads into why western civilization has succeeded in raising living standards more for the common man in contrast to command and control economies.

Too bad Rick B. and Jordan Cohn stopped after the '97 season.It was great stuff for contemplative fans.

Good stuff.
Thorough, witty, lots of insight, etc.

THE inside book abot the NBA
Offers the depth about the players in the NBA no other book does. Every year completely updated ratings on almost every NBA players' game. If you are interested in the NBA this is an annual must-buy.

The best book on NBA basketball players ever.
Barry's book is the standard against which we should judge all annual previews.Unlike many of his ilk, Barry doesn't rely on a rehashing of scoring and rebounding averages to articulate a player's strengths and weaknesses, but rather, Barry provides very intelligent insights into almost every player--including CBA and European wannabes--who will play in the upcoming season.I have purchased several of these--granted, I'm a basketball junkie--and enjoy following the career development and decline of various players.I just wish Rick published the book twice a year. ... Read more

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Rick at his incisive best
Rick Barry wrote eight books covering eight NBA seasons, basically for general managers and coaches. They provide scouting reports by one of the games 50 greatest players. Written in B-Ball jargon Barry provides readers with a keen insight into athletic talent and its application or mis-application whichever the case.

After perusing all eight books, I looked up the first five players drafted in every year back into the late seventies. Lo, I found that unless your team had one of the first three players taken in the entire draft your team did not win the NBA title. Furthermore I concluded that, after 13 years of holding season tickets for the Bullets, the teams that won most often have 8-9 good players vs those that lose who have only 3-4 good players. But, the pivotal player who carries the team must be present for ultimate success to be realized.

To draw a comparison, I learned years ago that there were one million high school football players. These reduced to 70,000 college players and then condensed further to 1200 NFL players. These remaining players averaged 3-4 years in the league, but the top 100-125 played for 10-15 years. The team who had the most of these head-and-shoulders better players won the championship. I believe this model holds true in all sports at all levels. It fits with a basis tenet of chaos theory and also with Mike Hart's book "the 100: A Ranking of the 100 most influential people in history." Thus I maintain that it's a model for how free markets and their unfettered, spontaneous ordering arrange civilizations. This leads into why western civilization has succeeded in raising living standards more for the common man in contrast to command and control economies.

Too bad Rick B. and Jordan Cohn stopped after the '97 season. It was great stuff for contemplative fans. ... Read more

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Chapters: Bob Costas, Rick Barry, Pat Summerall, John Sterling, Marty Brennaman, Cawood Ledford, Joe Tait, Marty Glickman, Verne Lundquist, Bill Mazer, Ray Scott, Ralph Lawler, Don Criqui, Bones Mckinney, Rod Trongard, Jack Fleming, Brad Sham, Spencer Ross, Jim Gordon, Joe Mcconnell, Sam Balter, Jack Briggs, Terry Stembridge, Bob Lamey, Al Albert, Van Vance. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 112. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster, on the air for the NBC network since the early 1980s. Bob Costas was born in Queens, New York. He is the son of Jayne (née Quinlan) of Irish American descent and John George Costas of Greek American descent, who was an electrical engineer. He grew up in Commack, New York, graduating from Commack High School South. Following high school, he attended the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University where he worked on the radio his freshman year, though he left school before graduating to begin his professional career as a commentator. His sportscasting career started while attending Syracuse University, as an announcer for the Syracuse Blazers minor-league hockey team playing in the Eastern Hockey League and North American Hockey League. Costas' career as a professional began as play-by-play announcer for the Spirits of St. Louis of the American Basketball Association, followed by a stint with the Spirits' station, KMOX radio in St. Louis. Costas was a prominent contributor to the ABA book Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association. He is extensively quoted on many topics, and the book includes his reflections of ABA life during his tenure as radio voice of the Spirits of St. Louis. Costas later did play-by-play for Chicago Bulls b...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4893 ... Read more

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A profile of Rick Barry, the "Golden Boy" of the Golden State Warriors, based on interviews with Barry, family, associates, and friends. ... Read more

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A brief biography of the star basketball player who led his team, the Golden States Warriors, to the 1975 NBA championship. ... Read more